On this day in history:
1923 - Insulin first becomes widely available for use by diabetics.
1924 - Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in baseball.
1983 - Tokyo Disneyland begins corporate prostitut- I mean, opens.
1989 - Chinese students begin anti-Communism protests in Tiananmen Square. They don’t yet know that tanks are stronger than they are.
1994 - The World Trade Organization is effectively created.
Births/Deaths:
1452 - Leonardo DaVinci born.
1959 - Actor Thomas F. Wilson is born. “What are you looking at, butthead?”
2001 - Joey Ramone dies.
Holidays/Observances:
It’s tax day in the United States.
