Monday, April 27
On This Date
Babe Ruth Day, Morse Code Day, World Tapir Day
1861- President Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus
1981 - Xerox PARC introduces computer mouse
Birthdays
1759 - Women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft
1791 - Inventor Samuel Morse
1822 - Ulysses S. Grant
1899 - Cartoonist and animator Walter Lantz
Tuesday, April 28
On This Date
National Superhero Day
1789 - Crew of the Bounty sets Captain Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in South Pacific.
1945 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini executed
1947 - Six-man expedition sailed from Peru to Polynesia on balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki
1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into Army
1990 - "A Chorus Line" closes after 6,137 performances on Broadway
2003 - Apple launches iTunes store
Birthdays
1758 - James Monroe
1878 - Actor Lionel Barrymore
1926 - Author Harper LeeTheme: Superheroes, James Monroe and Harper Lee
Wednesday, April 29
On This Date
Denim Day, National Dance Day, Zipper Day
In History
1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans to lead a victory over English
1861 - Maryland's House of Delegates voted against seceding from the Union
1862 - New Orleans falls to Union forces
1945 - American soldiers liberate Dachau concentration camp
1992 - Rioting erupts in Los Angeles after jury acquits four Los Angeles police officers in the beating of Rodney King
Birthdays
1863 - Publisher William Randolph Hearst
1899 - Jazz musician Duke Ellington
1954 - Comedian Jerry Seinfeld
Thursday, April 30
On This Date
Bugs Bunny Day, International Jazz Day, National Raisin Day, National Honesty Day, Poem In Your Pocket Day
In History
1789 - George Washington takes office as first president of US
1803 - US purchases Louisiana Territory from France.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state.
1958 - American Association of Retired Persons founded in Washington, D.C.
1970 - President Nixon announces that US will send troops into Cambodia.
1975 - South Vietnamese capital of Saigon falls to Communist forces.
2009 - British forces leave Iraq
Birthdays
1933 - Musician Willie Nelson
Friday, May 1
On This Date
Batman Day, Dandelion Day, School Principals' Day, Skyscraper Day, Space Day, Tuba Day
In History
1789 - George Washington takes office as first president of US
1803 - US purchases Louisiana Territory from France.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state.
1958 - American Association of Retired Persons founded in Washington, D.C.
1970 - President Nixon announces that US will send troops into Cambodia.
1975 - South Vietnamese capital of Saigon falls to Communist forces.
2009 - British forces leave Iraq
Birthdays
1933 - Musician Willie Nelson
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