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Famous and Fascinating Women in History The World's Greatest Composers Generals and other Noteworthy People from the Civil War The Presidents of the United States The First Ladies of the United States Homes and Monuments of and to Famous People Historical People and Events by Month for Each Day of the Year! Famous Figures in Black History The Calvert Family and the Lords Baltimore Understanding the American Revolution and its People
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Historical People and Events for April by John T. Marck April 1 Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jews with a boycott of Jewish-owned businesses, 1933 World War II invasion of Okinawa began, 1945 United States launched its first weather satellite, 1960 General Hospital premiered on ABC-TV, 1963 April 2 Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida, 1513 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the establishment of the United States Mint, 1792 Samuel F.B. Morse, telegraph developer, died in New York, 1872 First Easter egg roll at the White House, 1877 April 3 First Pony Express began its route between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, 1860 American's Creed accepted, 1918 President Truman signed the Marshall Plan into law, 1948 Jesse James, killed by Robert Ford, a member of his own gang, 1882 April 4 President William Henry Harrison died, 1841 Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968 Henry "Hank" Aaron tied Babe Ruth 's Home Run record of 714, 1974 April 5 American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia, 1614 Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, 1856 General Douglas MacArthur died in Washington, D.C., at age 84, 1964 Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes died in Houston at age 72, 1976 April 6 Civil War Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, 1862 Robert Perry & Matthew Hensen became the first men to reach the North Pole, 1909 United States declared war on Germany, 1917 April 7 Lee and Grant discussed terms for surrender, 1865 Henry Ford, died at age 83, 1947 "South Pacific" opened on Broadway, 1949 April 8 Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain, 1513 First Lady Betty Ford born, 1918 Baseball's Henry "Hank" Aaron hit his 715 home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record, 1974 Frank Robinson, major league baseball's first black manager, managed his first game for the Cleveland Indians, 1975 Julian Lennon, the son of John Lennon, was born in Liverpool, England, 1963 April 9 Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 1865 The American Civil War ended in the East, 1865 Sir Winston Churchill was made an honorary United States citizen, 1963 April 10 The first patent law was passed, 1790 F. Scott Fitzgerald's " The Great Gatsby " was published, 1925Golda Meir resigned as Israel's prime minister, 1974 Stuart Sutcliffe, one of the original members of what would be the music group "The Beatles," died of a brain hemorrhage, 1962 The Beatles US album, The Beatles Second Album, was released, 1964April 11 Congress proclaimed the end of the Revolutionary War, 1783 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France, and was banished to the island of Elba, 1814 Jackie Robinson, entered Major League Baseball,1947 Apollo 13 mission began, 1970 April 12 England adopted original Union Jack as its flag, 1606 The bombing of Fort Sumter began, starting the Civil War, 1861 The catcher's mask was first used in a baseball game, 1877 President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, 1945 April 13 President Thomas Jefferson was born, 1743 Pennsylvania Railroad received its charter, 1847 Fort Sumter surrendered, 1861 President Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial, 1943 The Beatles began their seven week engagement at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962 April 14 Composer George Frideric Handel died in London, 1759 President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C., 1865, while watching a performance of Our American Cousin. First motion picture public showing, 1894 "The Ballad of John and Yoko," was recorded. Although released by the Beatles, it was recorded by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with the two playing all instruments, and doing all the vocals. April 15 President Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m., in Washington, D.C., 1865 The Titanic struck and iceberg and sank, 1912 President Roosevelt buried at Hyde Park, New York, 1945 April 16 First Confederate Conscription (draft) Act enacted, 1862 John Wilkes Booth & David Herold arrive at Richhill, Maryland, 1862 A bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia became law, 1862 St. Bernadette, who described seeing visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, died in Nevers, France, 1879 April 17 Benjamin Franklin died, 1790 Yugoslavia surrendered to Germany, 1941 Ford Motor Company unveiled its Mustang automobile, 1964 Apollo 13 astronauts splashed down safely, 1970 April 18 Midnight ride of Paul Revere & William Dawes in Boston, Massachusetts, 1775 San Francisco earthquake & fire, 1906 Paul McCartney of the Beatles, met Jane Asher, the sister of Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon Fame, 1963 April 19 The American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington & Concord, 1775 Spanish-American War began, 1898 First Lady Lucretia Garfield born, 1832 A truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Bldg., in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 and injuring 500, 1995 April 20 The Territory of Wisconsin was established by Congress, 1836 The State Board of Education, first in United States, was established in Massachusetts, 1837 Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria, 1889 The Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation was created, 1963 April 21 The Toleration Act passed the Maryland Assembly, 1649 The first train crossed the Mississippi River, 1855 Samuel Clemens, (Mark Twain), died in Connecticut, 1910 April 22 The Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims, 1889 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, 1993 President Richard M. Nixon died, 1994 April 23 William Shakespeare was born in1564. He died on the same day, 52 years later, in 1616 President James Buchanan born, 1791 Booth & Herold make their way to Port Conway, Virginia, 1862 April 24 Library of Congress was established, 1800 Spain declared war on the United States, 1898 Space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Telescope, 1990 April 25 Peloponnesian War ended, 404 B.C. The ground was broken for the Suez Canal, 1859 Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy, 1874 Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow was born in Pole Creek, N.C., 1908 St. Lawrence Seaway opened, 1959 April 26 Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth was killed by Federal troops, near Bowling Green, Va., 1865 The world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union, 1986 The African nations of Tanganyika & Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania, 1964 April 27 Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph was born in Charlestown, Mass., 1791 President Ulysses S. Grant was born, 1822 The nation's first Social Security checks were distributed, 1937 Edward R. Murrow died in Pawling, New York. at age 57, 1965 April 28 President James Monroe was born, 1758 Maryland entered the Union, 1788 (7th) Benito Mussolini died, 1945 April 29 Maryland's House of Delegates voted against seceding from the Union, 1861 Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married, 1945 United States forces freed 32,000 at Dachau Concentration Camp, 1945 April 30 The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, 1803 Louisiana entered Union, 1812 (18th) Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun, 1945 George Washington took office in New York as the first President of the United States, 1789
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