What I Really Know About Lessons From My Kids
by Judy Irvin Kuns, Sandusky, Ohio; reprinted from AARP Bulletin May 2012
Don't you have a better shirt than that to wear?" I would ask my son Andrew, eyeing his tattered and faded T-shirt.
"I like this shirt," he'd say quietly.
Variations of this dialogue went on sporadically for a couple of years, the shirt becoming more faded, more tattered and, since he had owned it since fifth grade, more ill-fitting.
He had been given the T-shirt for a basketball tournament. When new, it had his name on the back and the number 50 in big black letters. But after innumerable washings, the number came unglued, the memory of it represented by a bright white shadow.
One day Andrew was preparing to go to the mall, and since he was now a sophomore in high school, he was going with his girlfriend. He pulled on the tattered T-shirt and headed for the door.
"Andrew," I said, this time a little more emphatically, "you have a million T-shirts. Certainly you can find something nicer than that to go out in."
He looked down at his shirt as if noticing for the first time that it wasn't brand-new. "I got this shirt the day Ben Brunner died," was all he said.
In the silence that followed his simple response, I realized for the first time how much that shirt meant to him. Ben Brunner had been an honor student, a star athlete, and only 18 years old the day he was killed in a car accident just weeks before graduation. For five years my son had been wearing that T-shirt, paying tribute in his own quiet and personal way to a student he had respected, both academically and athletically.
Suddenly that faded T-shirt took on a brightness I hadn't noticed before; of course it was totally appropriate for a trip to the mall or anywhere else. "You're right," I said, smoothing an invisible wrinkle over his shoulder, "it's a fine T-shirt. I just hope you don't outgrow it too fast."
And I knew that somehow he never would.
50th Anniversaries, Holidays, National Observances and Birthdays
50th anniversaries
April 12
Arnold Palmer becomes the first four-time winner of the Masters Tournament, cruising to victory with a four-round total of 276 at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
April 13
Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of itinerant handyman Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field."
April 16
The Rolling Stones release their debut album, "The Rolling Stones," which is issued in the United Kingdom by Decca Records. The American edition of the LP, with a slightly different track list, is issued by London Records on May 30 with the added title "England's Newest Hit Makers."
April 22
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair opens in Flushing Meadows with the theme of "Peace Through Understanding." The fair runs for two six-month seasons, closing on Oct. 17, 1965.
April national months, observances and holidays
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Cancer Control Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Financial Literacy Month
National Foot Health Awareness Month
National Minority Health Month
National Poetry Month
Stress Awareness Month
April 7: World Health Day
April 14: Passover begins at sunset
April 15: Tax Day
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: Administrative Professionals Day
April 28: Holocaust Remembrance Day
April milestone birthdays
5 things you didn't know about Juan Williams, journalist, author and Fox News commentator (born April 10, 1954)
He was born in Panama but grew up in Brooklyn, where his mother, a garment worker, would pick up newspapers on the subway and bring them home for him to read.
He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1976 from Haverford College.
Before becoming a broadcaster at NPR and Fox News, he worked for 21 years at the Washington Post as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist and White House reporter.
Williams' son Tony once worked as a page for Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.).
He has interviewed the last five U.S. presidents, from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.
50
April 7: Russell Crowe
April 20: Crispin Glover (actor, author)
April 22: Chris Makepeace (actor)
April 28: Barry Larkin (baseball star)
60
April 7: Jackie Chan
April 7: Tony Dorsett
April 9: Dennis Quaid
April 10: Juan Williams
April 16: Ellen Barkin
April 17: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (professional wrestling star)
April 23: Michael Moore
April 29: Jerry Seinfeld
70
April 3: Tony Orlando
April 28: Alice Waters
80
April 2: Carl Kasell (NPR newscaster)
April 3: Jane Goodall
April 10: John Madden
April 24: Shirley MacLaine
90
April 3: Doris Day
April 10: Jane Kean (Trixie Norton, "The Honeymooners")
Freebies, Scams and Savings Tips
April free stuff
April 1-15: Tax return preparation from AARP volunteers for low-to middle-income filers. For nearby locations, call 888-227-7669 or visit aarp.org/applications/VMISLocator/searchTaxAideLocations.action.
