Today in History

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April 19th

  • In 1892 Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first car in the United States, in Springfield, MA.
  • In 1928 The 125th and final fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • In 1987 The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show.

April 20th

  • In 1916 The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park, currently Wrigley Field.
  • In 1926 Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
  • In 1951 Dan Gavriliu performs the first surgical replacement of a human organ.

April 21st

  • In 753 BC Romulus founds Rome
  • In 1934 The most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published.
  • In 1952 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.

April 22nd

  • In 1864 Congress mandates that "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as US currency.
  • In 1970 The first Earth Day is celebrated.
  • In 2000 Federal agents seize six-year-old Eli

April 23rd

  • In 1635 The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
  • In 1985 Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke.
  • In 2005 The first YouTube video uploaded, titled "Me at the zoo".

April 24th

  • In 1885 Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
  • In 1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
  • In 2005 Snuppy becomes world's first cloned dog.

April 25th

  • In 1953 Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish finding the double helix structure of DNA.
  • In 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, opens to shipping.
  • In 1960 The US Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe

April 26th

  • In 1865 Union cavalry troopers shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Va.
  • In 1965 A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
  • In 1986 An accident causes the world's worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

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