Fact of the Day

Asteroid 5535 Annefrank was named in Anne Frank's honour in 1995, after having been discovered in 1942.

Today in History

1830 Trail of Tears US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, a key law leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears

Today's Birthdays

1956 John Wells

1936 Maki Ishii

1947 Lynn Johnston