TODAY IN HISTORY-TUESDAY APRIL 05, 2011

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Today is Tuesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2011. There are 270 days left in the year.

Today in History:  AP Highlight in History: On April 5, 1887, In Tuscumbia, Ala., teacher Anne Sullivan taught her blind and deaf pupil, Helen Keller, the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet. AP Photo
On this date in: 1614 Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. 1792 George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states. 1856 Black educator Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Va. 1895 Playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices. 1908 Actress Bette Davis was born in Lowell, Mass. 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. 1976 Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died at age 72. 1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the highest-scoring player in NBA history with 31,421 career points. (He still holds the career record with with 38,387 points.) AP Photo 1987 Fox Broadcasting Co. made its prime-time TV debut.  Read the original AP story 2008 Actor Charlton Heston died at age 84. 2010 An explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston, W.Va., killed 29 workers. 2010 In a televised rescue, 115 Chinese coal miners were freed after spending eight days trapped in a flooded mine, surviving an accident that had killed 38.		Today's Birthdays: Former secretary of state Colin Powell turns 74 years old today. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Name Profession Age Gale Storm Actress 89 Roger Corman Filmmaker 85 Michael Moriarty Actor 70 Allan Clarke Rock singer (The Hollies) 69 Max Gail Actor ("Barney Miller") 68 Peter King U.S. congressman, R-N.Y. 67 Agnetha Faltskog Singer (ABBA) 61 Troy Gentry Country singer (Montgomery-Gentry) 44 Paula Cole Rock singer 43 Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams turns 38 years old today. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

Thought for Today: 

"I realized a long time ago that a belief which does not spring from a conviction in the emotions is no belief at all." — Evelyn Scott, American author (1893-1963).

A Prayer For Practicing Scripture”

Father in heaven, we ask You to help us apply Your teachings to our lives so that our foundation will be unshakeable and storm-proof when the howling winds and surging rains beat against us. The foundation of this world is temporal and growing more and more decadent, so we choose instead to build our lives on the eternal foundation of Your Holy Word, as You teach us all throughout Scripture. We also ask you to increase our faith and understanding during this focused time of reading through the New Testament over the next forty days. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.