Tuesday, April 08, 2025

History for April 8

History for April 8 - On-This-Day.com 
Seymore Hersh 1937 - Investigative reporter
  • 1513 - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.
  • 1913 - The Seventeenth amendment was ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
  • 1935 - The Works Progress Administration was approved by the U.S. Congress.
  • 1952 - U.S. President Truman seized steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
  • 1962 - Bay of Pigs invaders got thirty years imprisonment in Cuba.
  • 1986 - Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, CA.
  • 2001 - Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 6.0.

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