On This Date

##April 18…

1906 The Great San Francisco Earthquake

American Revolution
1775 Revere and Dawes warn of British attack

Automotive
2009 Fifty-year-old Mark Martin wins NASCAR race

Civil War
1864 Confederates inflict pain at Battle of Poison Spring

Cold War
1989 Chinese students protest against government

Crime
1974 The Red Brigade terrorizes Italy

Disaster
1880 Missouri is ravaged by tornadoes
2014 Mt. Everest sees its single deadliest day

General Interest
1521 Luther defiant at Diet of Worms
1775 Revere and Dawes ride
1942 Doolittle leads air raid on Tokyo
1945 Journalist Ernie Pyle killed
1983 Suicide bomber destroys U.S. embassy in Beirut

Hollywood
1956 Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier marry
2012 Dick Clark, host of “American Bandstand” and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” dies

Literary
1958 Federal court decides to release Ezra Pound

Music
1906 Enrico Caruso survives the San Francisco earthquake

Old West
1906 San Francisco earthquake

Presidential
1961 JFK denies U.S. military intervention in Cuba

Sports
1983 Benoit wins Boston Marathon

Vietnam War
1969 Nixon says prospects for peace in Vietnam are better

World War I
1915 Germans shoot down French pilot Roland Garros

World War II
1945 Ernie Pyle killed at Okinawa

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##April 20…

1980 Castro announces Mariel Boatlift

American Revolution
1777 New York adopts state constitution

Automotive
2008 Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win Indy race

Civil War
1861 Lee resigns from U.S. Army

Cold War
1978 Korean Air Lines jet forced down over Soviet Union

Crime
1999 A massacre at Columbine High School

Disaster
2010 Massive oil spill begins in Gulf of Mexico

General Interest
1689 Siege of Londonderry begins
1871 Ku Klux Act passed by Congress
1902 Curies isolate radium
1999 Columbine High School massacre

Hollywood
1926 New sound process for films announced

Literary
1841 First detective story is published

Music
1923 “Mambo King” Tito Puente is born

Old West
1914 Militia slaughters strikers at Ludlow, Colorado

Presidential
1898 McKinley asks for declaration of war with Spain

Sports
1986 Jordan scores 63 points in playoff game

Vietnam War
1970 Nixon announces more troop withdrawals
1971 “Fragging” on the rise in U.S. units

World War I
1917 Nivelle Offensive ends in failure

World War II
1945 Operation Corncob is launched while Hitler celebrates his birthday

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/castro-announces-mariel-boatlift

##April 21…

753 B.C. Rome founded

American Revolution
1777 British attack Danbury, Connecticut

Automotive
1967 GM celebrates 100 millionth U.S.-made car

Civil War
1863 Steight’s Raid begins

Cold War
1953 Roy Cohn and David Schine return to U.S.

Crime
1992 Executions resume in California

Disaster
1930 Prisoners left to burn in Ohio fire

General Interest
1836 The Battle of San Jacinto
1918 Red Baron killed in action
1989 Chinese students begin protests at Tiananmen Square

Hollywood
1895 First movie projector demonstrated in United States

Literary
1816 Charlotte Bronte born

Music
1973 “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree” tops the U.S. pop charts and creates a cultural phenomenon.

Old West
1838 Naturalist John Muir is born

Presidential
1865 Lincoln’s funeral train leaves D.C.

Sports
1980 Rosie Ruiz fakes Boston Marathon win

Vietnam War
1965 Intelligence reveals North Vietnamese units in South Vietnam
1975 Thieu flees Saigon as Xuan Loc falls

World War I
1918 Red Baron killed in action

World War II
1945 Red Army overruns German High Command as it approaches the capital

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rome-founded

##April 22…

1970 The first Earth Day

American Revolution
1778 John Paul Jones leads American raid on Whitehaven, England

Automotive
1933 Rolls-Royce co-founder dies

Civil War
1863 Union raid cuts Mississippi telegraph wires

Cold War
1954 McCarthy Army hearings begin

Crime
1886 Seduction is made illegal
1934 An FBI agent is killed in a gangster raid

Disaster
1992 Sewers explode in Guadalajara

General Interest
1915 Germans introduce poison gas
1997 Fujimori orders assault on Japanese ambassador’s home

Hollywood
1937 Jack Nicholson born

Literary
1873 Ellen Glasgow, Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, is born

Music
1978 The Blues Brothers make their world premiere on Saturday Night Live

Old West
1889 The Oklahoma land rush begins

Presidential
1994 Former President Richard Nixon dies

Sports
2004 Pat Tillman killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan

