SUCCESSFUL SINGER IS 80 YEARS YOUNG

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Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is a singer and actress. With
a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success
in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few
performers
awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.

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REBELLION BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1916

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Members of the Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall..

On April 24, 1916, on Easter Monday in Dublin, the Irish
Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish
nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launches the so-called
Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule.

Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly,
Pearse and his fellow Republicans rioted and attacked British
provincial government headquarters across Dublin and seized
the Irish capital’s General Post Office.

Following these successes, they proclaimed the independence
of Ireland, which had been under the repressive thumb of the
United Kingdom for centuries, and by the next morning were in
control of much of the city. Later that day, however, British
authorities launched a counteroffensive, and by April 29 the
uprising had been crushed.

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Patrick Henry Pearse 
(10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916)

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LONGTIME SENATOR HAS DIED AT AGE 88

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Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022)

Orrin Hatch, the longtime Republican senator from Utah, died
Saturday in Salt Lake City at the age of 88.

Hatch, who retired in January 2019 at the end of his last term,
served in the Senate for 42 years, making him the longest-
serving Republican U.S. senator.

His foundation said he died surrounded by family. The cause
of death was not released
.

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FIRST OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE IN 1876

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On April 22, 1876, the Boston Red Caps beat the Philadelphia
Athletics, 6-5, in the first official National League baseball game. 

The game, which lasted a little more than two hours, was played
in "favorable" weather before 3,000 fans.

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REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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Earth Day is an annual event  to demonstrate support for
environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it
now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally
by EarthDay.org (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1
billion people in more than 193 countries.

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The official theme for 2022.

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