Monthlong: These sites may offer free "simple" federal tax returns: Express1040.com, Free File (irs.gov/uac/Free-File:-Do-Your-Federal-Taxes-for-Free), TaxAct.com and TurboTax (turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/free-edition.jsp).
April 15, Tax Day: Check the Internet for free food and other promotions by searching "tax day freebies."
April 19-27, National Park Week: Free admission to all 401 national parks; be sure to check the National Park Service website for details (nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm).
Yearlong Freebies
Books, CDs, DVDs, Internet access, classes and lectures: At 17,000 public libraries across the country.
Cash back: Rebate websites such as BeFrugal.com, CouponCactus.com, Ebates.com and Extrabux.com pay back a percentage of online purchases from select retailers.
Computer security software: Avast! (avast.com/index), AVG (http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage) and Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download).
Computer software for word processing, spreadsheets and other features: OpenOffice.org.
Credit report: Get three credit reports per year (one from each reporting bureau) at annualcreditreport.com. Scores cost extra.
Diet and exercise plans: FatSecret.com, MyFitnessPal.com and SparkPeople.com.
Factory tours: FactoryToursUSA.com.
Grocery-shopping apps to compare prices or use coupons: CardStar.com, CouponSherpa.com, KeyRingApp.com, http://www.RedLaser.com, and ZipList.com.
Hotel freebies: Check Priceline.com.
Home improvement workshops: Held weekends in local Home Depot (homedepot.com) and Lowe's (lowes.com) stores.
Medications (such as antibiotics): Meijer (meijer.com/pharmacy), Publix (publix.com/pharmacy/Free-Medications.do), ShopRite (shoprite.com/in-our-store/pharmacy) and other chains.
Military and veterans freebies: Various freebies and discounts at military.com, militaryandveteransdiscounts.com, themilitarywallet.com and VeteranOwnedBusiness.com.
Free or discounted tickets to sporting and other events for enrolling at vettix.org.
Wedding gowns for military brides at bridesacrossamerica.com.
Movies and TV shows to watch online: Crackle.com and Hulu.com.
Recipes: AllRecipes.com and Epicurious.com.
Restaurants: Some chain restaurants offer freebies on your birthday or anniversary if you subscribe to their e-newsletters or email clubs.
If you're a kid (or dining with one), certain restaurants offer "Kids Eat Free" promotions. Check MyKidsEatFree.com for details.
Go to your favorite businesses' Facebook pages and see if they offer free food and other stuff by clicking on "Like."
Samples of products: freesamples.org, getitfree.us, mrfreestuff.com, shop4freebies.com, startsampling.com, sweetfreestuff.com, TheFreeSite.com and TotallyFreeStuff.com. (To receive information without overloading your primary email, open a free dedicated account at Yahoo or Gmail.)
Free shipping: FreeShipping.org lists everyday shipping freebies and discounts.
Travel insurance: Check whether your credit card provides free travel insurance and other on-the-road perks.
April scam of the month: Mailbox fishing
As online "phishers" seek your money and identity in bogus emails purported to be from your bank, another business or a government agency, some low-tech crooks prefer to steal the old-fashioned way: They "fish" outgoing income tax returns to the IRS from mailboxes.
So take note of this scam, if you mail a paper tax return rather than the e-filing method encouraged by the IRS for its speed in filing and getting a tax refund. Using string, weights and sticky material to attach to envelopes, fishers drop a makeshift fishing line into a mailbox in hopes of snagging a tax return-complete with a check. If successful, they cover your signature with tape and try to "wash" the check with hardware-bought chemicals. That can provide a blank check, signed by you, to be rewritten for their use…as well as your bank account number to use fraudulently. The only good news: These fishers are usually not identity thieves seeking your Social Security number and personal information on tax returns. Mostly, this crime is done by drug addicts in need of quick cash.