Vietnam War
1968 South Vietnamese have increased combat capabilities
1972 Antiwar demonstrations held

World War I
1915 Second Battle of Ypres begins

World War II
1944 Americans launch Operation Persecution in the Pacific
1945 Hitler admits defeat

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##April 23…

1564 William Shakespeare born

American Revolution
1778 John Paul Jones burns Whitehaven, England

Automotive
1987 Chrysler buys luxury automaker Lamborghini

Civil War
1865 “Panic has seized the country,” writes Davis

Cold War
1945 Truman confronts Molotov

Crime
1969 Sirhan Sirhan receives death penalty

Disaster
1967 Soviet cosmonaut is killed

General Interest
1014 King Brian of Ireland murdered by Vikings

Hollywood
1986 Otto Preminger dies

Literary
1564 Birth and death of William Shakespeare celebrated

Music
1961 Judy Garland plays Carnegie Hall

Old West
1859 Byers publishes first Denver newspaper

Presidential
1791 James Buchanan is born

Sports
1954 Hank Aaron hits first home run of his MLB career

Vietnam War
1975 Ford says that war is finished for America

World War I
1915 Poet-soldier Rupert Brooke dies in Greece

World War II
1942 Germans begin “Baedeker Raids” on England

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##April 24…

1916 Easter Rebellion begins

American Revolution
1781 Phillips and Arnold launch attack on Petersburg, Virginia

Automotive
1983 German endurance driver killed in crash

Civil War
1863 Union issues conduct code for soldiers

Cold War
1955 The Bandung Conference concludes

Crime
1922 Forensic evidence is introduced in Australia

Disaster
1908 Tornado flattens towns in Louisiana and Mississippi

General Interest
1800 Library of Congress established
1953 Churchill knighted
1980 Hostage rescue mission ends in disaster

Hollywood
1982 Jane Fonda’s first Workout video released

Literary
1940 Sue Grafton is born

Music
1962 Patti LaBelle makes her debut on the pop charts, sort of

Old West
1947 Author Willa Cather dies

Presidential
1945 Truman is briefed on Manhattan Project

Sports
1996 Penguins defeat Capitals in marathon hockey game

Vietnam War
1967 Westmoreland makes controversial remarks
1971 North Vietnamese attack South Vietnamese installations

World War I
1916 The Easter Rising begins in Dublin

World War II
1876 Erich Raeder, commander in chief of the German navy, is born on this day
1940 Britain begins its evacuation of Greece in Operation Demon

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##April 25…

1983 Andropov writes to U.S. student

American Revolution
1781 Cornwallis retreats from Guilford Courthouse

Automotive
2001 Italian Formula One driver dies in crash

Civil War
1864 Confederates overwhelm Union at Marks’ Mills

Cold War
1983 Andropov writes to an American fifth-grader

Crime
1989 A father is exonerated after 21 years

Disaster
1980 Air tragedy hits Canary Islands

General Interest
1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal
1990 Space telescope in orbit

Hollywood
1995 Ginger Rogers dies

Literary
1719 Robinson Crusoe is published

Music
1917 Ella Fitzgerald is born

Old West
1831 A play lionizing Davy Crockett opens

Presidential
1947 Truman inaugurates White House bowling alley

Sports
1964 Maple Leafs win third Stanley Cup in a row

Vietnam War
1964 Johnson announces appointment of Westmoreland
1972 North Vietnamese Army close to cutting South Vietnam in two

World War I
1915 Allies begin invasion of Gallipoli

World War II
1945 Americans and Russians link up, cut Germany in two

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andropov-writes-to-u-s-student

##April 26…

1954 Polio vaccine trials begin

American Revolution
1711 David Hume is born

Automotive
2009 Chrysler and autoworkers’ union agree to a deal

Civil War
1865 Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth dies

Cold War
1954 Geneva Conference begins

Crime
1913 Girl murdered in pencil factory

Disaster
1986 Nuclear explosion at Chernobyl

General Interest
1937 Nazis test Luftwaffe on Guernica
1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl

Hollywood
1986 Maria Shriver marries Arnold Schwarzenegger

Literary
1888 Anita Loos is born

Music
1977 Studio 54 opens
2013 Country music star George Jones dies

Old West
1798 James Beckwourth is born

Presidential
1984 Reagan visits China

Sports
1918 Olympic track star Fanny Blankers-Koen is born

Vietnam War
1971 U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam at five-year low
1972 Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals

