W/E April 3, 2010: HistorTweet Week in Review

World: DATELINE Reykjavic, March 30, 1949 - Iceland heats up over Cold War politics, as rioters in Reykjavik protest decision to join NATO: http://bit.ly/c501o9
Sports: DATELINE London, April 2, 1977 - Red Rum wins world's toughest steeplechase for record 3rd time: http://bit.ly/cIoCag
Things that make you go Huh?: DATELINE Great Britain, April 1, 1957 - BBC reports mild winter, dearth of spaghetti weevil in Switzerland, yield bumper spaghetti crop: http://bit.ly/1az2cH (video)

This weeks birthdays:[
March 28: Author Maxim Gorky
March 29: British Prime Minister Sir John Major
March 30: Painter Vincent Van Gogh
March 31: Mathematician Rene Descartes
April 1: Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff
April 2:Writer Hans Christian Andersen, and
April 3: Author Washington Irving

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