The best way to prevent fraudster fishing is to deposit tax returns-and other important mail-at a post office. When using blue U.S. Postal Service drop boxes, choose those at a busy location or at a post office, which sometimes have camera surveillance. Also deposit mail as close as possible to posted collection times. When writing checks, use a gel pen, which has special ink that's more resistant to check-washing. If you suspect a fishing ploy, call the U.S Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455. This law enforcement agency can install anti-fishing devices inside mail collection boxes.
April best buys
Athletic footwear: Check out spring sale savings on sneakers.
Computers: As tax refunds arrive, so do discounts, especially for laptops.
Electronics: March 31 marks the end of the fiscal year for many Japanese companies, including electronics manufacturers based there. So expect sales on both new inventory and leftovers from the previous year.
Office furniture: After Tax Day, look for discounts from big-box retailers on items for your home office.
Refrigerators: New models are arriving, so prices chill on previous-year designs this month and in May.
Real estate: During the peak of winter, fewer buyers go house hunting, which could mean better prices…but less selection. But as weather warms, listings increase-as does competition among eager sellers.
Snowblowers: Who's buying them now? You should. Get a deal for next winter's driveway clearing.
Vacuum cleaners: Find spring savings before new models come out in the coming months.
April sales tax holidays
Sales tax holidays differ by state and may be subject to legislative approval each year. Consult your state's department of taxation website (linked and listed below) for verification as well as a complete list of eligible purchases.
Missouri: April 19-25 on select Energy Star appliances http://dor.mo.gov/business/sales/taxholiday/green/
Fun Places to Go This Month
This list isn't comprehensive, and dates weren't all confirmed when we went to press, so verify the information with the websites provided and check your local newspaper for other ideas.
April great vacations
April 17-27
Fiesta San Antonio
(fiesta-sa.org)
San Antonio, Texas
In 1890 the folks in San Antonio decided to throw a party to honor the survivors of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, and that parade of horse-drawn flower floats has grown into an 11-day event that draws folks from all over the Lone Star State. You'll find art exhibits, flower shows, food from top area restaurants, lots and lots of mariachi bands, and the biggest event of all: the River Parade, viewed by a quarter-million people, which climaxes with the arrival of "King Antonio" on a decorated float.
April book fairs
April 3-6
New York Antiquarian Book Fair
(www.nybookfair.com)
New York City, N.Y.
Sponsored by the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America, the 54th annual fair features first editions, rare books, prints and maps. Admission.
April 5
Literary Orange
(literaryorange.org)
Irvine, Calif.
This festival celebrates readers, authors and libraries and features two keynote speakers, panels, booksellers and more. Admission.
April 12-13
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
(latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks)
Los Angeles, Calif.
This festival, billed as the largest book fair in the country, is held on the University of Southern California campus and offers readings, signings, panel discussions, storytelling, cooking demos and poetry readings, as well as hundreds of exhibitor booths representing booksellers, publishers, literacy and cultural organizations. Free.
April 19
Alabama Book Festival
(alabamabookfestival.org)
Montgomery, Ala.
The festival offers a variety of activities including vendors, children's activities, book signings and author appearances. Free.
April 24-27
Arkansas Literary Festival
(arkansasliteraryfestival.org)
Little Rock, Ark.
This festival offers a variety of books for sale and author signings as well as panels, performances, workshops, presentations and a cocktail reception for visitors and authors. Most events free.
April film festivals
March 28-April 6
Atlanta Film Festival
(atlantafilmfestival.com/2013-fest)
Atlanta, Ga.
This annual gathering of movie buffs has been screening films since 1976. Today it offers 150 diverse flicks, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi, which organizers select from 2,000 international entries.
April TBA
TCM Classic Film Festival
(tcm.com/festival)
Hollywood, Calif.
The fifth annual festival coincides with the Turner Classic Movies channel's 20th anniversary. Hosted by TCM's Robert Osborne, this homage to old Hollywood includes screenings and parties at historic locales such as Grauman's (TCL) Chinese Theatre.
