08/04/10

Winchester Cathedral was dedicated in 1093.  The Venus de Milo was discovered on the island of Melos in 1820.  Liaquat Ali Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru signed the Liaquat-Nehru Pact in 1950, intended to guarantee minority rights in Pakistan and India and avert a war between them.  Jomo Kenyatta was sentenced to 7 years of hard labour and indefinite detention thereafter for alleged involvement in the Mau Mau Rebellion in 1952.

Born today:  Mary Pickford (1892-1979), Sonja Henie (1912-1969), Jacques Brel (1929-1978), Kofi Annan (1938), Vivienne Westwood (1941) and Julian Lennon (1963).

Japan is celebrating Hanamatsuri today.