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On this day in history, April 24th, in 1800, the Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress, providing the United States with a...
On this day in history, April 23rd, we celebrate one of the most famous literary birthdays of all time – that of William Shakespeare in 1564....
On this day in history, April 22nd, we celebrate the anniversary of the discovery of the element chlorine. This discovery was made by the Swedish chemist...
On this day in history, April 21st witnessed a significant political event in 1789, when John Adams was appointed as the first United States ambassador to...
April 20th marks a significant day in the history of science and medicine. On this day in 1862, two pioneering French scientists, Louis Pasteur and Claude...
On this day in history, April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride to warn the American colonists that the British army was on...
On this day in history, April 17th, 1961, a group of Cuban exiles backed by the United States launched a failed invasion of Cuba at the...
On this day in history, April 16th, 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began, with thousands of settlers racing to stake their claims on unassigned lands in...
On this day in history, April 15th, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from...
On this day in history, April 14th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington...
