02/04/10

Haile Selassie was declared Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930.  The first official panda crossing was placed near Waterloo Station in 1962.  Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982 and Rita Johnston became the first female premier of a Canadian province in 1991, when she became Premier of British Columbia.

Born today:  Charlemagne (742-814), Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Emile Zola (1840-1902), Max Ernst (1891-1975), Alec Guinness (1914-2000), Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), Penelope Keith (1940), Leon Russell (1942), Roshan Seth (1942), Emmylou Harris (1947), Camille Paglia (1947), Linford Christie (1960) and Teddy Sheringham (1966).

It is World Autism Awareness Day.