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23 April 1962, the Ranger 4 lunar probe was launched. The first NASA Probe that reached the moon. Contact was lost soon after the start. the probe crashed on the moon 3 days later
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Playwrite William Shakespear was born and died today ...
born April 23, 1564 died April 23, 1616 |
jeebus, i can't get 'em all...
On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for killing U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy. The sentence was later reduced to life in prison... |
On April 24, 1948, the Berlin airlift began to relieve the surrounded city...
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On this day in 1934 Shirley MacLaine was born... again? What's that make it? 12,000 times?
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On April 25, 1953, Dr. James D. Watson and Dr. Francis H.C. Crick suggested the double helix structure of DNA...
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i have to be australian here. on april 25th 1915 australian and new zealand troops (among other allies) landed at gallipoli witht he intention of capturing istanbul. they met with fierce resistance and eventually withdrew. this day is celebrated in australia as anzac day and curiously enough i´m under the impression that australia is the only day in the world that celebrates, even has a public holiday for what was a military defeat.
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On this day 1599 - The Birth of English statesman, Oliver Cromwell.
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On April 26, 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial average broke the 1,200 mark for the first time...
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On April 27, 1899, the Western Golf Association was founded in Chicago, IL...
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On April 28, 1947, Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean...
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On April 29, 1952, IBM President Thomas J. Watson, Jr., informed his company's stockholders that IBM was building "the most advanced, most flexible high-speed computer in the world." The computer was unveiled April 7, 1953, as the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine...
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On April 30, 1964, the FCC ruled that all TV receivers should be equipped to receive both VHF and UHF channels...
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On May 1, 1912, in London's Kensington Gardens, a statue of Peter Pan was erected...
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On May 2, 1974, former U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew was disbarred by the Maryland Court of Appeals...
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On May 3, 1988, the White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities...
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Phil, you have been, and continue to be, a forum treasure! Keep it up, buddy!
May 3, 2008, is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!!!! (it ain't exactly history, but in a way, it's historical!) Check your local comic book store to see if they are participating. Don't believe me? Check it out: http://freecomicbookday.com/ |
On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students during an anti-Vietnam war protest at Kent State University. Four students were killed and nine others were wounded...
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On May 5, 1925, John T. Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, TN, was arrested for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution...
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On May 6, 1981, a jury of international architects and sculptors unanimously selected Maya Ying Lin's entry for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial...
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On May 7, 1912, the first airplane equipped with a machine gun flew over College Park, MD...
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On May 8, 1794, Antoine Lavoisier was executed by guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen...
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On May 9, 1785, Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle...
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On May 10, 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for the U.S. presidency...
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On May 11, 1967, the siege of Khe Sanh ended...
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On May 12, 1970, Ernie Banks, of the Chicago Cubs, hit his 500th home run...
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On May 13, 1968, peace talks between the U.S. and North Vietnam began in Paris...
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On May 14, 1878, the name Vaseline was registered by Robert A. Chesebrough...
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On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot...
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On this day in 1942 the US began gasoline rationing. Limit was 3 gallons a week for nonessential vehicles.
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On May 16, 1888, the first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner...
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On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal...
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On May 18, 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, CA. She reappeared a month later with the claim that she had been kidnapped...
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On May 18th 1979, I was born
On May 18th 1980, Mt. St Helens Blew up. On May 18th 2008, It was a nice day out, and Shauk went out for a day on the lake. Later :D |
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On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden...
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On this day in 1536 Anne Boleyn, Henry the 8th second wife, lost her head.
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