On This Day:
Wednesday April 8, 2015 This is the 98th day of the year, with 267 days remaining in 2015. Fact of the Day: toothpaste stripes The stripes in toothpaste are created by a special device fitted to the nozzle end of the tube. A colored toothpaste is first filled around the special fitting, the white toothpaste is filled second, which holds the colored toothpaste in place at the top of the tube. When the tube is squeezed, the white toothpaste would run through the special inner tube and the pressure of the squeeze simultaneously forces the colored toothpaste through the tiny orifices at the end. The toothpaste emerges perfectly striped.
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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