This Day In History
April 01
The Pilgrim-Wampanoag peace treaty April Fools tradition popularized First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker Weeks' trial sheds light on early procedure Jane Austen declines royal writing advice Confederates suffer at Battle of Five Forks Discoverer of Tombstone begins prospecting RAF founded British Royal Air Force is founded Beer Hall Putsch secures Hitler's rise to power Hitler sent to Landsberg jail U.S. troops land on Okinawa Alaskan earthquake triggers massive tsunami Soviets stop U.S. and British military trains Soap operas General Hospital and The Doctors premiere Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball championship The "Polish Prince" killed in plane crash
The Pilgrim-Wampanoag peace treaty April Fools tradition popularized First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker Weeks' trial sheds light on early procedure Jane Austen declines royal writing advice Confederates suffer at Battle of Five Forks Discoverer of Tombstone begins prospecting RAF founded British Royal Air Force is founded Beer Hall Putsch secures Hitler's rise to power Hitler sent to Landsberg jail U.S. troops land on Okinawa Alaskan earthquake triggers massive tsunami Soviets stop U.S. and British military trains Soap operas General Hospital and The Doctors premiere Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball championship The "Polish Prince" killed in plane crash
