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Today in History - April 18
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a magnitude 8.3 (Richter Scale) earthquake struck San Francisco. Continue reading.
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![]() Today in History - April 18 At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a magnitude 8.3 (Richter Scale) earthquake struck San Francisco. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more..
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A bit of April 15th history… Today In History: ![]() Today in History - April 17 Thornton Niven Wilder was born April 17, 1897, in Madison, Wisconsin. Arguably one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century, Wilder is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both literature and drama. Continue reading. Pioneering gay rights activist Frank Kameny led the first organized White House picket for gay rights on April 17, 1965 with the Mattachine Society of Washington (MSW). Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of April 14th history… Today In History: ![]() Today in History - April 16 On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, an important step in the long road toward full emancipation and enfranchisement for African Americans. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of April 13th history… Today In History: ![]() Today in History - April 15 On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson put on his first Brooklyn Dodgers uniform (number 42) and broke the Major League Baseball "color line." Continue reading. The Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. Continue reading. On April 15, 1874, thirty artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, and Auguste Renoir, held an exhibition of their works in Paris. Continue reading. April 15 is Tax Day in the United States. Continue reading.
Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of April 12th history… Today In History: ![]() Today in History - April 14 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. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. A bit of April 11th history… Today In History: |
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