1864: Congress authorizes use of the motto "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins because of increased religious sentiment during the Civil War.
1970: The first Earth Day is held internationally to promote environmental awareness and conservation of natural resources.
1993: Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. is dedicated.
2004: Pro football player Pat Tillman, 27, who had traded in a multimillion-dollar contract to serve as an Army Ranger was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Today's Birthdays:
Queen Isabella I (Spain) (1451-1555)
Novelist Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
Philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Diva Madame de Stael (1766-1817)
English poet Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916 )
Actor Jack Nicholson (1937)
Something to Think About:
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." ~ Nelson Henderson