World War I
1915 Allies sign Treaty of London

World War II
1894 Rudolf Hess is born

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/geneva-conference-begins

##April 28…

1945 Benito Mussolini executed

American Revolution
1776 Colonel McIntosh writes to Washington

Automotive
1916 Ferruccio Lamborghini born

Civil War
1810 Union general who advocated for black troops is born

Cold War
1965 U.S. troops land in the Dominican Republic

Crime
2011 Jaycee Dugard’s kidnappers plead guilty

Disaster
1995 Gas pipe explodes in South Korea

General Interest
1789 Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
1969 De Gaulle resigns as leader of France
1977 Red Army Faction trial ends
1996 Port Arthur Massacre in Australia

Hollywood
2004 Comcast abandons bid to buy Disney

Literary
1925 T.S. Eliot accepts a job at Faber and Faber publishers

Music
1965 My Name is Barbra is Barbra Streisand’s debut television special

Old West
1897 Chickasaw and Choctaw abandon communal lands

Presidential
1758 President Monroe is born

Sports
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction

Vietnam War
1970 Nixon approves Cambodian incursion
1972 North Vietnamese press South Vietnamese at Hue and Kontum

World War I
1915 International Congress of Women opens at The Hague

World War II
1945 Mussolini is executed

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##April 29…

2004 World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C.

American Revolution
1776 Nathanael Greene takes command of Long Island

Automotive
2004 The end of the road for Oldsmobile

Civil War
1862 Union captures New Orleans

Cold War
1950 American statesmen deny Lattimore’s influence

Crime
1992 Rodney King trial verdict announced

Disaster
1991 Cyclone kills 135,000 in Bangladesh

General Interest
1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orleans
1854 First African-American college chartered
1945 Dachau liberated
1992 Riots erupt in Los Angeles
2011 Britain’s Prince William weds Kate Middleton

Hollywood
1957 Daniel Day-Lewis born

Literary
1875 Henry James’ Transatlantic Sketches is published

Music
1968 Hair premieres on Broadway

Old West
1863 William Randolph Hearst is born

Presidential
1974 Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes

Sports
1986 Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in single game

Vietnam War
1970 U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian “incursion”
1971 New casualty figures released.
1975 Operation Frequent Wind begins

World War I
1916 British forces surrender at Kut, Mesopotamia

World War II
1945 Adolf and Eva marry
1946 International Military Tribunal indicts Hideki

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##April 30…

1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide

American Revolution
1776 Samuel Adams writes of hope for more battles

Automotive
1948 Original Land Rover debuts at auto show

Civil War
1864 Confederates attack Union troops at Jenkins’ Ferry

Cold War
1948 Organization of American States established

Crime
1927 The first federal prison for women opens

Disaster
1888 Orange-sized hail reported in India

General Interest
1789 The first presidential inauguration
1803 Louisiana Purchase concluded
1939 New York World’s Fair opens

Hollywood
1997 “Coming out” episode of Ellen

Literary
1945 Annie Dillard is born

Music
1933 Willie Nelson is born

Old West
1867 Arizona Ranger Burton Mossman is born

Presidential
1789 George Washington gives first presidential inaugural address

Sports
1993 Tennis star Monica Seles stabbed

Vietnam War
1975 South Vietnam surrenders

World War I
1917 Battle of the Boot

World War II
1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##May 1…

1931 Empire State Building dedicated

American Revolution
1958 President Eisenhower proclaims Law Day

Automotive
1926 Ford factory workers get 40-hour week

Civil War
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville begins

Cold War
1960 American U-2 spy plane shot down

Crime
2002 Former NBA All-Star indicted

Disaster
2003 Record-breaking tornado wave begins

General Interest
1851 Great Exhibition opens
1898 The Battle of Manila Bay
1963 An American tops Everest
1997 Labour party returns to power in Britain

Hollywood
1941 Citizen Kane released

Literary
1923 Joseph Heller is born

Music
1786 Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro premieres in Vienna

Old West
1852 Calamity Jane is born

Presidential
1931 Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building

Sports
1991 Rickey Henderson breaks stolen base record

Vietnam War
1969 Senator criticizes Nixon’s handling of the war
1972 North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri

World War I
1915 International Congress of Women adopts resolutions

World War II
1887 Alan G. Cunningham, British liberator of Ethiopia, is born

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/empire-state-building-dedicated

