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HISTORY
Today In History - April 26
Today In History in 1564 playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown); and in 1865 Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
Today In History - April 25
Today In History in 1792 "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle; and in 1960 the United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
Today In History - April 24
Today In History in 1704 the first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published; and in 1800 the United States Library of Congress is established.
Today In History - April 23
Today in History in 1635 the first public school in the U.S. was founded in Boston; and in 2005 the first YouTube video “Me at the Zoo” was published.
Today In History - April 22
Today in History in 1864 the U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act that permitted the inscription “In God We Trust” to be placed on all coins minted as United States currency; and in 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated.
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Today In History - April 21
Today In History in 1789 John Adams was sworn in as the first U.S. Vice President; in 1934 the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster was published; and in 1977 the musical Annie opened on Broadway.
Today In History - April 20
Today In History in 1789 George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, while en route to his inauguration; and in 1898 U.S. President William McKinley signs a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war beginning the Spanish–American War.
Today In History - April 19
Today In History in 1770 Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France by proxy; in 1956 actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco; and in 2011 Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Today In History - April 18
Today In History in 1506 the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid; in 1831 the University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa; and in 1906 one of the worst natural disasters in American history happened in San Franciso.
Today In History - April 17
Today In History in 1970 the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely; and in 2021 the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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Today In History - April 16
Today In History in 1881 in Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle; in 1910 Boston Arena, the oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used, opens; and in 1943 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of LSD.
Today In History - April 15
Today In History in 1912 the British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
Today In History - April 14
Today in History in 1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln dies the following day.
Today In History - April 13
Today in History in1970 an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
Today In History - April 12
Today In History in 1861 the Civil War begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
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April 27, 2024