On this day, April 28th in 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini executed, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. The […]
On this day, April 27th, in 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to […]
On this day in 1986, the world’s worst nuclear accident to date occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear plant near Kiev in Ukraine. The full toll from this disaster is still being tallied, but experts believe […]
On this day, April 25th in 1781, British General Lord Charles Cornwallis retreats to Wilmington, North Carolina, after being defeated at Guilford Courthouse by 4,500 Continental Army soldiers and militia under the command of American […]
At 11 p.m. on this day in 1778, Commander John Paul Jones leads a small detachment of two boats from his ship, the USS Ranger, to raid the shallow port at Whitehaven, England, where, by […]
On This Day, April 21st, 1918 Red Baron killed in action In the well-trafficked skies above the Somme River in France, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious German flying ace known as the Red Baron,” […]
On This Day, April 20, 1777 New York State constitution adopted The first New York state constitution is formally adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York, meeting in the upstate […]
On This Day, April 19th, 1775 The American Revolution begins At about 5 a.m., 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal, march into Lexington to find 77 […]
April 18th, 1775 Revere and Dawes warn of British attack On this day in 1775, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the American arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot […]
On This Day – April 14th, Lincoln Assassinated: On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. […]
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