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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY APRIL

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY APRIL. APRIL 1 ST . April Fools Day is celebrated in many countries. 01/04/1578. William Harvey. English Physician who 1 st . described in detail how the human circulation system

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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY APRIL

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  1. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL APRIL 1ST. April Fools Day is celebrated in many countries. 01/04/1578. William Harvey. English Physician who 1st. described in detail how the human circulation system works is born.

  2. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 01/04/1815. Otto Von Bismarck. Prime Minister of Prussia who united the German States into 1 Empire in 1871 is born. 01/04/1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff. Russian composer is born.

  3. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 01/04/1923. Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years jail for his part in the Beer Hall Putsch. However he spends only 9 months in jail. 01/04/1976. The Apple computer company is formed by Steve Jobs & colleagues.

  4. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 02/04/1805. Hans Christian Andersen is born. Danish Children’s author famous for writing children’s fairy tales. 02/04/1840. Emile Zola. Famous French novelist & critic is born. 02/04/1872. Samuel Morse. The inventor of the Telegraph dies.

  5. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 02/04/1911. The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts Australia’s 1st. Census. 02/04/1917. The U.S.A. declares War on Germany in W.W.1. 02/04/1926. Jack Brabham. Australian motor racing champion who won the world Formula 1 title three times is born.

  6. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 02/04/1982. Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. 02/04/2005. Pope john Paul 2nd. dies.

  7. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 03/04/33AD Generally agreed amongst Historians as the day Jesus Christ was crucified. 03/04/1948 U.S. President Harry S Truman signs into Law the Marshall Plan whereby the U.S.A. pledges $5 Billion to rebuild Europe after W.W.2.

  8. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 04/04/1721. Sir Robert Walpole becomes the 1st. Prime Minister of England. 04/04/1929. Karl Benz. German Engineer & Inventor dies. 04/04/1931. Andre Michelin. Co – founder of the Michelin Tyre company dies.

  9. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 04/04/1968. Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. 04/04/2013. Ian Walsh. The former Captain Coach of the Australian & St. George Rugby League teams in the 1960’s dies.

  10. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 05/04/1827. Sir Joseph Lister. The British surgeon who pioneered antiseptic surgery is born. 05/04/1900. Spencer Tracy. Famous American actor is born.

  11. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 05/04/1908. Bette Davis. Famous American actress is born. 05/04/1916. Gregory Peck. Famous American actor is born. 05/04/1932. Phar Lap. Famous Australian race horse dies.

  12. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 05/04/1964. U.S. General Douglas Macarthur dies.

  13. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 05/04/1975. Chaing Kai–shek. Chinese military & political leader & the 1st. President of the Republic of China dies. 05/04/2008. Charlton Heston. Famous American actor dies.

  14. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 06/04/1917. The U.S.A. declares war on Germany in W.W.1. 06/04/1926. The Reverend Ian Paisley – Northern Ireland politician – is born. 06/04/1992. Russian born Science fiction author Isaac Asimov dies.

  15. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 06/04/1998. Tammy Wynette. Famous American country & western singer dies. 06/04/2014. Mickey Rooney. Famous American singer, actor, director & producer dies.

  16. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 07/04/1506. St. Francis Xavier. Jesuit Missionary is born. 07/04/1860. W.K. Kellogg. American Cereal manufacturer is born. 07/04/1939. Francis Ford Coppola. Famous American film director is born. 07/04/1947. Henry Ford. Founder of the Ford Motor company dies.

  17. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY APRIL 07/04/1964. Russell Crowe. New Zealand born Australian actor is born. 07/04/1968. Jim Clarke. 2 time Scottish World Formula One champion is killed in Germany. 08/04/2013. Margaret Thatcher. The former Prime Minister of England 1983 – 1991 dies.

  18. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 09/04/1492. Lorenzo de Medici dies. He was an Italian statesman whose wealth helped fund many of the artistic works of the Renaissance period in history.

  19. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 09/04/1865. Confederate General Robert E Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S Grant at Virginia effectively ending the American Civil War. 09/04/1918. Jorn Utzon is born. He was the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House.

  20. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 10/04/1847. Joseph Pulitzer. American journalist & publisher after whom the Pulitzer prize is named is born. 10/04/1912. The Titanic leaves the port of Southampton, England on her 1st. & only voyage.

  21. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 10/04/2015. Richie Benaud. Former Australian Cricket Captain & former Channel 9 cricket commentator dies.

  22. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 12/04/1883. Daily Messenger. Famous Australian Rugby Union & League player is born. 12/04/1939. Johnny Raper. Famous Rugby League player for Newtown, St. George, N.S.W. & Australia is born.

  23. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY.APRIL 12/04/1945. U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt - the longest serving U.S. President in history- 1933 -1945 – dies in office. Vice President Harry S Truman is sworn into office as the 33rd. U.S. President. 12/04/1955. The polio vaccine is declared safe & effective.

  24. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 12/04/1961. The Russian cosmonaut – Yuri Gargarin – becomes the 1st. man to orbit the earth. 13/04/1743. Thomas Jefferson. 3rd. President of the U.S.A. is born. 14/04/1865. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln dies the next day.

