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Today in History: April 19

1764 The English Parliament bans the American colonies from printing paper money.

1775 The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts.

1802 The Spanish reopen New Orleans port to American merchants.

1934 Shirley Temple appears in her first movie.

1977 Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots.

1989 The battleship USS Iowa's number 2 turret explodes, killing sailors.

1993 The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Davidian religious cult headquarters in Waco, Texas.

1995 A truck bomb explodes in front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.


Born on April 19

1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor of the first successful outboard motor.

1903 Eliot Ness, Treasury agent during Prohibition.

JOTD
Einstein sits next to a man on a long flight.

Einstein says,"Let's play a game. I will ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you will pay me only $5; but if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500". The man agrees and the game proceeds.
Einstein asks the first question, “What is the distance between the Earth and the Moon?”
The man doesn't say a word. He reaches into his pocket, and pulls out $5. He then asks Einstein, “What goes up a hill with 3 legs, but comes down on 4?”
Einstein thinks about it for a long time, but fails to answer the question. After almost an hour, he gives the man $500.
An irritated Einstein then asks, “Well, so what goes up a hill on 3 legs and comes down on 4?”.
The man reaches into his pocket and gives Einstein $5.