Almanac for April 4th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for April 4th: https://ko-fi.com/post/April-4-Nineteen-Eighty-Four-P5P11D6X42

Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: Ancient Egyptian goddess Ma'at

Bummer April 4th

April 4, 1841: The 9th U.S. president, William Henry Harrison, dies in office of what was thought at the time to be pneumonia. He has been inaugurated as president only a month earlier. Harrison is the first U.S. president to die in office.

April 4, 1865: During the American Civil War, Union troops set fire to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Only four buildings survive. Among those destroyed is the university’s 7,000-volume library. The Confederacy surrenders only five days later.

April 4, 1968: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated. (Note: This also happened to be the day American poet Maya Angelou turned 40.)

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What was Diane Meyer grateful for on April 4, 2024?

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the solar eclipse is soon!
getting through the day
stretching
sun
chai tea
pasta salad
"I love you"
happy for myself
love, so much love, for my friends