Today is Monday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining.
There are:
6 days until Palm
Sunday;
7 days until First
Day of Passover;
11 days until Good
Friday;
13 days until Easter
Sunday;
14 days until US
Federal Income Tax filing day;
15 days until Last
Day of Passover;
19 days until Earth
Day;
26 days until Arbor
Day;
32 days until Cinco
de Mayo;
41 days until Mother's
Day;
55 days until Memorial
Day;
592 days until the
2018 mid-term elections; and
1,389 days until the end of Donald
Trump's term as President, assuming he isn't impeached.
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On this date in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. deliverd his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. The next day, he was assassinated.
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Among other things, today is also National Chocolate Mousse Day.
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Florida woman sentenced to prison for allegedly giving toxic tush shots.
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Some persons born on April 3 who said interesting things:
- Richard Asher (1912-1969), eminent British endocrinologist and hematologist;
- Tony Benn (1925-2014), British politician, writer, and diarist;
- Sandra Boynton (1953), American humorist;
- Marlon Brando (1924-2004), American actor, film director and activist;
- John Burroughs (1837-1921), American naturalist and nature essayist;
- Herb Caen (1916-1997), San Francisco journalist ;
- Lawton Chiles (1930-1998), American politician ;
- Doris Day (1922 or 1924), retired American actress and singer, and continuing animal welfare activist;
- Jane Goodall (1934), British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace;
- A.C. Grayling (1949), philosopher and author;
- Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), American author, historian and Unitarian minister;
- George Herbert (1593-1633), Welsh-born poet, orator and Anglican priest;
- Washington Irving (1783-1859), American author;
- George Jessel (1898-1981), multitalented comedic entertainer;
- Henry R. Luce (1898-1967), American magazine magnate;
- David Hyde Pierce (1959), American actor, director, and comedian; and
- William 'Boss' Tweed (1823-1878), corrupt American politician.
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Quote of the day:
"~Goodall, Jane\Jane Goodall\|I don't have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I'm out in nature. It's just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me."
-Jane Goodall
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Tiny fish with a funny name could help with opioid crisis. The fang blenny's venom could provide a safer alternative to addictive drugs responsible for so many deaths.
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Study finds 'staggering' rise in mastectomies in these states."What we didn't expect was that we found the highest proportion in the Midwestern states, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado and South Dakota." Those are the states in which more than 42% of women 20 to 44 who underwent surgery between 2010 and 2012 opted to remove both breasts with a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), a procedure to remove the healthy breast along with the affected breast.
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"Bill O'Reilly: an awful, awful man." The New York Times reported on Saturday that about $13 million has been dished out over the years- by O’Reilly and his employer- to resolve complaints from women regarding O'Reilly's antics
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SpaceX to launch "silliest thing we can imagine" on debut Falcon Heavy. To save funds, the company plans to employ two used Falcon 9 cores as side boosters.-----
Mylan announces nationwide EpiPen recall over potential defect. According to the company, some of the devices may have a defective part that does not allow for the activation of the injector in case of allergic reaction.
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The Republican majority in Congress is an illusion. The recriminations following the GOP’s health-care failure obscure a simple reality: The party doesn't have as much power as its leaders thought it did.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner still benefiting from business empire, filings show. They remain the beneficiaries of a sprawling real estate and investment business still worth as much as $741 million, despite their new government responsibilities, according to ethics filings released by the White House Friday night.
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