April 3-10
Phoenix Film Festival
(phoenixfilmfestival.com)
Phoenix, Ariz.
A filmmaker-friendly fest started in 2000 by independent filmmakers, it features more than 150 indie films, along with filmmaking seminars and panels.
April 3-13
Dallas International Film Festival
(dallasfilm.org)
Dallas, Texas
In its eighth year, the 2014 festival will include about 150 movies from across the world. Last year film executive Sherry Lansing and Exorcist director William Friedkin brought a flash of Hollywood glamour to the event.
April 3-17
Chicago Latino Film Festival
(chicagolatinofilmfestival.org)
Chicago, Ill.
Chicago's fest screens more than 100 features and short films from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, along with some U.S. movies from a Latino perspective.
April 4-13
Florida Film Festival
(floridafilmfestival.com)
Maitland, Fla.
Now in its 23rd year, this festival near Orlando had "Open Your Eyes" as its slogan in 2013. The lineup includes national and international movies, independent films, and some 100 filmmakers and celebrity guests.
April 4-13
Sarasota Film Festival
(sarasotafilmfestival.com)
Sarasota, Fla.
Sarasota's is one of the larger festivals in the Southeast, with more than 40,000 attendees taking in about 180 films (with breaks for the white-sand beaches nearby). A highlight is its annual documentary feature showcase and competition.
April 4-13
WorldFest: Houston International Film & Video Festival
(worldfest.org)
Houston, Texas
Billed as the oldest independent film and video festival in the world, founded in 1961, WorldFest screens some 60 features and about 100 shorts. Organizers pride themselves on the small size of the festival, which allows viewers time and space to seriously evaluate the films.
April 16-27
Tribeca Film Festival
(tribecafilm.com/festival)
New York, N.Y.
Cofounded in lower Manhattan by Robert De Niro in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, this festival now spreads all over the city with some 400 screenings of features and shorts, plus free panels and discussions.
April 17-26
Nashville Film Festival
(nashvillefilmfestival.org)
Nashville, Tenn.
Established in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival is a weeklong showcase of diverse world cinema. Considering the city's roots, there's always some emphasis (workshops, awards) on music in films.
April 17-27
Filmfest DC
(filmfestdc.org)
Washington, D.C.
Also known as the Washington, D.C., International Film Festival, this fest includes screenings of about 80 films from around the world, shown in theaters across the city.
April 24-May 4
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
(hotdocs.ca)
Toronto, Ontario
Billed as North America's largest documentary festival, conference and market, this is definitely a big kahuna of the documentary world, with all the most notable films and major players represented.
April 24-May 8
San Francisco International Film Festival
(sffs.org)
San Francisco, Calif.
Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival is billed as the oldest continuously held film festival in the Americas, offering some 200 diverse movies and attracting about 75,000 moviegoers, along with many successful and aspiring filmmakers.
April food and wine festivals
April 10-13
Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival
(pebblebeachfoodandwine.com)
Pebble Beach, Fla.
Celebrity chefs from across the country are featured at this sleek annual event, another one sponsored by Food & Wine. High-end dinners and other events are held at the oceanside Inn at Spanish Bay, one of the hotels at Pebble Beach Resorts. Admission.
April 24-27
Galveston Island Food and Wine Festival
(galveston.com/foodandwine)
Galveston, Texas
This is the fifth annual festival, which offers a chance to participate in blind wine tastings, local foods paired with the appropriate wines, and live music. Admission.
April 25-26
5th Annual California Wine Festival
(californiawinefestival.com)
Orange County, Calif.
The annual festival features hundreds of local wines, tastings from area restaurants and gourmet food companies. Admission.
April 25-27
Austin Food & Wine Festival
(austinfoodandwinefestival.com)
Austin, Texas
The festival offers a "Grand Tasting Pavilion," full of artisanal foods and wines, as well as lots of live music, cooking demonstrations, and wine and cocktail seminars. Admission.
