On This Day:
Tuesday April 8, 2014 This is the 98th day of the year, with 267 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: canoe and kayak There are two main forms of the canoe. The modern recreational or sport Canadian canoe is open from end to end and is propelled with a paddle having a single blade. The kayak has a covered deck with a well or cockpit into which the paddler fits snugly, and the paddle used to propel it has a blade at each end.
Holidays Feast day of St. Walter of Pontoise, St. Julia Billart, St. Perpetuus of Tours, and St. Dionysus of Corinth.
Japan: Hanamatsuri / Flower Festival / Buddha's Birthday.
Korea: Buddha's Birthday.
Events 1730 - The first synagogue in New York was consecrated.
1873 - Oleomargarine was patented.
1913 - The 17th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified; it required direct popular election of senators.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was approved by Congress.
1946 - The League of Nations met for the last time.
1971 - Chicago became the first rock group to play Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1974 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's legendary record.
1992 - Tennis great Arthur Ashe announced at a news conference that he had AIDS.
Births 563 B.C.E. - Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism.
1605 - Philip IV, king of Spain and Portugal (1621-65).
1892 - Mary Pickford (Gladys Smith), American Academy Award-winning actress.
1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater, world champion 10 years, three-time Olympic gold medalist.
1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
1920 - Carmen McRae, American jazz singer.
Deaths 1919 - F.W. Woolworth, American merchant, founder of chain stores.
1973 - Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter and sculptor.
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