April 5: This Day in History

Today in History Featured Fact, 1887:
Teacher Anne Sullivan, using the "hand alphabet" and water from a pump, teaches the word "water" to deaf and blind Helen Keller. This breakthrough starts the pair on their remarkable and inspiring joint career.

Also Today:
1614: Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1792: George Washington employs the president's constitutional power to veto a bill for the first time.
1869: Daniel Bakeman, the last surviving soldier of the Revolutionary War, dies at age 109.
1923: The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. begins production of the first inflatable ("balloon") tires; up 'til now solid rubber tires made for a very hard ride.
1954: Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right."

April is National Poetry Month. Today:
1837: Algernon Charles Swinburne is born in London.
1997: Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, author of "Howl", dies at age 70.

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