Framed Surname History and Coat of Arms. The name Jarrett reached English shores for the first time with the ancestors of the Jarrett family as they migrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Jarrett is based on the given name Gerard. More.
Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day. April 15 is the 105th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 260 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 2, 2017 â a Saturday.
'The Day the Earth Stood Still'. Men in Black and Contact, two films about aliens, brought people into movie theaters during the summer of '97. And Independence Day, in which hostile aliens blow up the White House, broke box-office records in 1996. In 1951, The Day the Earth Stood Still featured a spaceship carrying a spaceman and a robot that lands on the Ellipse. Its special effects don't come close to the three films mentioned above, but like Contact, it makes you think. The movie's pacifist message is just as relevant more than 45 years later.