  25. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 14/04/1927. The 1st. Volvo car is released in Sweden. 15/04/1452. Leonardo da Vinci. Italian artist & inventor is born.

  26. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 15/04/1989. The Hillsborough disaster occurs. A stand collapses during the F.A. Cup semi final between Sheffield Wednesday & Liverpool & 96 Liverpool fans are killed. 15/04/1998 Pol Pot. Cambodian dictator dies. 16/04/1918. Spike Milligan. Famous Irish comedian is born.

  27. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY.APRIL 17/04/1397. Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the 1st. time at the court of King Richard 2nd.

  28. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 17/04/1521. Martin Luther goes on trial for his religious teachings at the Diet of Worms in Germany. 17/04/1790. Benjamin Franklin. American politician, inventor & diplomat and one of the founding fathers of the U.S.A. dies.

  29. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 17/04/1961. The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba begins. 18/04/1946. The International Court of Justice meets for the 1st. time at the Hague in the Netherlands. 18/04/1955. Albert Einstein dies.

  30. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 19/04/1882. Charles Darwin. English Biologist & the author of the “Theory of Evolution” dies. 19/04/1906. Pierre Curie. French Physicist dies.

  31. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 19/04/1984. Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia’s National anthem & Green & Gold as its National colours.

  32. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 20/04/83BC. Marc Antony. Roman General & Statesman is born. 20/04/1808. Emperor Napoleon 3rd. of France is born. 20/04/1889. Adolf Hitler. Dictator of Nazi Germany is born. 20/04/1908. The opening round of the N.S.W. Rugby League Competition takes place.

  33. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY:APRIL 20/04/1946. The League of Nations is dissolved to be replaced by the United Nations.

  34. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY:APRIL 20/04/2016. Dame Leonie Kramer dies. She was first female Professor of English in Australia; the first female chair of the ABC, and the first female Chancellor of Sydney University.

  35. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 21/04/1509. King Henry 8th. is crowned King of England. 21/04/1816. Charlotte Bronte. Famous English author is born.

  36. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 21/04/1910. Mark Twain. Famous American author dies. 21/04/1918. Baron von Richtofen. German fighter ace is shot down & killed in W.W.1.

  37. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 21/04/1926. Queen Elizabeth 2nd. is born. 21/04/1946. John Maynard Keynes. English Economist dies. 21/04/2016. American singer, songwriter and Actor Prince dies.

  38. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 22/04/1870. Vladimir Lenin. Russian Revolutionary leader is born. 22/04/1969. British Yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe race & completes the 1st. non stop circumnavigation of the world.

  39. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 23rd. of April is celebrated as St. Georges Day in England. 23/04/1564. English playwright William Shakespeare is born. 23/04/1661. King Charles 2nd. is crowned King of England, Ireland & Scotland.

  40. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 24/04/1800. U.S. President John Adams establishes the U.S. Library of Congress. 24/04/1942. Famous American singer & actor Barbara Streisand is born.

  41. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 25/04/1599. English political & military leader Oliver Cromwell is born. He becomes Lord Protector of England, Ireland & Scotland. 25/04/1898. The Spanish American War begins. 25/04/1915. The Battle of Gallipoli begins in W.W.1.

  42. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 25/04/1916. ANZAC Day is celebrated for the 1st. time. 25/04/1916. The Easter Uprising takes place in Ireland. 26/04/1607. English Colonists land at Cape Henry, Virginia to begin the colonisation of America.

  43. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 26/04/1925. Paul von Hindenburg becomes the 1st. directly elected Head of State of the Weimar Republic. 26/04/1986. The Chernobyl Nuclear disaster occurs in Russia.

  44. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 26/04/1989. Famous American actress & comedian Lucille Ball dies. 27/04/1521. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines. 27/04/1791. Samuel Morse. The inventor of the Morse Code is born.

  45. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 27/04/1822. General Ulysses S Grant. The victorious leader of the Union army during the American Civil War & the 18th. President of the U.S.A. is born. 27/04/1896. Sir William Hudson. Head of the Snowy Mountains Construction Authority is born.

  46. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 27/04/1896. Sir Henry Parkes – the Father of Australian Federation – dies. 27/04/2014. Popes John 23rd. & Pope John Paul 2nd. are canonised.

  47. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 28/04/1789. The Mutiny on the Bounty takes place when Captain Bligh & 18 sailors are set adrift & the rebel crew set sail for Pitcairn Island via Tahiti.

  48. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 28/04/1792. France invades the present day Belgium to begin the French Revolutionary War. 28/04/1945. Italian Fascist Dictator Benito Mussolini & his mistress are executed by members of the Italian Resistance movement at the end of W.W.2.

  49. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 29/04/1770. Captain James Cook arrives at & names Botany Bay in Australia. 29/04/1901. Emperor Hirohito. The Emperor of Japan during W.W.2. is born. 29/04/2011. The wedding of Prince William & Kate Middleton takes place.

  50. THIS MONTH IN HISTORYAPRIL 29/04/2015. Australian Andrew Chan & Myuran Sukumaran of the Bali 9 Drug smugglers are executed by firing squad in Indonesia.

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