A bit of April 30th history…

311- Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration which ends persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

711 - Islamic conquest of Iberia - Moorish troops land in Gibralter

1789 - George Washington is inaugurated as 1st president of USA

1803 - James Monroe signs Louisiana Purchase Treaty at cost of $15 million, doubles size of USA

1897 - Physicist JJ Thomson discovers electron

1945 - Adolph Hitler commits suicide in Berlin as Red Army captures city

1952 - Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on TV (pictured)

1974 - President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings

1989 - World Wide Web (www) is 1st launched in public domain by CERN

1997 - 42 million watch Ellen DeGeneres publicly declare she is gay

2004 - US media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison  

April 30, 2021 at 05:01AM

A bit of April 29th history…

1587 - Sir Francis Drake sails into Cadiz, Spain and sinks the Spanish fleet

1707 - English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union which creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain

1852 - 1st edition of Roget’s Thesaurus published

1975 - US begins evacuation from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing N Vietnamese army, bringing an end to US involvement in war

1992 - Jury acquits LA police officers in beating of Rodney King, riots begin

2018 - The Simpsons (pictured) surpass Gunsmoke’s 635 episodes for longest running tv series 

April 29, 2021 at 05:00AM

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A bit of April 27th history…

1773 - British parliament pass Tea Act

1865 - Steamboat SS Sultana (pictured) explodes on the Mississippi River killing up to 1800, greatest maritime disaster in US history - most were paroled Union POWs on their way home

1940 - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp

1965 - RC Duncan patents Pampers disposable diapers

1989 - Beijing students take over Tiananmon Square in China

April 27, 2021 at 02:30AM

A bit of April 28th history…

1789 - Fletcher Christian leads mutiny on HMS Bounty against captain William Bligh in the South Pacific

1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses inclusion into army and is stripped of his boxing title

1986 - Soviet TV news program announces Chernobyl nuclear accident - 2 days after the event

2004 - Shrek the sheep from New Zealand is finally shorn after 6 years of running away - fleece weighed 60 pounds 

2018 - World’s largest child sacrifice, 270 remains uncovered in Peru dating back 550 years to the Chimu civilization (pictured)

2018 - India’s government announces that electricity has now reached every Indian village.

2020 - US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million

April 27, 2021 at 08:53PM

A bit of April 27th history…

1773 - British parliament pass Tea Act

1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven composes famous piece “Fur Elise” (pictured)

1865 - Steamboat SS Sultana explodes on the Mississippi River killing up to 1800, greatest maritime disaster in US history - most were paroled Union POWs on their way home

1940 - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp

1965 - RC Duncan patents Pampers disposable diapers

1989 - Beijing students take over Tiananmon Square in China

April 26, 2021 at 08:42PM