April 26-27
Great American Pie Festival
(piecouncil.org/Events/GreatAmericanPieFestival)
Celebration, Fla.
This Crisco-sponsored festival offers a pie buffet and pie-related activities galore. Attendees can create and decorate their own pies and enter a pie-eating contest. Free.
Diet, Health and Recipes
April health tip of the month
A 15-minute walk after eating can do more than help digest your meal-it can also help reduce the risk of diabetes in older adults by lowering blood sugar levels for hours, according to George Washington University research. More importantly, taking a little walk after meals was much more effective at preventing blood sugar spikes than a long walk earlier in the day. And what better way to get started than National Walking Day, April 2?
April superfood of the month: Dark chocolate
Don't feel guilty eating all the chocolate Easter bunnies. Instead, indulge in dark chocolate (at least 70 percent cacao)-though not too much of it. Chocolate's antioxidants, including flavonoids and polyphenols, may protect arteries from getting clogged, helping prevent heart attacks. Blood pressure could also be lowered and some studies indicate that consuming dark chocolate on a regular basis decreased the rate of stroke in women by 20 percent.
April fitness tip of the month
Take it outside. New research shows that exercising outdoors offers even more health benefits than going to the gym. Hiking, biking and walking in the fresh air had a 50 percent greater positive effect on mental health than exercising indoors, the study found. The best news? Just five minutes of outdoor activity can improve mood, reduce stress and increase self-esteem-so take a walk after lunch for a more productive afternoon.
Medical breakthrough of the month: Need a reason to cut back on red meat?
Scientists have found another possible culprit linking red meat and heart disease. A compound called carnitine found in red meat seems to have a profound effect on certain bacteria in the intestine, causing them to produce a chemical that's linked to clogged arteries. And the more meat we eat, the worse the effect, suggests research published in Nature Medicine on April 7, 2013. This news is part of growing evidence that our gut bacteria may play a crucial role in many aspects of health-from cancer to diabetes to obesity.
April recipe of the month: Pecan, Cranberry and Orange Muffins
It's spring! Celebrate new beginnings (and mornings) with these easy-to-make muffins that are boosted with healthy nuts, whole wheat flour and dried fruit.
By blogger Kate Deacon, iheartkatiecakes.blogspot.com, @Katie_Cakes, from AARP's ThinkFood: Recipes for Brain Fitness (Posit Science), aarp.org/ThinkFoodCookbook.
Makes 12 muffins
INGREDIENTS
½ cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ cup + 2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
⅓ cup superfine sugar (also known as castor sugar)
¼ cup pecans, roughly chopped
Zest of ½ orange
1 egg
¾ cup milk
½ stick butter, melted
2 teaspoons orange juice
½ cup cranberries
DIRECTIONS
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
Sift the two flours and baking powder into a large mixing bowl, then stir in sugar, pecans and orange zest.
In a small mixing bowl, beat together the egg, milk, melted butter and orange juice.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and beat with a wooden spoon until just combined.
Add the cranberries and stir briefly. (Do not overmix or the muffins will be tough.)
Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin liners, filling to around ⅔ full. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until the domes are lightly golden and firm to the touch.
Remove muffins from oven. Allow to cool slightly and serve while still warm.
This Day in History
April 1, 1996: April Fool's: Taco Bell runs ads saying the company had purchased the Liberty Bell-renamed the Taco Liberty Bell-to help pay off the national debt. Some members of Congress receive angry calls.
April 2, 1968: Sci-fi flick "2001: A Space Odyssey" premieres in Washington, D.C. It makes more than $25 million in its first year.
April 3, 1968: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his final speech, popularly referred to as the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, before an assembly of on-strike sanitation workers at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn. A day later, the civil rights leader would be assassinated.
April 4, 1968: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed by a sniper, believed to be James Earl Ray, while standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was 39.
April 5, 1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in Jamestown, temporarily easing tensions between the Algonquian Indians and the English settlers in Virginia.
April 6, 2004: The Lady Huskies beat Tennessee, 70-62, making the University of Connecticut the first to win both the men's and women's NCAA Division 1 basketball titles in the same season.
