Easter Sunday
Birth anniversaries of Lionel Hampton (1908-2002), Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) and Tito Puente, The King of the Mambo (1923-2000).
Happy Birthday! Felix Baumgartner, Jessica Lange, Ryan O’Neal,
1534 - Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, set sail from St. Malo to explore the North American coastline.
1769 - Ottawa Chief Pontiac was murdered by an Illinois Indian in Cahokia.
1792 - France declared war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia. It was the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
1832 - Hot Springs National Park was established by an act of the U.S. Congress. It was the first national park in the U.S.
1902 - Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.
1934 - The movie "Stand Up And Cheer" opened. It was Shirley Temple's debut.
1942 - Pierre Laval, the premier of Vichy France, in a radio broadcast, establishes a policy of "true reconciliation with Germany."
1961 - FM stereo broadcasting was approved by the FCC.
1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.
1977 - Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiered.
1988 - The U.S. Air Forces' Stealth (B-2 bomber) was officially unveiled.
1999 - 15th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings at Littleton, CO.
2010 - An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in the largest offshore oil spill in
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