April

April
April is: Keep American Beautiful Month and National School Library Media Month

April 1	April Fool's Day U.S. Air Force Academy Established in 1954
April 2	Ponce de Leon Landed in Florida in 1813 Grant Attacks Confederate Forces at Petersburg, VA in 1865
April 3	Pony Express Began Between St Joseph MO & Sacramento CA in 1860
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April 5	Pocahontas Married John Rolfe in 1614 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Sentenced to Death for Spying in 1951 Birthday of Joseph Lister 1827-1912 Birthday of Booker Tallaferro Washington 1856-1915 Birthday of Colin Luther Powell 1937-
April 6	First Modern Olympic Games in 1896 Robert Peary and Matthew Henson Reached the North Pole in 1909 U.S. Declared War on Germany in 1917 First Airmail Service in 1926 Barney & Friends Premiered on Television in 1992
April 7	New York Slave Revolt in 1712 World Health Organization Founded in 1948 Birthday of William Wordsworth 1770-1850
April 8	First Synagogue Founded in U.S. in 1730 17th Amendment Ratified in 1913
April 9	Lee Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Ending Civil War in 1865
April 10	Nebraskans Planted More Than a Million Trees to Celebrate the First Arbor Day
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April 12	Confederate Forces Fired on St. Sumter, SC in 1861 Ft. Pillow Massacred in 1864 Salk Vaccine Announced in 1955 Birthday of Henry Clay 1777-1852 Birthday of Beverly Cleary (children's author)
April 13	First Elephant Brought to U.S. in 1796 Birthday of Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 Birthday of Butch Cassidy 1866-1919
April 14	Assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 Webster's First Dictionary Published in 1828 Birthday of Loretta Lynn in 1935
April 15	Income Tax Pay Day Titanic Sank in 1912 First Franchised McDonalds Opened in 1955 Birthday of Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519
April 16	Slavery Abolished in District of Columbia in 1862 National Bridge Monument Established in 1908 Birthday of Henry Mancini 1924-1994 Birthday of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1947
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April 18	San Franciso Struck by 8.3 Magnitude Earthquake in 1906
April 19	Revolutionary War Ended in 1783 USS Iowa Exploded in 1989 Branch Davidian Fire at Waco in 1993 Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing in 1995
April 20	Birthday of Adolf Hitler 1889-1945
April 21	Thank You, School Librarian Day Red Baron von Richtofen Killed in 1918 Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in 1926
April 22	Henry VIII Ascended the Throne of England in 1509 "In God We Trust" Adopted by Mint in 1864 Oklahoma Land Rush Began in 1889 Babe Ruth Made His Pitching Debut in 1914
April 23	Boston Latin School Opened in 1635 First Movie Theatre Opened in 1896 Birthday and Death of William Shakespeare 1564-1616 Birthday of President James Buchanan 1791-1868 Birthday of Shirley Temple Black in 1928
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April 25	U.S. Declares War on Spain in 1898
April 26	Confederate Memorial Day in Florida and Georgia Richter Scale Day First Permanent British Settlement in U.S. in 1607 Chernobl Nuclear Reactor Explosion in 1986 Birthday of John James Audubon 1785-1851 Birthday of Patricia Reilly Giff (children's author)
April 27	Birthday of President Ulysses S. Grant 1822-1885 Birthday of Coretta Scott King in 1927 Death of Ferdinand Magellan 1480-1521 Birthday of Barbara Park (children's author)
April 28	Mutiny on the Ship Bounty in 1789 Birthday of President James Monroe 1758-1831
April 29	Rubber Patented in 1813 Zipper Patented in 1913 Los Angeles Riots in 1992 Birthday of Duke Ellington 1899-1974 Birthday of Dale Earnhart 1952-2001
April 30	National Arbor Day George Washing Inaugurated as President in 1789 Louisiana Purchase in 1803 Hamburgers Introduced at World's Fair in 1904 First President Appeared on Television in 1939
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