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Many things happened on this date in history, April 17th:

It was April 17, 1970 that the Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert safely splashed down in the Pacific. This was only 4 days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft while en route to the moon. I've always had a crush on Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon; but, Tom Hanks really stole the scene. 




       It was April 17, 1969 that a jury in Los Angeles convicted Sirhan Sirhan of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy. I just recently bought In Love With Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy, by Ronald Steel. Apparently his murder happened in a hotel hallway where weeks earlier someone had written "The Once and Future King". I will eventually get around to reading the book rather than perusing the book.                


      It was April 17, 1524 that Giovanni da Verrazano reached the New York harbor. If you have never crossed this bridge, you have missed an experience. This bridge has a lot of  history and significance to the industrialization and progression of America. This was at one point the bridge of all bridges. The picture below doesn't really give the true engineering genius of the Verrazano bridge.



     Today Victoria Adams Beckham, formerly of the Spice Girls is turning 36. She is married to the legendary soccer star known as Beckham. Although the Spice Girls have fizzled out, Spice World is over, Mrs. Beckham has grown into a pop icon once again, with or without her arms wrapped around her husband.  Victoria Beckham has written two autobiographies, That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between and Learning to Fly: The Autobiography. David Beckham has also written a few books as well: Beckham: Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography and David Beckham: My Side: The Autobiography. 






   Today Liz Phair, singer and song writer is turning 43. Most people my age grew up listening to her. For turning 43 she is still looking amazing though. You can find her on Myspace, Facebook, and many of the other social networking sites. Below are some of the tracks that you might recognize or fall in love with.