On This Day:
Sunday April 6, 2014 This is the 96th day of the year, with 269 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: aging In a human being between the ages of 20 and 75, it is estimated that an average of 50,000 neurons atrophy or die each day. In a healthy person, this loss is roughly equal to ten percent of the original neuron supply. Indeed, by the age of 75 the weight of the brain is reduced from its maximum at maturity by about one-tenth, the flow of blood through the brain by almost one-fifth, and the number of functional taste buds by about two-thirds.
Holidays Feast day of St. Elstan, St. Irenaeus of Sirmium, St. Celestine I, pope, St. Marcellinus of Carthage, St. Prudentius of Troyes, St. Eutychius of Constantinople, and St. William of Eskilso.
Thailand: Chakri Day.
Events 1830 - The Church of Christ (now known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York.
1851 - Portland, Oregon, was founded.
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games formally opened in Athens, Greece -- reinstated 1500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Eight nations participated.
1909 - Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole.
1917 - America formally entered World War I after the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to declare war on Germany.
1938 - Polytetrafluoroethylene resin -- or Teflon -- was invented by Roy J. Plunkett at EI Du Pont de Nemours.
1947 - The first Tony Awards (theater) were handed out.
1965 - Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite, was launched by the United States.
1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation extending the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70.
1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock and roll bands attract the "wrong element."
1994 - Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira and Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana were killed in a mysterious plane crash near Rwanda's capital. Widespread violence erupted over claims that the plane had been shot down.
2003 - David Hempleman-Adams became the first person to walk alone and unaided to the geomagnetic North Pole.
Births 1483 - Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Raffaello Santi), Italian painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance.
1671 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French dramatist and poet.
1823 - Joseph Medill, Canadian-born American editor and publisher of the "Chicago Tribune."
1892 - Lowell Thomas, American reporter, newscaster, explorer.
1929 - André Previn, American pianist and conductor.
Deaths 1992 - Isaac Asimov, American scientist and writer.
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