“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A. A. Milne
As we mark the 100th anniversary of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories, The Queen has presented a very special gift to the New York Public Library, reuniting baby Roo with his friends from the 100 Acre Wood.
The Library is home to the original collection of toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne, which inspired the characters in the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series. The collection is missing Roo, the baby kangaroo who was lost in an orchard in the 1930s.
The new addition of Roo was created by Shropshire-based company Merrythought, who also created the original toys.
👀 Watch Roo’s great adventure travelling from Buckingham Palace onboard Their Majesties’ flight to his new home in New York.
This speech will go down as one of the best written and spoken by Jeff Daniel. These words are as important and as relevant today as when he said them.
Happy Birthday, Wrigley Field!
On April 23, 1914, the home of the Chicago Cubs opened.
The stadium was originally called Weeghman Park but was renamed Wrigley Field in 1926.
Wrigley is the second oldest stadium still in use in the Major League Baseball.
SCOOP: As a kid, Pope Leo was on the 'Bozo's Circus' TV show.
His brother John says they got tickets to the famous Chicago children's show.
I think it's now the work of investigative journalists to dig up the footage
Rick Astley & the Foo Fighters perform "Never Gonna Give You Up" in the style of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", after Dave Grohl spotted Rick on the side of the stage and just pulled him up to do the song
Rita Moreno is one of just three people to win an Emmy for The Muppets, the other two: Bernadette Peters and Peter Sellers. The comedy timing during her performance of "Fever" while Animal attempts to railroad her is incredible. It was also done in one take
"Dat my kinda woman!"
On March 21, 1965, the third Selma to Montgomery march began, a defining moment in the movement for voting rights.
Under a federal court order, only 300 marchers were permitted to travel the highway at a time. Over five days, the number of demonstrators grew, and by the time the marchers reached Montgomery, more than 25,000 people stood together calling for justice and full access to the ballot.
That collective courage helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 just months later, a critical step toward removing barriers that denied Black Americans the right to vote.
The legacy of that march reminds us that progress requires persistence, participation, and protection of our rights.
#RestoreTheVRA #JohnLewisVRAA #MLK #JohnLewis #Nonviolence365
31 years ago today.
March 19, 1995.
21 months after Game 6 of the 1993 Finals, Michael Jordan returns and begins the arduous journey back to the top of the @NBA.
Still the most anticipated and watched game in regular season history.
@NBAonNBC🏀🦚
@Jumpman23🐐
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