Today in history

Today is the 120th day of 2022 and the 42th day of spring.

Today’s history: In 1635, the first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, was founded in Boston.

In 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States of America in Federal Hall in New York City.

In 1803, representatives of the United States and France concluded negotiations for the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.

In 1812, Louisiana was admitted as the 18th U.S. state .

Today’s fact: After George Washington died in 1799, his wife, Martha, burned all of the letters the two had exchanged to ensure they would remain private.

Today’s sports: In 1993, an obsessed fan of tennis star Steffi Graf stabbed her 19-year-old rival, Monica Seles, at a tournament match in Hamburg, Germany.

Today’s quote: “It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.” -- Carl Friedrich Gauss

Today’s number: 827,192 -- square miles west of the Missippi River that the United States took possession of in the Louisiana Purchase, at a cost of less than 3 cents per acre.

Today’s moon: New moon (April 30).

Birthdays

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), mathematician; Eve Arden (1908-1990), actress; Robert Shaw (1916-1999), conductor; Roger Easton (1921-2014), GPS co-inventor; Johnny Horton (1925-1960), musician; Cloris Leachman (1926-2021), actress; Gary Collins (1938-2012), actor/talk show host; Isiah Thomas (1961- ), basketball player; Johnny Galecki (1975), actor; Kirsten Dunst (1982- ), actress; Gal Gadot (1985- ), model/actress; Travis Scott (1991- ), rapper.; Lars Von Trier (1956), writer/director; Jane Campion (1954), writer and 2022 Academy Award-winning director.