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1865
1865
Battle of Five Forks (VA)
Grant’s forces rout Confederates west of Petersburg; Richmond’s fall is days away.
April 1 General 3
1865
1865
Battle of Five Forks (VA)
Grant’s forces rout Confederates west of Petersburg; Richmond’s fall is days away.
April 1 General 3
2005
2005
Pope John Paul II dies
One of history’s most influential pontiffs passes, ending a 26-year papacy.
April 2 General 2
2005
2005
Pope John Paul II dies
One of history’s most influential pontiffs passes, ending a 26-year papacy.
April 2 General 0
1917
1917
Wilson asks for war
“The world must be made safe for democracy”: U.S. entry into WWI looms.
April 2 General 1
1917
1917
Wilson asks for war
“The world must be made safe for democracy”: U.S. entry into WWI looms.
April 2 General 2
1865
1865
Fall of Richmond
Union troops capture the Confederate capital—many from the Roanoke Valley region witness the city’s flames from nearby lines.
April 2 General 2
1865
1865
Fall of Richmond
Union troops capture the Confederate capital—many from the Roanoke Valley region witness the city’s flames from nearby lines.
April 2 General 3
1513
1513
Ponce de León lands in Florida
The first recorded European landing on the U.S. mainland.
April 2 General 5
1513
1513
Ponce de León lands in Florida
The first recorded European landing on the U.S. mainland.
April 2 General 6
2010
2010
Apple releases the iPad
Tablets go mainstream overnight.
April 3 General 4
2010
2010
Apple releases the iPad
Tablets go mainstream overnight.
April 3 General 3
1974
1974
“Super Outbreak.” 148 tornadoes tear through the South and Midwest; Greensboro and western VA catch edge storms.
“Super Outbreak.” 148 tornadoes tear through the South and Midwest; Greensboro and western VA catch edge storms.
April 3 General 1
1974
1974
“Super Outbreak.” 148 tornadoes tear through the South and Midwest; Greensboro and western VA catch edge storms.
“Super Outbreak.” 148 tornadoes tear through the South and Midwest; Greensboro and western VA catch edge storms.
April 3 General 3
1968
1968
Dr
King’s final speech. “I’ve been to the mountaintop,” delivered in Memphis on the eve of his assassination.
April 3 General 1
1968
1968
Dr
King’s final speech. “I’ve been to the mountaintop,” delivered in Memphis on the eve of his assassination.
April 3 General 2
1936
1936
Bruno Hauptmann executed
Convicted in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping—America’s “crime of the century.”
April 3 General 0
1936
1936
Bruno Hauptmann executed
Convicted in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping—America’s “crime of the century.”
April 3 General 0
1860
1860
Pony Express begins
Riders depart St. Joseph (MO) and Sacramento (CA); 18 months later telegraph wires make them obsolete.
April 3 General 0
1860
1860
Pony Express begins
Riders depart St. Joseph (MO) and Sacramento (CA); 18 months later telegraph wires make them obsolete.
April 3 General 0
2017
2017
Sarin attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria
Provokes global outrage and U.S. missile strikes.
April 4 General 0
2017
2017
Sarin attack in Khan Shaykhun, Syria
Provokes global outrage and U.S. missile strikes.
April 4 General 0
1975
1975
Microsoft founded
Gates and Allen register a company that will dominate personal computing.
April 4 General 3
1975
1975
Microsoft founded
Gates and Allen register a company that will dominate personal computing.
April 4 General 4