World: DATELINE London, April 8, 1968 - Heroic Barbara Jane Harrison perishes after guiding her passengers to safety following crash: http://bit.ly/a2okLO
Sports: DATELINE Athens, April 6, 1896 - De Coubertin's dreams come true with revival of Olympic competition in Athens: http://bit.ly/SKQty
Entertainment: DATELINE Brighton, April 6, 1974 - Twice-incumbent Luxembourg meets its Waterloo at Brighton as Swedish quartet grabs Eurovision laurels: http://bit.ly/baeAUD
This weeks birthdays:
April 4: Musician Muddy Waters
April 5: Slave turned statesman Booker T. Washington
April 6: Outlaw Butch Cassidy
April 7: Sitarist Ravi Shankar
April 8: UN General Secretary Kofi Annan
April 9: Singer Paul Robeson, and
April 10: Actor Omar Sharif
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