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and Boston’s Fenway Park, news which was overshadowed by the previous week’s sinking of the Titanic. The original Yankee Stadium opened in April, 1923, and the New York Mets’ Shea Stadium had opening day in April, 1964. The world’s first domed sports stadium, the Houston Astrodome opened the following year. Built at a cost of $37 million, the Astrodome boasted a sophisticated air conditioning system. On opening night, the Astros battled the New York Yankees in an exhibition game, and Mickey Mantle hit the stadium’s first home run. • On May 2, 1939, the great New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig ended his 2,130games-played streak when he benched himself for poor play. His final game had been April 30, and he never played again. Gehrig knew something was wrong, but didn’t know his diagnosis would be amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now commonly called “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” Lou Gehrig Day was held at Yankee Stadium two months later on July 4th, and as 60,000 fans looked on, Gehrig made his famous statement, “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” He passed away two years later at age 37. • Earth Day was first observed in April of 1970, with 20 million participants. It was the brainstorm of U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, who came up with the idea after touring a disastrous oil spill in the Santa Barbara, California area. In his words, “It had been troubling me that the state of our environment was simply a non-issue in the politics of the country.” • April 19, 1897 marked the first running of the Boston Marathon, with 15 runners at the starting line. John J. McDermott, representing the Pastime Athletic Club of New York City, was the inaugural winner with a time of 2:55:10, nearly seven minutes ahead of the next competitor. The men’s record, set in 2011, is 2:03:02, while the best women’s time is 2:19:59, a record achieved in 2014. (continued on next page)

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• “The Wedding of the Century” took place on April 18, 1956 when actress Grace Kelly married Monaco’s Prince Rainier III. Thirty-six seamstresses worked on 26-year-old Kelly’s wedding dress for six weeks in preparation for the nuptials. After meeting at the Cannes Film Festival, the pair corresponded for eight months before Rainier traveled to America to meet her family, proposing to Grace three days later. Before the marriage plans could proceed, the family was required to provide a $2 million dowry. Following the ceremony attended by 600 guests, the royal couple departed for their seven-week Mediterranean honeymoon cruise aboard the prince’s yacht. • The month of April has had its share of tragedies. In 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed by Timothy McVeigh. In 1999, Colorado’s Columbine High School shootings occurred. It was also the month of the assassinations of President Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. The sinking of the Titanic, the devastating nuclear accident at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl plant, the Boston Marathon bombing, and the Virginia Tech shooting also took place in April. • On May 18, 1980, 96 miles (154.5 km) south of Seattle, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Mount St. Helens, followed by a volcanic eruption rising 80,000 feet (24 km) into the sky. Rocks, ash, 1300-degree magma, and glacial ice thundered down the mountainside at a speed of 100 mph (161 km/hr). Fourteen miles (22.5 km) of the nearby Toutle River were buried in 150 feet (45.7 m) of the rubble. Ash was dumped in 11 U.S. states. In just seconds, the formerly 9,600-foot-high (2,926 m) mountain became 8,300 feet (2,530 m) tall. An estimated 57 people died, 27 of whom were never recovered. • Explorers Lewis and Clark and their party of 45 men departed St. Louis, Missouri, on May 14, 1804 with instructions to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. A 55-foot-long (16.8 m) keel boat and two smaller wooden rowboats carried the men up the Missouri River. Twelve men did not OFF make the full journey, including seven who were court-martialed for reasons such as “be (continued on next page)

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having in an unbecoming manner,” being AWOL, “expressions of a mutinous nature,” and desertion. The expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in November of 1805. It took until the following September to return to St. Louis. • Academy Awards were handed out for the first time in May of 1929 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. Although sound had just come to the movies, only silent films were allowed to compete that year. One of the first “talkies,” “The Jazz Singer” had recently been released, but was deemed ineligible, because the Academy thought it unfair for it to compete with silent films. As a result, there has only been one silent film, “Wings,” to ever win Best Picture. The Awards wouldn’t be known as Oscars for another 10 years. Legend has it that the Academy’s executive direct mentioned that the statuette reminded her of her Uncle Oscar.

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FLORAL PLATTER

Spring brings flowers, and lately designers are using more floral prints than usual for fabrics and designs. But a picture of a plant as a decoration on dinnerware is an old idea going back to at least the 1600s. In 1761, an Encyclopedia of Danish Flowers (Flora Danica) was commissioned by King Frederik V of Denmark. Thousands of hand-colored illustrations from engraved copper plates were made that accurately showed the wild flowers and plants. It was not completed until 1874, but some of the drawings were used to decorate a banquet service in 1790.

PHOTO CUTLINE: This 20th-century Flora Danica porcelain platter is 18 1/2 inches by 14 1/4 inches. It features a tall, yellow mullein ﬂower. The dish is fully marked on the bottom with factory marks and the impressed number 3520. It sold for $984 in a Skinner Inc. auction in Massachusetts.

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A Flora Danica platter recently sold for almost $1,000. It was decorated with “Verbascum Thapsiforme Beuspidatum Shad.” We call it a mullein or velvet plant. The tall yellow flowers are used in herbal medicine. Today there are more than 300 varieties of mullein, and more are being propagated to get more flowers, shorter flower stalks and other changes. If you own a Flora Danica piece, be very careful. Even a tiny chip in the notched edge can lower the price by half or more. *** I bought a Belleek creamer and sugar bowl decorated with a yellow ribbon and bow back in the 1960s. The marks have a circle “R” over a harp and the words “Belleek, Ireland” and “Deanta in Eirinn, Reg. No. 0857.” The sugar bowl has a green mark and the creamer a black mark. Why are the marks different colors?

The black mark with the words Deanta in Eirinn was used from 1926 to 1946. The green mark that is the same, except for the color, was used from 1946 to 1955. A sugar and creamer pair usually have the same marks since they were bought at the same time. Belleek made some patterns for many years, and you may have a replacement for a broken piece. *** TIP: Your cellphone’s camera is a magnifying glass. Focus on the marking you want to read and go in for a close-up. It is great for ceramics or prints, but a little difﬁcult for metal because of glare. No need for a ruler and a magniﬁer anymore. Now you can go to a show with a dollar bill (a 6-inch ruler) and a phone.

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Tidbits is commemorating National Tomato Month with a spotlight on this item. • The tomato plant is a member of the Nightshade family, along with potatoes, tobacco, eggplant, and chili peppers. It has its origins in Peru, where the Aztec language translated its description to “plump thing with a navel.” Its scientific name is Lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means, “wolf peach.” The Italians call a tomato “pomodoro,” which translates “apple of gold.” • There are at least 10,000 varieties of tomatoes, and some experts claim that number could be as high as 25,000. The smallest are less than .75 inch (1.9 cm) in diameter. One pound (.45 kg) of tomato seeds can produce about 140,000 plants. Nearly 95% of a tomato’s weight is water, and a 3.5-oz. (100-gram) tomato contains 18 calories. • Tomato categories are based on shape and size. Beefsteak tomatoes are the largest, 4 inches (10 cm) or more in diameter with a kidney bean shape. Small, round sweet cherry tomatoes are about 0.8 in (2 cm) in diameter, while the small grape tomatoes are oblong. The tiny tomberries are only about 5 mm in diameter. The oblong pear or plum tomatoes have a lower water content and are used in the production of tomato sauce and paste. • Heirloom tomatoes refers to those varieties that have been grown for generations without cross-breeding. (continued on next page)

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