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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Morning Coffee - Put not your trust in princes

*April 23, 1898 - Spain declares war on the United States.
Fought between April and August 1898, the Spanish-American War was the result of American concern over Spanish treatment of native Cubans, anger over the sinking of USS Maine - giving rise to the slogan, "Remember the Maine!" - and political pressures brought about by 'yellow journalism' (every thing old is new again).

Though Pres. McKinley(R) had wished to avoid war, American forces moved swiftly once it began. In rapid campaigns, American forces seized the Philippines and Guam. This was followed by a longer campaign in southern Cuba which culminated in American victories at sea and on land. The war ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The U.S. emerged from the war a world power. McKinley was assassinated in 1901.

*Hank Aaron hits his first MLB home run
Aaron hits his first major-league home run, April 23, 1954, playing for the Milwaukee Braves against the St. Louis Cardinals.

Aaron began his professional baseball career in 1952 in the Negro League and joined the Milwaukee Braves of the major leagues in 1954, eight years after Jackie Robinson had integrated baseball. Aaron was the last Negro League player to compete in the majors. ‘Hammerin' Hank’ would go on to surpass Babe Ruth and retire in 1976 with 755 home runs, setting a record that would stand until 2007. San Fransisco Giant Barry Bonds would be that man. On August 7, 2007, Bonds hit his 756th home run to surpass Aaron as the homerun king. However, later investigations into illegal steriod use to enhance the play of Bonds taint that record. 

Aaron was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. Since his retirement, Aaron has held front office roles with the Atlanta Braves. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Aaron fifth on its "100 Greatest Baseball Players" list.

*On April 23, 2005, 'Me at the zoo' was the very first video uploaded to a then-unknown website called 'youtube.' It was uploaded by the site's co-founder, Jawed Karim, with the username "jawed" and recorded by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky; approximately one year later, the site was hosting some 100 million videos. The rest, they say, is history - or more precisely 'memory hole.'

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