##May 2…

1933 Loch Ness Monster sighted

American Revolution
1740 Elias Boudinot is born

Automotive
1918 GM buys Chevrolet

Civil War
1863 Confederates deliver blow to Union at Chancellorsville

Cold War
1957 Joseph McCarthy dies

Crime
1924 A grisly crime leads to rubber gloves

Disaster
1997 Sandstorm in Egypt kills 12, topples buildings

General Interest
1670 Hudson’s Bay Company chartered
1808 Madrid revolts against French rule
1972 End of an era at the FBI
2011 Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces

Hollywood
2008 Iron Man released

Literary
1936 Manuscript of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Conversations at Midnight destroyed in hotel fire

Music
1960 Dick Clark survives the Payola scandal

Old West
1874 John B. Jones becomes major in Texas Rangers

Presidential
2001 George W. Bush forms commission on Social Security

Sports
1939 Gehrig ends streak

Vietnam War
1964 U.S. ship sunk in Saigon port
1970 Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia

World War I
1918 Allies argue over U.S. troops joining battle on Western Front

World War II
1945 German troops in Italy surrender to the Allies, while Berlin surrenders to Russia’s Zhukov.

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loch-ness-monster-sighted

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##May 3…

1469 Niccolo Machiavelli born

American Revolution
1775 Dartmouth tells Martin to organize North Carolina Loyalists

Automotive
1980 MADD founder’s daughter killed by drunk driver

Civil War
1863 Confederates take Hazel Grove at Chancellorsville

Cold War
1951 Congressional hearings on General MacArthur

Crime
1992 Exxon executive is murdered
2007 British girl goes missing in Portugal

Disaster
1962 Trains collide near Tokyo

General Interest
1946 Japanese war crimes trial begins
1947 New Japanese constitution goes into effect
1952 Fletcher lands on the North Pole

Hollywood
1948 U.S. Supreme Court decides Paramount antitrust case

Literary
1810 Lord Byron swims the Hellespont

Music
1933 James Brown is born

Old West
1859 Cowboy author Andy Adams is born

Presidential
1940 FDR addresses thousands of Democratic women
1961 JFK receives honorary degree

Sports
1986 Shoemaker becomes oldest man to win Kentucky Derby

Vietnam War
1965 173rd Airborne Brigade deploys to South Vietnam
1968 Paris is chosen as site for peace talks

World War I
1915 Austro-German forces drive Russians out of the Carpathians

World War II
1942 The Battle of the Coral Sea begins

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/niccolo-machiavelli-born

##May 4…

1994 Rabin and Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule

American Revolution
1776 Rhode Island declares independence

Automotive
1984 Bruce Springsteen releases “Pink Cadillac”

Civil War
1864 Army of the Potomac crosses the Rapidan

Cold War
1980 Tito dies

Crime
1886 A riot breaks out in Haymarket Square
1990 An inhumane execution

Disaster
2002 Nigerian aircraft crashes in crowded city

General Interest
1886 The Haymarket Square Riot
1970 National Guard kills four at Kent State
1979 Margaret Thatcher sworn in

Hollywood
1929 Audrey Hepburn born

Literary
1948 Norman Mailer’s first novel, The Naked and the Dead, is published

Music
1956 Gene Vincent records “Be-Bop-A-Lula”

Old West
1847 Jack Slade joins the army

Presidential
1865 Lincoln is buried in Springfield, Illinois
1977 David Frost interviews Richard Nixon

Sports
1965 Willie Mays breaks National League home run record

Vietnam War
1961 Rusk reports on Viet Cong strength
1970 Four students killed at Kent State

World War I
1916 Germany agrees to limit its submarine warfare

World War II
1945 As the Nazi threat dies, the Red Army rises

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##May 5…

1961 The first American in space

American Revolution
1776 Clinton excludes Howe and Harnett from amnesty offer

Automotive
1944 Driving pioneer Bertha Benz dies

Civil War
1864 Grant and Lee clash in the Wilderness forest

Cold War
1955 Allies end occupation of West Germany

Crime
2004 Human remains found in suitcase near Virginia Beach

Disaster
1995 Hail storm surprises Dallas residents

General Interest
1821 Napoleon dies in exile
1862 Battle of Puebla
1945 Six killed in Oregon by Japanese bomb
1981 IRA militant Bobby Sands dies

Hollywood
2002 Spider-Man is first movie to top $100 million in opening weekend

Literary
1816 The Examiner publishes John Keats’ first poem

Music
1979 Peaches and Herb top the pop charts with “Reunited”

Old West
1877 Sitting Bull leads his people into Canada

Presidential
1985 Reagan visits concentration camp and war cemetery

Sports
1904 Cy Young throws perfect game

Vietnam War
1970 U.S. forces capture Snoul, Cambodia
1972 North Vietnamese turn back South Vietnamese relief column

