Milestones

Monday, Apr. 18, 2011

    • NAMED

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz, as the new Democratic National Committee chair; she replaces Tim Kaine, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia

    ANNOUNCED

    The exhumation of a Florentine woman suspected of sitting for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa; archaeologists hope to prove whether she was the model

    OPENED

    The Watergate Gallery at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library; the new exhibit aims to give a more truthful version of the scandal than its previous account

    FOUND

    The remains of three women near a beach in Long Island, New York. Eight bodies have now been recovered, all thought to be victims of a serial killer

    DIED

    Manning Marable, the Columbia University historian whose anticipated revisionist book on black-nationalist leader Malcolm X was released just days after his death

    BOUGHT

    Bankrupt video renter Blockbuster, by satellite TV provider Dish Network for $320 million, which may help the company stream movies online