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BevoJoe
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April 9th, 1865
Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. However, the last battle of the civil war was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865. The Union troops attacked the Confederate forces, were forced to retreat resulting in a Confederate victory, even though the war had been over for more than a month.
The Lesson:
Don't Mess With Texas!!
Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. However, the last battle of the civil war was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865. The Union troops attacked the Confederate forces, were forced to retreat resulting in a Confederate victory, even though the war had been over for more than a month.
The Lesson:
Don't Mess With Texas!!
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LousianaHorn
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April 10th, 1962 first MLB game in the state of Texas as the Colt .45's beat the Cubs. Bobby Shantz not only threw the first pitch - striking out the Cubs' lead off batter Lou Brock - he would register a complete, 9-inning game win as the Colt .45s beat Chicago 11-2 in the first game in Houston's franchise history before 25,271 in a sold out Colt Stadium.
BevoJoe
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Easter 1956 in NYC
I doubt they do this anymore
Yeah, unfortunately, that would be considered recognizing a single religion and/or offensive to non-Christians or some such.
BevoJoe
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April 12, 1945
President FDR died of a hemorrhagic stroke. In the Fuehrer Bunker in Berlin, there was much rejoicing at the news, as Goebbels interpreted it as a sign that Germany would prevail, even in the dark days of April 1945. According to News of Roosevelt's Death Threw Hitler Into Hysteria, Hitler was ecstatic. But Hitler would commit suicide 18 days later followed by Goebbels the next day.
President FDR died of a hemorrhagic stroke. In the Fuehrer Bunker in Berlin, there was much rejoicing at the news, as Goebbels interpreted it as a sign that Germany would prevail, even in the dark days of April 1945. According to News of Roosevelt's Death Threw Hitler Into Hysteria, Hitler was ecstatic. But Hitler would commit suicide 18 days later followed by Goebbels the next day.
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I was never a Post fan, but I liked having a morning paper, so I subscribed to both. The day the Post closed, the Chronicle turned from a quality source of news to fish wrap that had Jesse Jones spinning in his grave.
Now I read the Obituaries in the Chronicle online everyday just to make sure I’m not in them.
Now I read the Obituaries in the Chronicle online everyday just to make sure I’m not in them.
Joe Fan
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The Chron is garbage
You are too kind. What the owners have done to Jesse Jones' newspaper is beyond criminal
BevoJoe
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This day in History April 20th
1999 - Columbine High School Shooting - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold ) wearing balaclavas go through Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, firing automatic weapons and throwing homemade bombs killing 13 people and wounded 24 others before the two students committed suicide.
1961 - Texas Sales Tax Introduced - The House Members in Texas approved a bill for a general retail sales tax of 2% on all sales in Texas; however, all foods, medicines and Farm Machinery was exempt.
1945 - U.S.A. "Your Lucky Hit Parade" - For the first time on radio, the show "Your Lucky Hit Parade" is broadcast in homes all over the country. It lasted for nearly 25 years before television led to its downfall in popularity.
1999 - Columbine High School Shooting - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold ) wearing balaclavas go through Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, firing automatic weapons and throwing homemade bombs killing 13 people and wounded 24 others before the two students committed suicide.
1961 - Texas Sales Tax Introduced - The House Members in Texas approved a bill for a general retail sales tax of 2% on all sales in Texas; however, all foods, medicines and Farm Machinery was exempt.
1945 - U.S.A. "Your Lucky Hit Parade" - For the first time on radio, the show "Your Lucky Hit Parade" is broadcast in homes all over the country. It lasted for nearly 25 years before television led to its downfall in popularity.
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Joe Fan
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In the early hours of April 26, 1986, the world witnessed the worst nuclear catastrophe in history. A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine exploded, spreading radioactive clouds all over Europe and a large part of the globe. In all, 50 million curies of radiation were released into the atmosphere—the equivalent of 500 Hiroshima bombs.
Fire crews arrived within half an hour of the explosion - they were not told of the high radiation risk and got straight to work. Most of them died.
