Today in History: April 23, Vietnam veterans stage protest at U.S. Capitol
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Today is Thursday, April 23, the 113th day of 2026. There are 252 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 23, 1971, hundreds of Vietnam War veterans opposed to the conflict protested ...
Today in History: April 22, the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889
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Today is Wednesday, April 22, the 112th day of 2026. There are 253 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 22, 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims ...
Today in History: April 21, Prince dead at age 57
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Today is Tuesday, April 21, the 111th day of 2026. There are 254 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 21, 2016, Prince, one of the most inventive and influential musicians of modern times, was found dead ...
Today is Monday, April 20, the 110th day of 2026. There are 255 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 20, 1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado.
Also ...
Today in History: April 18, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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Today is Saturday, April 18, the 108th day of 2026. There are 257 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 18, 1906, the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by ...
Today in History: April 11, the liberation of Buchenwald
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, April 11, the 101st day of 2026. There are 264 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi ...
Today in History: April 16, the Virginia Tech shooting
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Today is Thursday, April 16, the 106th day of 2026. There are 259 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 16, 2007, Seung-hui Cho, a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student, killed 32 people on the Virginia ...
Today in History: April 15, the Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic
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Today is Wednesday, April 15, the 105th day of 2026. There are 260 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off ...
Today is Tuesday, April 14, the 104th day of 2026. There are 261 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington; ...
Today is Monday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2026. There are 262 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 13, 1997, Tiger Woods, at age 21, became the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, finishing a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite.
Also on this ...
Today is Saturday, April 11, the 101st day of 2026. There are 264 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, Germany.
Also on this date:
In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte ...
Today in History: April 10, Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
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Today is Friday, April 10, the 100th day of 2026. There are 265 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 10, 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the ...
Today in History: April 9, Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox
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Today is Thursday, April 9, the 99th day of 2026. There are 266 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of ...
Today in History: April 8, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s home run record
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Today is Wednesday, April 8, the 98th day of 2026. There are 267 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a ...
Today in History: April 7, Rwandan genocide begins
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Today is Tuesday, April 7, the 97th day of 2026. There are 268 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 7, 1994, a day after the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi died in a missile attack on their aircraft, ...
Today in History: April 6, United States enters World War I
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Today is Monday, April 6, the 96th day of 2026. There are 269 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I as the House joined the Senate in approving a ...
Today in History: April 4, Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
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Today is Saturday, April 4, the 94th day of 2026. There are 271 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed ...
Today in History: April 3, Unabomber arrested in Montana
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Today is Friday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2026. There are 272 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 3, 1996, Theodore Kaczynski (kah-ZIHN’-skee), the Harvard-educated mathematician known as the ...
Today in History: April 2, Pope John Paul II dies at 84
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Today is Thursday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2026. There are 273 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, died in his Vatican apartment ...
Today in History: April 1, US forces invade Okinawa during World War II
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Today is Wednesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2026. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day.
Today in history:
On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the amphibious ...
