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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 20 1970-Happy birthday,me. Me like beer, so please send it.

APRIL 19 — 1776 Shot Heard Round the World; 1832 Happy Birthday Lucretia Garfield;  2002  Longest overdue library book is returned after 47 years APRIL 19 1776-The day it all started. I mentioned yesterday about Paul Revered and William Dawes

APRIL 18 — 1970 Houston Globe Headlines: “Spacemen Are Home Safe!”; 1969 Sister Joachim begins fighting for the Cannonball train;  1776 The British Are Coming! APRIL 18 1970 here are the headlines: Daily News: A Worldwide Sigh of Relief! Return

APRIL 17 –1961 Bay of Pigs underway; 1964 Happy Birthday Ford Mustang APRIL 17 1804 – Young Polly Jefferson dies in the White House. Thomas and Martha Jefferson had four children together, and Mary would be the youngest. Mrs. Jefferson

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 16 1865-The Battle of

APRIL 15 — 1865  NY Times headlines: “Awful Event – President Lincoln Shot By an Assassin”; 1947 Jackie Robinson’s 1st game with Dodgers; 1912 Unsinkable Molly Brown APRIL 15 1865 – Here are the headlines on the New York Times:

APRIL 14 — 1918 Aero Squadron take down Germans; 1865 Lincoln is shot; 1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden;  2014 Kaiwi records the world’s largest earlobe flesh tunnel APRIL 14 1918-First Aero Squadron takes down two German two-seater

APRIL 13 — 1743 Happy Birthday Thomas Jefferson; 1861 Headlines: The War Commenced! (Fremont Journal); 1997 Tiger Woods wins 1st Major; 1993 Massachuetts Aerosmith Day APRIL 13 1743-Happy 272nd Birthday holla to the Sage of Monticello, the Man of the

APRIL 12 — 1945 Goodbye FDR; 1961 U.S. gets behind in the space race again; 1954 Rock Around the Clock recorded APRIL 12 1945-Yeah, so Americans didn’t know that President Roosevelt’s health a rapidly deteriorating. So you can imagine how

APRIL 11 — 1865 Lincoln delivers his last apeech; 1888 Happy Anniversary Henry and Clara Ford; 1803 Monroe and Livingston leave to negotiate with Napolean about Louisiana APRIL 11 1865 Lincoln delivers his final speech. It was his last because