FOFOLINA
04-14-2002, 09:01 PM
1543 Bartoleme Ferrelo returned to Spain after discovering a large bay in the New World. It was San Francisco Bay.
1775 The first abolitionist society in U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with Ben Franklin as president.
1828 The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language".
1860 The first Pony Express rider arrived in San Francisco with mail originating in St. Joseph, MO.
1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He actually died early the next morning.
1912 The Atlantic passenger liner, Titanic, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives.
1931 King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile and the Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
1939 The John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath was first published.
1946 The civil war between Communists and nationalist resumed in China.
1953 Viet Minh invaded Laos with 40,00 troops.
1981 America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after its first flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.
1986 U.S. President Reagan announced the U.S. air raid on military and terrorist-related targets in Libya.
1994 Two American F-15 warplanes inadvertently shot down two U.S. helicopters over northern Iraq. 26 people were killed including 15 Americans.
1999 Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile that was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching its rival neighbor India.
1775 The first abolitionist society in U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with Ben Franklin as president.
1828 The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary was published under the name "American Dictionary of the English Language".
1860 The first Pony Express rider arrived in San Francisco with mail originating in St. Joseph, MO.
1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He actually died early the next morning.
1912 The Atlantic passenger liner, Titanic, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives.
1931 King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile and the Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
1939 The John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath was first published.
1946 The civil war between Communists and nationalist resumed in China.
1953 Viet Minh invaded Laos with 40,00 troops.
1981 America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after its first flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.
1986 U.S. President Reagan announced the U.S. air raid on military and terrorist-related targets in Libya.
1994 Two American F-15 warplanes inadvertently shot down two U.S. helicopters over northern Iraq. 26 people were killed including 15 Americans.
1999 Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile that was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching its rival neighbor India.