[guide.chat] Events
- From: "Carol O'Connor" <missbossyboots33@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:52:01 +0100
Notable Events
April 3, 1862 - Slavery was abolished in Washington, DC.
April 3, 1953 - "TV Guide" was published for the first time.
April 3, 1955 - Fred Astaire appeared on television for the first time on "The
Toast of the Town," with host, Ed Sullivan.
April 3, 1965 - "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh's was released.
April 3, 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. Delivered his "mountaintop" speech just
24 hours before he was assassinated.
April 4, 1581 - Frances Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world.
April 4, 1818 - The U.S. Flag was declared to have 13 red and white stripes and
20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.
April 4, 1850 - The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.
April 4, 1917 - The U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied
side.
April 4, 1949 - Twelve nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO).
April 4, 1960 - Elvis Presley recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight."
April 4, 1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's home-run record with 714.
April 5, 1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe
in Virginia.
April 5, 1792 - U.S. President George Washington cast the first presidential
veto. The measure was for apportioning representatives among the states.
April 5, 1843 - Queen Victoria proclaimed Hong Kong to be a British crown
colony.
April 5, 1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
April 5, 1985 - An estimated 5,000 radio stations around the world
simultaneously played the song "We Are the World."
April 5, 1998 - The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest
suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost
about $3.8 billion.
April 6, 1789 - The first U.S. Congress began regular sessions at the Federal
Hall in New York City.
April 6, 1830 - Joseph Smith and five others organize Mormon Church in Seneca,
NY.
April 6, 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
April 6, 1927 - William P. MacCracken, Jr. Earned license number ?1? when the
Department of Commerce issued the first aviator?s license.
April 6, 1956 - Capitol Tower, the home of Capitol Records in Hollywood, CA,
was dedicated. It was the first circular office tower designed in America. It
is 13 stories tall and 92 feet in diameter.
April 6, 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard took the middleweight title from Marvin
Hagler.
April 6, 1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) announced that he would
retire from the National Hockey League (NHL) following the playoffs of the
current season.
April 6, 1998 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for
the first time.
April 7, 1652 - The Dutch established a settlement at Cape Town, South Africa.
April 7, 1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.
April 7, 1949 - The musical "South Pacific" by Rogers and Hammerstein debuted
on Broadway.
April 7, 1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True
Grit." He had been in over 200 films.
April 8, 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
April 8, 1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first meeting.
April 8, 1946 - The League of Nations assembled in Geneva for the last time.
April 8, 1974 - Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
April 8, 1986 - Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, CA.
April 9, 1682 - Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all
lands that touch it for France.
April 9, 1865 - General Robert E. Lee and his 26,765 troops surrendered to
Union General Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. This event was
effectively the end of the U.S. Civil War.
April 9, 1770 - Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian
continent.
April 9, 1872 - S.R. Percy received a patent for dried milk.
April 9, 1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven
astronauts.
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