Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. The 2007 Virginia Tech shooting was one of the deadliest…
15 April 1736
Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica. The Kingdom of Corsica was a short-lived and rather quirky experiment in monarchy that existed briefly in 1736….
14 April 1865
President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; He dies the following day. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln occurred on the…
13 April 1972
During the Vietnam War, The Battle of An L?c begins. The Battle of An L?c began in early April 1972 as part of the larger…
12 April 1945
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt’s death. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of…
11 April 1876
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) is a fraternal organization founded in 1868 in…
10 April 1872
The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. Arbor Day is a special day dedicated to planting and nurturing trees, emphasizing the importance of forests…
9 April 1947
United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted. The Corfu Channel incident of 1946 was a key early confrontation in…
8 April 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty The New START Treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is a nuclear…
7 April 1906
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, renowned for its catastrophic eruption…