A bit of April 15th history…

1250 - Kublai is acclaimed the Great Khan by a Mongol Great Council

1874 - 1st “Impressionist” exhibit opens in Paris - has Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissaro and Morisot

1912 - Titanic sinks at 2:27am

1955 - 1st McDonald’s opens in Illinois

2010 - Volcanic ash from eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull leads to closure of air space over most of Europe

2019 - Paris cathedral, Notre Dame, catches fire, toppling it’s spire and destroying it’s roof (pictured) 

A bit of April 14th history…

1775 - 1st abolitionist society in US formed in Philadelphia

1792 - France declares war on Austria, starting the French Revolution

1865 - President Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater (pictured)

1903 - Vaccine against typhoid discovered

1935 - Black Sunday: severe dust storm ravages the US Midwest; led to the region being named “the Dust Bowl”

2000 - Metallica files lawsuit against Napster - this eventually leads to movement against file sharing programs

2003 - Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy 

Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading.

At about 11:40 PM, April 14, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank to the bottom of the sea at about 2:20 a.m. the next morning, taking the lives of more than 1,500 people. Continue reading.

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Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia. Continue reading.

Although it did not become official until July 4, on April 13, 1818, a new flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol for the first time. Continue reading.

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A bit of April 13th history…

1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC (pictured)

1949 - Discovery of cortisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis

1964 - Sidney Poitier becomes 1st African American actor to win an Academy Award

1970 - Apollo 13 announces “Okay Houston, we’ve had a problem here” as oxygen tank explodes on their way to the moon  

On April 12, 1776, North Carolina's Provincial Congress authorized its delegates to the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain. Continue reading.

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A bit of April 12th history…

1861 - Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by confederacy, beginning the American Civil War (pictured)

1955 - Polio vaccine tested by Dr Jonas Salk - announced it to be safe and effective 

1961 - Russian cosmonaut is 1st to orbit earth

1981 - Maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Columbia 

On April 11, 1900, the U.S. Navy acquired its first submarine, designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland. Continue reading.

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A bit of April 11th history…

1783 - Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War.

1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and he is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean

1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan

1890 - Ellis Island, NY, designated as an immigration station (pictured)

1900 - 1st modern submarine built and purchased by US.

1968 - President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.

2013 - Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China  

The first official Arbor Day took place on April 10th, 1872. Continue reading.

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