The world’s first anthrax epidemic began in Ekaterinburg, Russia
(now Sverdlovsk), on April 2, 1979. By the time it ended six weeks
later, 62 people were dead. Another 32 survived serious illness. Ekaterinburg, as the town was known in Soviet times, also
suffered livestock losses from the epidemic.

MIKE GRACIA

Woodrow Wilson before Congress in 1917.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)

On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a
ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer,
and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful
of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
​(15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923)

English rock/blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Eric Patrick
Clapton is widely regarded as one of the most important and
influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling
Stone‘s list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Tim”" and fourth
in Gibson‘s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named
number five in Time magazine’s list of "The 10 Best Electric
Guitar Players" in 2009.