1...that the International Dance Day has been celebrated on April 29 since 1982? It commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet. 2...that George E. Studdy was a British artist best remembered for his creation of Bonzo the dog, a fictional character, in the early 1920s? 3...the USS Kidd (DD-661), currently a museum ship, was a Fletcher-class destroyer, and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd? 4...that musical montage (montage meaning "putting together") is a technique where musical compositions or sound objects are created from collage? 

The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing its secret formula and introduced New Coke on this date in 1985. Public reaction was so devastating that within three months the company reverted to producing its original version, renaming it Coke Classic.

"The only way that I could figure they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life's most delightful elixirs, which studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put rum or bourbon in it." -- Lewis Grizzard

retronym: a new term for an existing object that is changed enough that it must be distinguished from the new one; Coke Classic was the name given to the original version of Coca Cola after introducing New Coke.

Passover begins at sundown and lasts until May 1

St. George: dragon-slayer, later patron saint of England, killed for his faith (303) U.S. Supreme Court: ended segregation on buses (1956) McDonald's: opened its first restaurant in the Chinese capital of Beijing (1992)

William Shakespeare: famed English playwright, poet (1564-1616) James Buchanan: U.S. president (1791-1868) Shirley Temple Black: cirly haired child actress turned U.S. ambassador (77)