World War I
1919 Italian delegates return to Paris peace conference

World War II
1941 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to his capital

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-american-in-space

##May 6…

1994 English Channel tunnel opens

American Revolution
1775 William Franklin warns Dartmouth of repercussions from Lexington and Concord

Automotive
1991 Harry Gant is oldest NASCAR winner — again

Civil War
1864 Grant and Lee continue fighting in the Wilderness

Cold War
1992 Gorbachev reviews the Cold War

Crime
1876 The theft of Duchess of Devonshire stirs interest
2013 Ohio kidnap victims rescued after years in captivity

Disaster
1937 Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey

General Interest
1937 The Hindenburg disaster
1954 First four-minute mile

Hollywood
2004 Final episode of Friends airs on NBC

Literary
1940 John Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath

Music
1984 Spinal Tap stages a “comeback” at CBGB’s in New York City

Old West
1911 Hangman George Maledon dies

Presidential
1933 FDR creates the WPA

Sports
1954 Roger Bannister breaks four-minutes mile

Vietnam War
1970 Students launch nationwide protest
1972 South Vietnamese defenders hold on to An Loc

World War I
1915 Second Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli

World War II
1942 All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##May 7…

1994 The Scream recovered

American Revolution
1763 Pontiac’s plot is foiled

Automotive
1998 Daimler-Benz announces purchase of Chrysler Corp.

Civil War
1864 Grant leaves the Wilderness for Spotsylvania

Cold War
1960 Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR

Crime
1896 A serial killer is hanged

Disaster
1902 Volcanic eruption buries Caribbean city

General Interest
1763 Pontiac’s Rebellion begins
1915 Lusitania sinks
1954 French defeated at Dien Bien Phu

Hollywood
1901 Gary Cooper born

Literary
1812 Robert Browning is born

Music
1965 “Satisfaction” comes to Keith Richards

Old West
1901 Gary Cooper is born

Presidential
1789 George Washington attends inaugural ball

Sports
1995 Reggie Miller leads Pacers to victory over Knicks

Vietnam War
1954 French fall to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu

World War I
1915 German submarine sinks Lusitania

World War II
1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies at Reims

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##May 8…

1945 V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain

American Revolution
1792 Militia Act establishes conscription under federal law

Automotive
1956 Henry Ford II leaves post at Ford Foundation

Civil War
1864 Lee beats Grant to Spotsylvania

Cold War
1984 Soviets announce boycott of 1984 Olympics

Crime
1988 Woman convicted for tampering with Excedrin

Disaster
1950 Flash floods in Nebraska kill 23

General Interest
1541 De Soto reaches the Mississippi
1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee ends
1984 Soviets to boycott L.A. Olympics

Hollywood
1963 Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie, Dr. No
2010 Betty White becomes oldest Saturday Night Live host

Literary
1899 Yeats’ The Countess Cathleen opens at the Irish Literary Theatre

Music
1976 The theme song from Welcome Back, Kotter is the #1 song in America

Old West
1846 Zachary Taylor fights the Battle of Palo Alto

Presidential
1884 Harry S. Truman is born

Sports
1970 Knicks beat Lakers for NBA title

Vietnam War
1970 Nixon defends invasion of Cambodia
1972 Mining of North Vietnamese harbors is announced

World War I
1919 New celebration of Armistice Day proposed

World War II
1945 Victory in Europe

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

##May 11…

1934 Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states

American Revolution
1776 Washington recommends using German-American troops to Congress

Automotive
1947 B.F. Goodrich Co. announces development of tubeless tire

Civil War
1864 Confederate Cavalry General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded

Cold War
1988 Kim Philby dies

Crime
1949 The Queen of Poisoners takes her toll

Disaster
1985 Fire kills 50 at soccer stadium

General Interest
1812 British prime minister assassinated
1858 Minnesota enters the Union
1987 Butcher of Lyon on trial
1997 Deep Blue beats Kasparov

Hollywood
2000 George Clooney makes return appearance on ER

Literary
1942 Go Down, Moses, by William Faulkner, is published

Music
1981 Bob Marley dies

Old West
1896 Western writer Mari Sandoz is born

Presidential
1977 President Carter puts in a long day at the office

Sports
1997 Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess match

Vietnam War
1961 President Kennedy orders more troops to South Vietnam
1969 Paratroopers battle for “Hamburger Hill”

World War I
1919 Germans prepare to protest Versailles Treaty terms

World War II
1944 Allies attack the Gustav line in drive for Rome

Source

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history