Is April 25 Actually The Perfect Date?
Is April 25 Actually The Perfect Date?
According to Miss Congeniality it is.
Remember this?
Today in Boston, April 25 is decidedly NOT the perfect date. It started with freezing temps and will only reach 54 by the end of the day. You need a parka, not a light jacket.
But a lot of cool things did happen on April 25.
Here are a few April 25 fun facts!
305 years ago – In 1719, “Robinson Crusoe” was published.
150 years ago – In 1874, the man who invented radio, Guglielmo Marconi, was born in Bologna, Italy.
80 years ago – In 1944, the United Negro College Fund was founded.
77 years ago – In 1947, President Truman opened the first White House bowling alley. Eisenhower closed that one in 1955, but Johnson and Nixon had other alleys built for themselves and their staff.
52 years ago – In 1972, George Sanders, the incomparable voice of the tiger Shere Khan in Disney’s animated “Jungle Book”, O.D.’d on sleeping pills at the age of 65. His suicide note read, in part, quote, “Dear World: I am leaving because I am bored. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool.”
34 years ago – In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was placed into orbit.
22 years ago – In 2002, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of TLC died in a Honduras car accident. She was 30. “No Scrubs“. “Creep“. “Baby-Baby-Baby“. “Waterfalls“.
17 years ago – In 2007, “Monster Mash“ singer Bobby “Boris” Pickett died of leukemia at age 69.
15 years ago – In 2009, “Golden Girls” superstar Bea Arthur died from cancer.
10 years ago – In 2014, the Flint Water Crisis began. That’s the day Flint, Michigan city officials switched the city’s water supply over to the Flint River in order to save a quick buck, without realizing how contaminated the water was.
Three years ago – In 2021, “Nomadland” won Best Picture at the Oscars, Pixar’s “Soul” won Best Animated Movie, “Fight for You“ won Best Original Song, and not a single person was slapped . . . that we know of.
Maggie Rogers is 30. “Light On“ singer. Pharrell discovered her during a master class at the Clive Davis Institute of Music in New York.
Jonathan Bailey is 36. Lord Anthony Bridgerton on “Bridgerton”.
Melonie Diaz is 40. Mel Vera on the “Charmed” remake. She’s the middle sister with the power to freeze time.
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Tim Duncan is 48. Retired NBA superstar from the San Antonio Spurs.
Jason Lee is 54. Stillwater singer Jeff Bebe in “Almost Famous”,Earl Hickey on “My Name is Earl”, and Dave Seville in the “Alvin & the Chipmunks” movies.
Before that, he was in the Kevin Smith movies “Mallrats”, “Chasing Amy”, “Dogma” and “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back”. He doesn’t do as much acting these days, because he’s very passionate about his photography.
Renée Zellweger is 55. Bridget Jones. She’s also Roxie in “Chicago”, #JUDY starts principal photography in London today, starring Academy Award winner, Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland!#judygarland #reneezellweger #london #thetalkofthetown #jessiebuckley #finnwittrock #michaelgambon #rupertgoold #pathe #calamityfilms #bbcfilms #ingenious pic.twitter.com/VJAnMRuzKV
Gina Torres is 55. EMS Captain Tommy Vega on “9-1-1: Lone Star”. You’d know her as managing partner Jessica Pearson on “Suits” and its short-lived spin-off “Pearson”. Sci-fi fans also know her as Zoe on “Firefly”.
Joe Buck is 55. NFL and MLB commentator and the former co-host of the “NFL Sunday” pregame and postgame show on Fox.
Eric Avery is 59. Co-founder and bassist of Jane’s Addiction. He used to give his business to Alanis Morissette. Nothing says “rock star” like picking up Dave Coulier’s leftovers.
Rory Feek is 59. Widowed country singer. “My Last Breath Here (Joey’s Song)“. “When I’m Gone“.
Hank Azaria is 60. The voice of Chief Wiggum and Moe on “The Simpsons”, but he’s done playing Apu. And baseball announcer Jim Brockmire on “Brockmire“.
He was also Huff on Showtime’s “Huff”, Gargamel in the “Smurfs” movies . . . and ridiculously funny as the butler, Agador Spartacus, in “The Birdcage”.
Talia Shire is 78. Adrian in the “Rocky” movies and Connie Corleone in the “Godfather” movies. You might also remember her as the therapist in those old Geico caveman commercials that were a lot funnier than I’d ever admit publicly.
Talia is the sister of “Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola, the mother of Jason Schwartzman, and the aunt of Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola.
Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA is 79. Their biggest hits include: “Dancing Queen“, “Take a Chance on Me“, “Mamma Mia“, “S.O.S.“, “The Winner Takes It All“, “Knowing Me, Knowing You“, “Fernando“ and “Waterloo“.
Al Pacino is 84. He won an Oscar for “Scent of a Woman” . . . but to me he’ll always be Michael Corleone from the “Godfather” movies.
Len Goodman would have been 80. (1944 – 2023) The head judge on “Dancing with the Stars”.
Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996) Legendary jazz singer.
9 Times It Snowed Like Crazy in Spring and Summer in Boston
April 9, 1917
9.1 inches
April 13, 1953
2.2 inches
April 13, 1933
5 inches of snow in Boston
April 13, 1918
4.2 inches
June 1816
On June 6 and 7, 1816, a big, old snowstorm hit northern New York and New England, with several areas recording 6 inches of snow. Boston had snow flurries on the 7th. According to celebrateboston.com, “In the northern parts of the state [VT], about the same time, snow fell in considerable quantities. In the town of Cabot it was 18 inches deep on the 8th of June.”
In a Currier & Ives print titled ‘American Homestead Winter,’ a man with his dog carries firewood to his home as a couple in a horse-drawn slegh pass him on the road, 1868. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
