AS AN APRIL BORN, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THESE FACTS GREAT LEADERS BORN AND MAJOR EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL Otto von Bismark (German Empire founder)- April 1, 1850 Charlemagne (King of France and Roman Emperor) April 2, 742 Henry IV (King of England) April 3, 1366 Eddie Murphy (Comedian) April 3, 1961 Anthony Perkins (Actor) April 4, 1932 Robert Downey Jr. (Actor) April 4, 1965 Nancy McKeon (Actress) April 4, 1966 David Blaine (Magician) April 4, 1973 Booker T. Washington (Educator and civil rights leader) April 5 1934 William Wordsworth (Poet) April 7, 1770 Hon. Augustine K. Ngufuan (Liberia Minister of Foreign Affairs)-April 7 Philip IV (King of Spain) April 8, 1605 Philip IV (King of Spain) April 8, 1605 Kofi Anan (Secretary General UN) April 8, 1939 William Booth (Founded the Salvation Army) April 10, 1829 Jarius Andrew Greaves (Liberian youth Leader) (April 10, 1987) Septimius Severus (Roman Emperor) April 11, 145 Dean G. Acheson (Secretary of State) April 11, 1893 = Christian IV (King of Denmark for 59 years) April 11, 1577 Wilber Wright (Airplane Inventor) April 16, 1867 Pope Benedict XVI (Leader of the Roman Catholic Church) April 16, 1927 Thomas Jefferson (US President #3) April 13, 1743 Nikita Khrushchev (Leader of Soviet Union) April 17, 1894 Adolf Hitler (Dictator) April 20, 1889 Catherine the Great (Empress of Russia) April 21, 1729 Elizabeth Windsor II (Queen of England) April 21, 1926 Vladimir Lenin (Founder of the Soviet Union) April 22, 1870 William Shakespeare (Writer) April 23, 1564 James Buchanan (15th US President) April 23, 1791 Max Plank (Scientist) April 23, 1858 Louis IX (King of France) April 25, 1214 Edward II (King of England) April 25, 1284 Guglielmo Marconi (Inventor of the radio) April 25, 1964 Samuel Morse (Inventor of the telegraph and Morse code) April 27, 1791 Ulysses S. Grant (18th US President) April 27, 1822 Coretta Scott King (Civil Rights Leader) April 27, 1927 Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor) April 26, 121 Muhammed (Founder of Islam) April 26, 570 James Monroe (5th US President) April 28, 1758 Saddam Hussein (Dictator of Iraq) April 28 1937 MAJOR EVENTS HAPPENED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 1826 The internal combustion engine is patented by Samuel Morey. 1867 Singapore becomes British crown colony. 1891 The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1954 The United States Air Force Academy is established in Colorado. 1976 Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so. 1902 The first movie theater opens in the US. 1922 Joseph Stalin succeeds Vladimir Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union. 1948 President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his mountaintop speech. 1972 The first ever Mobile phone call is placed 1581 Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world 1818 The U.S. Congress adopts the flag of the United States. 1850 Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis. 1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart. 1973 The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruths home run record of 714 1614 Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. 1621 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to Great Britain. 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Yorktown. 1930 In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt. 1917 World War I: United States declares war on Germany 1930 The Hostess Twinkie is invented. 1931 Little Orphan Annie debuts on NBC. 1987 Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweight boxing title from Marvin Hagler. 1827 John Walker invents the friction match. 1906 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. 1969 The Internets symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1. 2001 Mars Odyssey is launched. 1893 First recorded college basketball game occurs 1973 Pablo Picasso died 1974 Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run passing Babe Ruth as the all time home run leader 1986 Clint Eastwood is elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 1682 La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River 1865 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders 1913 The Brooklyn Dodgers Ebbets Field opens. 1957 The Suez Canal, Egypt, is opened to shipping 1912 The Titanic leaves port on its ill-fated voyage. 1916 The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created 1925 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published 1970 Paul McCartney announces that The Beatles have broken up. 1865 Abraham Lincoln dies from a shot by John Wilkes Booth 1923 Insulin first became generally available for use by diabetics. 1924 Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas. 1955 McDonalds Corporation was founded. 1853 The first passenger rail opens in India 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. 1919 Mohandas Gandhis day of prayer and fasting 1587 Sir Francis Drake sinks the French fleet 1775 Start of the American Revolutionary War 1919 The first successful parachute jump and free fall is made 1995 The Oklahoma City bombing - A federal building is bombed killing 168 people. 1500 Brazil is discovered by Pedro ????lvares Cabral 1970 First Earth Day celebrated. 1978 The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live. 1993 The Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated in Washington DC 1616 William Shakespeare died 1954 Hank Aaron hits his first major league home run. 1956 Elvis Presley makes his first appearance in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2001 Intel introduces the Pentium 4 Processor 1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration 1789 George Washington becomes the first President of the USA. 1803 The United States begins the process of purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million 1938 Bugs Bunny first appears in a cartoon 1939 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television. 1992 The last episode of the Cosby Show airs. 1719 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is published. 1901 New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. 1953 The double helix structure of DNA is first described 1961 Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
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