- 1555 Nostradamus correctly predicts the successful outcome of the Iraq War and the destruction of "The Great Crescent" in the seventh quatrain of his 7th "century" in his major work, "The Prophecies".
- 1578 English physician William Harvey born; discovered blood circulation and the heart as it's pump.
- 1873 Russian-American composer Sergei Rachmaninoff born; wrote Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, four piano concerti.
- 1945 Edgar Cayce gives his final reading of the Akashic Records (AKA the Book of Life), predicting the return of the Atlantians when "white bread and fried food" have been proscribed by the governments of the world.
- 1948 Alpher, Bethe and Gamow publish their astrophysics analysis of a "hot Big Bang", predicting relative abundances of hydrogen versus helium in the universe.
- 1957 Twenty years after H.P. Lovecraft's death, Q'thulhu disowns him and forms a new corporation with his former partner August Derleth where "Terror Is the Order of the Day".
- 2006 L. Ron Hubbard (All hail) briefly returns on his bidecennial to support Tom Terrific; and, once again, to denounce Dianetics critic Isaac Asimov as an agent of the Overworld; and, once again, to denounce the court-ordered closure of his Ph.D. "alma mater", Sequoia University; and, once again, to denounce his ex, Sara Northrup, for accusing him in court papers of "scientific torture experiments"; and, once again, to denounce government persecution of Operation Snow White.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Today in History: April 1
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