April 16 1746 The Jacobite uprising in England ends when Charles “Bonnie Prince Charlie” Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland. 1912 Harriet Quimby…
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This Day In History—Napoleon Exiled to Elba
April 11 1814 Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. 1899 The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect. 1921 Iowa imposed the first…
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April 09 1731 Robert Jenkins’s ear was cut off, sparking the War of Jenkins’s Ear between Spain and England. 1865 Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered…
View More This Day in History — War of Jenkins’s Ear BeginsThis Day In History — Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s Home-run Record
April 08 1513 Ponce de León claimed Florida for Spain. 1913 The 17th Amendment was ratified, requiring the direct election of U.S. senators by popular…
View More This Day In History — Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s Home-run RecordThis Day In History — Rwandan Genocide Begins
April 07 1862 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh. 1913 5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C.…
View More This Day In History — Rwandan Genocide BeginsThis Day In History — First modern Olympic Games open in Athens
April 06 1830 Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York. 1862 The Battle of…
View More This Day In History — First modern Olympic Games open in AthensThis Day In History — Pocahontas Marries John Rolfe
April 05 1614 Pocahontas married John Rolfe. 1792 George Washington cast the first presidential veto. 1887 Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by…
View More This Day In History — Pocahontas Marries John RolfeThis Day In History—-U.S. Flag adopted in 1818
April 04 1818 Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state. 1841 President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, one month after…
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Democrats see big election weapon in Trump’s ‘No More DACA Deal’ tweets
By Kate Irby McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON _ California Democrats have a valuable new weapon to employ as they campaign to topple vulnerable Republicans: President…
View More Democrats see big election weapon in Trump’s ‘No More DACA Deal’ tweetsThis Day in History — Congress Authorizes the First U.S. Mint
April 02 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. 1792 Congress authorized the first U.S. mint, in Philadelphia. 1865 Confederate president Jefferson…
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