George Washington becomes 1st President of the US (1789); Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the US (1803); Adolf Hitler commits suicide in underground bunker (1945); HBD actress Gal Gadot (1985).
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Monday, April 29, 2019
April 29
Jazz legend Duke Ellington born (1899); HBD singer-songwriter Willie Nelson (1933); RIP film director Alfred Hitchcock (1980); Los Angeles riots begin following acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King (1992); Prince William and Kate Middleton get married (2011).
Friday, April 26, 2019
April 26
John Wilkes Booth killed 12 days after assassinating President Lincoln (1865); HBD Melania Trump (1970); RIP Lucille Ball (1989); Deadliest tornado in history kills 1,300 in Bangladesh (1989).
Thursday, April 25, 2019
April 25
Workers break ground on Suez Canal (1859); Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald born (1917); US declares war on Spain to begin Spanish-American War (1898); HBD Al Pacino (1940).
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
April 24
HBD US Library of Congress (1800); Easter Rising begins (1916); Hubble Space Telescope is launched (1990); HBD Barbra Streisand (1942); RIP Estee Lauder (2004).
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
April 23
William Shakespeare born, dies (1564, 1616); Actress and diplomat Shirley Temple born (1928); Rhythm Club fire in Mississippi kills 209 (1940); RIP civil rights activist Cesar Chavez (1993); First YouTube video published (2005).
Monday, April 22, 2019
April 22
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Ellen Glasgow born (1873); Earth Day first celebrated in US (1970); RIP photographer Ansel Adams (1984); RIP President Richard Nixon (1994); Former NFL football player Pat Tillman dies in Iraq War (2004).
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