APRIL 1 — 1945 Battle of Okinawa begins; 1877 Schieffelin heads for Tombstone; 1948 soviets stop American and British trains in Germany; April Fish; 1976 Jimmy buffet releases Margaritaville
APRIL 2 — 1992 Gotti pronounced guilty; 1917 Wilson asks Congress for war; 1875 Walter Chrysler’s Birthday; 1976 Reggie Jackson gets traded to Orioles; 1969 Sinatra’s My Way dominates U.K. charts
APRIL 3 — 1882 Jesse James assassinated, killed; Truman signs Marshall Plan; 1976 NHL Flyers win 20th straight
APRIL 4 — 1968 Dr. King assassinated; 1913 Muddy Waters birthday; 1933 Bill Francis Birthday; 1841 Pres. Harrison dies in office; 1865 Lincoln has a nightmare
APRIL 5 — HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHY BARBER!!! 1984 — Kareem beats Wilt Chamberlain’s record; 1862 McLellan lands siege during Peninsula Campaign; 1951 Rosenbergs are found guilty of espionage; 1774 Ben Franklin publishes letter to Lord North; 1994 Kurt Cobain commits suicide
APRIL 6 — 1917 America enters WWI; 1841 Tyler becomes President; 1970 Osteopath/wrestler Sam Sheppard dies
APRIL 7 — 1776 — Lexington takes command of Edward; 1954 Domino Theory laid out; 1873 Happy Birthday John McGraw; 1970 John Wayne wins Oscar
APRIL 8 — 1981 R.I.P. Great American Hero Omar Bradley; 1974 Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s record; 1842 Happy Birthday Libby Custer
APRIL 9 — 1865 Lee and Grant meet face to face; 1881 Billy the Kid found guilty; 1959 John Glenn announced in Project Mercury; 1997 Grunge band Soundgarden break up
APRIL 10 — 1942 Bataan Death March begins; 1778 John Paul Jones heads home to unleash destruction; 1953 House of Wax released using stereoscopic film; 1959 Happy Birthday Brian Setzer
APRIL 11 — 1951 Truman fires McArthur; 1888 Happy Anniversary Henry and Clara Ford; 1803 Monroe and Livingston leave to negotiate with Napolean about Louisiana
APRIL 12 — 1945 Goodbye FDR; 1861 Ft. Sumter attacked, sparking Civil War; 1954 Rock Around the Clock recorded
APRIL 13 — 1743 Happy Birthday Thomas Jefferson; 1866 Happy Birthday Butch Cassidy; 1997 Tiger Woods wins 1st Major; 1993 Massachusettes Aerosmith Day
APRIL 14 — 1918 Aero Squadron take down Germans; 1865 Lincoln is shot; 1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden; 1935 Happy Birthday Loretta Lynn
APRIL 15 — 1947 Jackie Robinson’s 1st game with Dodgers; 1912 Unsinkable Molly Brown; 1967 Frank and Nancy Sinatra go #1 on Billboard charts
APRIL 16 — 1865 Battle of Columbus; 1869 Bassett represents U.S. in Haiti; 1883 Dodge City War; 1972 Chinese pandas come to U.S. zoo; 1986 Howard Stern breaks decency rules; 1996 Kiss announces reunion, tour
APRIL 17 — 1961 Bay of Pigs underway; 1964 Happy Birthday Ford Mustang
APRIL 18 — 1942 Tokyo Raid; 1906 San Francisco Earthquake; 1776 The British Are Coming!
APRIL 19 — 1776 Shot Heard Round the World; 1993 Janet Reno blows up Davidian
APRIL 20 — 1898 McKinley gets authorization from Congress for war on Spain; 1841 Edgar Allen Poe publishes first book; 1999 Columbine shooting; 1957 All Shook Up goes #1
APRIL 21 — 1836 Remember the Alamo!; 1961 White flies X-15 to Mach 4 and 5;. 1863 Union col. Streight leaves for Eastport, Miss; 1984 Footloose sondtrack dislodges Thriller from #1
APRIL 22 — 1937 Happy Birthday Jack Nicholson; 1954 McCarthy hearings begin; 1978 Blues Brothers appear on SNL for second time
APRIL 23 — 1791 Happy Birthday James Buchanan; 1945 truman has words with Molotov
APRIL 24 — 1800 Library of Congress created; 1980 Operation Eagle Claw; 1978 Ryan Express strikes out Mariners
APRIL 25 — 1917 Happy Birthday Ella Fitzgerald; 1964 Westmoreland commanded to MAC-V; 1864 Battle of Marks Mills; 1994 Eagles’ Hell gets Frozen Over
APRIL 26 — 1986 Happy Anniversary Ahnold and Mariah; 1865 John Wilkes Booth dies; 1931 Lou Gehrig passes runner and cost him run
APRIL 27 — 1822 Happy Birthday Ulysses Grant; 1956 Rocky Marciano retires; 1903 Long Island Jamaica race track opens
APRIL 28 — 1758 Happy Birthday James MNonroe; 1881 Billy the Kid escapes from jail; 1979 Blondie foes #1 pop charts
APRIL 29 — 1992 LAPD get off punishment for beating Rodney King; 1863 Happy Birthday William Randolph Hearst; 1776 Nate Greene takes command of Long Island
APRIL 30 — 1997 Ellen comes out; 1789 Washington gives 1st inauguration; 1333 Happy Birthday Willie Nelson
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