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April 19th in History

Mae West convicted of obscenity! In other news, Marie Antoinette and Grace Kelly marry and there's a terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City. It's the birthday of Deaf Smith, Eliot Ness, and Jayne Mansfield; Lord Byron, Charles Darwin, and Daphne DuMaurier die. Happy John Parker Day!

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Quote of the Day

"It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologist died April 19, 1882