El primero de abril/April 1st

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¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Brook y Robin López! (1988-       )

The twins when they played for Stanford, in 2006-2007
(they both declared for the NBA draft in 2008).
Photo from Getty Images UK. Click HERE. 
Professional basketball players for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls, respectively, Brook and Robin López are twins who were born in Los Angeles to a swimming champion mother and a professional baseball playing father. Their uncle also pitched for several major league baseball teams. Their father, a native of Cuba, was not a part of their lives after his divorce from their mother, but they kept his name. They have two other brothers, Chris and Alex, and Alex has also played professionally in Japan, New Zealand, and Spain. Brook Lopez credits his mom with doing an "excellent job" raising him and his three brothers as a single mom on a public school teacher's salary (read more HERE).

For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.

Other events of note on April 1st:

1939: Dictator Francisco Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War and the last Republican forces surrender. Franco would rule until 1976.

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