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Birthday April 01, 1883 Lon Chaney, man of a thousand faces |
History April 01, 1621 The Pilgrim-Wampanoag peace treaty |
History April 01, 1778 Oliver Pollock - a New Orleans Businessman - creates the "$". |
History April 01, 1789 First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker |
History April 01, 1800 Weeks' trial sheds light on early procedure |
History April 01, 1816 Jane Austen declines royal writing advice |
History April 01, 1850 San Francisco County Government established. |
History April 01, 1865 Confederates suffer at Battle of Five Forks |
History April 01, 1877 Discoverer of Tombstone begins prospecting |
History April 01, 1918 British Royal Air Force is founded |
History April 01, 1918 RAF founded |
History April 01, 1924 Beer Hall Putsch secures Hitler's rise to power |
History April 01, 1924 Hitler sent to Landsberg jail |
History April 01, 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island. |
History April 01, 1945 U.S. troops land on Okinawa |
History April 01, 1946 Alaskan earthquake triggers massive tsunami |
History April 01, 1948 Soviets stop U.S. and British military trains |
History April 01, 1960 TIROS I (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched to improve weather prediction. |
History April 01, 1963 Soap operas General Hospital and The Doctors premiere |
History April 01, 1970 Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio |
History April 01, 1984 Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father |
History April 01, 1985 Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball championship |
History April 01, 1993 The Polish Prince killed in plane crash |