1755
\nSamuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language.<\/p>\n
1817
\nThomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn.<\/p>\n
1861
\nIn response to the attack on Fort Sumter three days earlier, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops.<\/p>\n
1912
\nTitanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg.<\/p>\n
1920
\nA paymaster and guard were murdered in Braintree, Mass. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of the crime.<\/p>\n
1945
\nNazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces.<\/p>\n
1947
\nJackie Robinson made his Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored the game-winning run. On April 15, 1997, his number, 42, was retired.<\/p>\n
1955
\nRay Kroc acquired McDonald’s and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., today the official McDonald\u2019s Corporate Museum.<\/p>\n
1996
\nThe 100th Boston Marathon was won by Moses Tanui of Kenya.<\/p>\n
1998
\nCambodian despot Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, died.<\/p>\n
2013
\nTwo bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3 and injuring at least 170 others.<\/p>\n
Leonardo da Vinci
\nPronunciation: [du vin\u00b4chE, Ital. lAOn\u00e4r\u00b4dO d\u00e4 vEn\u00b4chE]\n1452\u20131519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, born near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany.<\/p>\n
Henry James
\nnovelist (1843)<\/p>\n
A. Philip Randolph
\nlabor leader (1889)<\/p>\n
Bessie Smith
\nsinger (1894)<\/p>\n
Evelyn Ashford
\nathlete (1957)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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