On April 12, 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died after four memorable terms, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman at the head of a country
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The bloodiest four years in American history begin when General PGT Beauregard’s Confederate coastal batteries open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, South
In perhaps the most famous civil-military confrontation in US history, President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command of US forces in Korea.
On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicated the throne and, by the Treaty
April 11, 1970, Apollo 13, the third lunar landing mission, is launched successfully from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert
April 10, 1953, the horror film The House of Wax, with Vincent Price, opens at the Paramount Theater in New York. Released by Warner Brothers,
On April 10, 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York by philanthropist and diplomat Henry
At the turn of the 20th century, the United States was in the throes of a full-blown smallpox epidemic. During the five-year epidemic from 1899
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99. He married the future Queen in 1947 and