Today is Friday, April 20, the 110th day of 2018. There are 255 days left in the year.
Today in history
On April 20, 1898, the United States moved closer to war with Spain as President William McKinley signed a congressional resolution passed the day before recognizing Cuban independence and authorizing U.S. military intervention to achieve that goal.
Also on this date:
In 1792, France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary Wars.
In 1914, the Ludlow Massacre took place when the Colorado National Guard opened fire on a tent colony of striking miners; about 20 (accounts vary) strikers, women and children died.
In 1948, United Auto Workers president Walter P. Reuther was shot and seriously wounded at his home in Detroit.
In 1972, Apollo 16's lunar module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon.
In 1999, the Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado as two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives.
In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and caused a blow-out that began spewing an estimated 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico. (The well was finally capped nearly three months later.)
Fun fact
85 percent of the world's population can curl their tongue.
Fitness factoids
1. You should aim to get five servings of both vegetables and fruits per day to stay healthy.
2. Greens like kale, spinach and broccoli are full of fiber, vitamins and minerals to protect against disease.
3. Often, what people are eating isn't a bad choice, but they are eating too much of it at one time.
From gethealthyu.com
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Today's birthdays
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is 98. Actor Leslie Phillips is 94. Actor George Takei is 81. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 80. Actor Ryan O'Neal is 77. Actress Judith O'Dea is 73. Actress Jessica Lange is 69. Actress Veronica Cartwright is 69. Actor Clint Howard is 59. Actor Crispin Glover is 54. Actor Andy Serkis is 54. Olympic silver medal figure skater Rosalynn Sumners is 54. Actor William deVry is 50. Country singer Wade Hayes is 49. Actor Shemar Moore is 48. Actress Carmen Electra is 46. Rock musician Marty Crandall is 43. Actor Joey Lawrence is 42. Country musician Clay Cook (Zac Brown Band) is 40. Actor Clayne Crawford is 40. Actor Tim Jo is 34. Actor Carlos Valdes (TV: "The Flash") is 29.
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The Edge is compiled by Dallas Callahan. She can be contacted at dcallahan@lmtribune.com.
