April Dates to Remember

by CABPRO Staff

April 1, 1945 – The World War II  Battle of Okinawa began. The “Typhoon of Steel” lasted 82 days ending in U.S. victory.

April 2, 1792 – Congress established the first U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.

April 4, 1968 – Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis.

April 6, 1917 - President Woodrow Wilson spoke to Congress leading to the U.S. declaration of war against Germany during World War I.

April 9, 1865 – The Confederate Army surrendered to the Union at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, ending the American Civil War.

April 12, 1981 – The space shuttle Columbia became the first space shuttle launched into space.

April 13, 1743 – President and Founding Father Thomas Jefferson was born
in Virginia.

April 14, 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, DC; he died the following day.

April 18, 1775 – Paul Revere made his ‘Midnight Ride’ during the American Revolution, warning patriots of the attack of the British.

April 18, 1906 – A massive earthquake and fire decimated San Francisco and the Bay Area.

April 18, 1983 – A suicide bomber destroyed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.

April 19, 1995 – The Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed by a truck bomb detonated by domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, killing 168.

April 21, 1836 – Battle of San Jacinto between Texans led by Sam Houston and Mexicans led by Santa Anna, won by the Texans.

April 28, 1952 – U.S. ended its occupation of Japan following World War II.

April 30, 1803 – Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed in Paris.