Monday, April 04, 2022

History for April 4

History for April 4 - On-This-Day.com
Kitty Kelley 1942 - Author
  • 1818 - A plan was passsed by the U.S. Congress that the U.S. flag would have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.
  • 1841 - U.S. President William Henry Harrison, at the age of 68, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia.
  • 1932 - After five years of research, professor C.G. King, of the University of Pittsburgh, isolated vitamin C.
  • 1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
  • 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.
  • 1973 - In New York, the original World Trade Center twin towers opened. At the time they were the tallest building in the world.
  • 1984 - U.S. President Reagan proposed an international ban on chemical weapons.

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