On This Day:
Monday April 6, 2015 This is the 96th day of the year, with 269 days remaining in 2015. Fact of the Day: wrinkles As we get older, collagen in the skin loses some of its water (polymerization). This process stretches the collagen molecules into longer chains. It acts like elastic that has been left in the Sun; it loses its snap and flexibility. Below the dermis is the subcutaneous tissue that has a high amount of fat. In time, the tissue loses fat and doesn't replace it. The cushion of dermis becomes thinner and the skin sags. With some elasticity gone, the skin folds into creases or wrinkles, increasing in depth as more fat vanishes from the subcutaneous layer.
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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