Here are a few random facts to start your morning off:
Sometimes earthquakes naturally cause lights to appear
Freddie Mercury designed the Queen logo himself
The world’s biggest epidemic started in America and killed over 100 million people
The Empire State Building cost nearly 1/3 less than budgeted
Your weather forecast for today:
A minimum of 12°C and a maximum of 23°C
Low clouds followed by some sun
Sunrise: 6:26AM
Sunset: 5:49 PM
Today in History:
Born on this day:
1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar
American actress, producer
1904 John Gielgud
English actor, director, producer
1892 V. Gordon Childe
Australian archaeologist, philologist
1891 B. R. Ambedkar
Indian jurist, politician
1629 Christiaan Huygens
Dutch mathematician, astronomer, physicist
Deaths On This Day – 18 April
1964 Rachel Carson
American biologist, author
1950 Ramana Maharshi
Indian philosopher
1935 Amalie Emmy Noether
German mathematician
1925 John Singer Sargent
American painter
1759 George Frideric Handel
German/English composer