Fire crews arrived within half an hour of the explosion - they were not told of the high radiation risk and got straight to work. Most of them died.
BevoJoe
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April 27:
1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
1667 Blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sells the copyright of "Paradise Lost" for £10
1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from Union (US Civil War)
1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1943 Witold Pilecki escapes from Auschwitz after having voluntarily been imprisoned there to gain information about the Holocaust
1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini at Dongo (Lake Como)
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
1667 Blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sells the copyright of "Paradise Lost" for £10
1861 West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from Union (US Civil War)
1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1943 Witold Pilecki escapes from Auschwitz after having voluntarily been imprisoned there to gain information about the Holocaust
1945 Italian partisans capture Mussolini at Dongo (Lake Como)
1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
BevoJoe
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April 30
1943 - The British submarine HMS Seraph drops ‘the man who never was,’ a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain. The ‘man who never was’ pulled off one of the greatest deceptions in military history–after his death.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva (Braun) Hitler committed suicide. They had been married for one day. A Sergeant of the Russian Army plant the Red Flag on top of the Reichstag building at 2.30 pm. As the final Russian assault on Tiergarten begins, Goebbels and Bormann send General Krebs, Chief of the General Staff to the headquarters of Marshal Zhukov with a permit to make an armistice, but Zhukov refuses and demands an unconditional surrender.
1943 - The British submarine HMS Seraph drops ‘the man who never was,’ a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain. The ‘man who never was’ pulled off one of the greatest deceptions in military history–after his death.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva (Braun) Hitler committed suicide. They had been married for one day. A Sergeant of the Russian Army plant the Red Flag on top of the Reichstag building at 2.30 pm. As the final Russian assault on Tiergarten begins, Goebbels and Bormann send General Krebs, Chief of the General Staff to the headquarters of Marshal Zhukov with a permit to make an armistice, but Zhukov refuses and demands an unconditional surrender.
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BevoJoe
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May 4
1932 - Al Capone begins life as convict 40886 in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary serving 11 years for Income Tax Evasion.
1970 - After a number of days of protest against US invasion of Cambodia the National Guards fired on protesters at Kent State University and 4 were killed and a further 10 were injured. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young sang about it with the song "Ohio"
1932 - Al Capone begins life as convict 40886 in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary serving 11 years for Income Tax Evasion.
1970 - After a number of days of protest against US invasion of Cambodia the National Guards fired on protesters at Kent State University and 4 were killed and a further 10 were injured. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young sang about it with the song "Ohio"
BevoJoe
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May 12
1932 - The body of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., son for Charles Lindbergh was found in a wooded area near Hopewell, New Jersey.
1943 - World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington.
2017 - Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
1932 - The body of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., son for Charles Lindbergh was found in a wooded area near Hopewell, New Jersey.
1943 - World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington.
2017 - Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
LousianaHorn
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From the Enjoying Texas and American History Facebook page..........
Indians Take Cynthia Ann Parker and Four Others Captive at Fort Parker
On 19 May 1836, a large force of Comanche warriors, accompanied by Kiowa and Kichai allies, attacked Fort Parker, located on the headwaters of the Navasota River in what is now Limestone County. During the raid the Comanches seized five captives, including Cynthia Ann Parker. The other four were eventually released, but Cynthia remained with the Indians for almost twenty-five years, forgot white ways, and became thoroughly Comanche. She was perhaps the most famous Indian captive in Texas history. Her son Quanah became a celebrated Comanche chief.
Indians Take Cynthia Ann Parker and Four Others Captive at Fort Parker
On 19 May 1836, a large force of Comanche warriors, accompanied by Kiowa and Kichai allies, attacked Fort Parker, located on the headwaters of the Navasota River in what is now Limestone County. During the raid the Comanches seized five captives, including Cynthia Ann Parker. The other four were eventually released, but Cynthia remained with the Indians for almost twenty-five years, forgot white ways, and became thoroughly Comanche. She was perhaps the most famous Indian captive in Texas history. Her son Quanah became a celebrated Comanche chief.
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