April 7, 1927: An image of Herbert Hoover, then secretary of Commerce, appears before a New York audience in the first long-distance television demonstration.
April 8, 1975: Future Hall of Famer Frank Robinson becomes Major League Baseball's first black player-manager. On this Opening Day, he puts himself into the game as a designated hitter and slams a home run as his Cleveland Indians defeat the New York Yankees, 5-3.
April 9, 1959: Military test pilots Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald "Deke" Slayton are announced as the first seven astronauts of NASA's Project Mercury, America's first manned space program. The astronauts are soon nicknamed the "Mercury Seven."
April 10, 1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, "The Great Gatsby," is published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York City.
April 11, 1898: President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war against Spain. Exactly a year later, the treaty ending the four-month Spanish-American War takes effect.
April 12, 1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space, completing a single orbit around the Earth in his Vostok 1 capsule before safely returning in less than two hours.
April 13, 1964: Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, taking home the Oscar statuette for his performance as Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field."
April 14, 1865: Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Booth flees from the theater, shouting the Virginia state motto, "Sic semper tyrannis" ("Thus always to tyrants"). The mortally wounded Lincoln will die the next morning, the first U.S. president to be assassinated. Booth will be surrounded and shot several weeks later.
April 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers breaks Major League Baseball's color barrier. He scores the winning run in his team's 5-3 defeat of the Boston Braves. Exactly 50 years later, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig retires Robinson's uniform number, 42, for all professional baseball teams at a ceremony at New York City's Shea Stadium.
April 16, 1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 59 minutes. Less than a year earlier, Quimby had become the first American aviator to earn a pilot's license.
April 17, 1961: More than 1,000 Cuban exiles invade the Bay of Pigs in Cuba as part of a failed, CIA-led revolution against Fidel Castro.
April 18, 1775: Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott being their famous rides from Boston to the towns of Lexington and Concord to alert American patriots: "The British are coming! The British are coming!"
April 19, 1951: Defending his conduct of the Korean War, Gen. Douglas MacArthur tells a joint session of Congress: "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
April 20, 1971: James Swann, his parents and nine other families win their case as the U.S. Supreme Court upholds busing as a way to racially integrate schools.
April 21, 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious German fighter pilot better known as the Red Baron, is shot down by the Allies over Vaux-sur-Somme, France, having downed a record 80 enemy aircraft during World War I.
April 22, 1970: Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson's idea for a day honoring the environment becomes a reality as the first Earth Day is observed.
April 23, 1985: Coca-Cola chair and CEO Roberto Goizueta hails a change in the secret formula of Coke. The firestorm over "new Coke" will result in the original flavor's return 79 days later.
April 24, 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit, from where it will send hundreds of thousands of images of the final frontier back to Earth.
April 25, 1939: Created by illustrator Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, DC Comics superhero Batman makes his first appearance in Detective Comics number 27.
April 26, 1952: Patty Berg shoots a 64-six under the men's par for the course-setting a record for the best round of competitive golf played by a woman, at the Richmond Country Club in California. Berg was an early women's golf pioneer, having won the first U.S. Women's Open in 1945 and help found the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
April 27, 1963: Fifteen-year-old Margaret Annemarie Battavio, better known as Little Peggy March, becomes the youngest female singer to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts with her hit, "I Will Follow Him."
April 28, 1947: Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members set off from Peru on the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, in an anthropological effort to prove that the Polynesian Islands could have been settled by ancient South Americans. The Kon-Tiki raft was built using pre-Columbian materials and crosses the Pacific Ocean in 101 days.
April 29, 2004: Honoring the 16 million Americans who served, the World War II Memorial erected between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial opens in Washington.
April 30, 1997: Ellen Morgan, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres' character on the ABC sitcom "Ellen," comes out to her therapist, played by guest star Oprah Winfrey, revealing that she is a lesbian during an episode seen by 42 million television viewers. DeGeneres herself had come out as gay only days before the episode airs.
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