April 1 |
April Fools Day. Send a friend a card |
April 2 |
Daylight Savings time begins. Set your clock ahead 1 hour. Find out the hows and whys of Daylight Savings Time |
April 3 |
The Pony Express was established in 1860 and would deliver
a 1 ounce letter from Missouri to California for $5. |
April 4 |
Tell a lie day (but don't get caught!!) |
April 5 |
Booker T Washington was born this day, 1915, in Franklin
County Virginia |
April 6 |
Sorry Charlie Day - Sorry Charlie Day honors those who have been rejected and lived through it. |
April 9 |
US
Civil War ended (Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox; 1865) |
April 10 |
Publisher Joesph Pulitzer was born in 1847 and established
a fund for the Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for excellence in journalism. |
April 12 |
The first space shuttle,
Columbia, lifted off the ground for a 54 hour flight. (1981) |
April 14 |
President Abraham Lincoln was killed while watching a
performance of Our Americian Cousin in the Ford Theater in 1865 |
April 16 |
National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day |
April 18 |
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 caused mass destruction
and the loss of over 4000 lives |
April 19 |
Oldest
continuously peaceful alliance made by US (with Netherlands; 1782) |
April 21 |
The Red Baron was shot down and killed during the Battle
of the Somme after being credited with 80 kills in less than 2 years. |
April 22 |
"In God we Trust" was added to all minted coins
in 1864 |
April 22 |
The Oklahoma land rush began at noon in 1889, as thousands
of settlers rushed to a claim part of 2 million acres. |
April 23 |
Happy Easter. Things
to do on Easter  |
April 24 |
The Library of Congress was established in 1800 |
April 25 |
Hubble
Telescope sent into orbit (1990) |
April 26 |
In Russia, the nuclear power plant, Chernobyl,
exploded resulting in a meltdown of the plant and evactuation of a 300 square
mile radius. |
April 27 |
Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electromagnetic
telegraph, was born in 1791. Translate letters into morse code with this
program. |
April 28 |
James Monroe, the 5th U.S. President was born in Westmoreland
Country, Virginia |
April 30 |
George Washington became the first President of the United
States on the balcony of Federal Hall, in New York City. |