“Today is Good Friday, April 10, the 100th day of 2009. There are 265 days left in the year.

On this date in 1912, the RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

In 1790, President George Washington signs into law the first United States Patent Act.

“In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is incorporated.

In 1925, the novel “The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is first published.

In 1932, German president Paul Von Hindenburg is re-elected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.

In 1957, Egypt reopens the Suez Canal to all shipping traffic. (The canal had been closed due to wreckage resulting from the Suez Crisis.)”

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