Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
(from Wikipedia)
Events
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, one day after the battles at Lexington and Concord.
1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (later called Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by Soviets.
1985 – ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
Births
571 – Mohammed, (traditional date) Prophet and founder of Islam (d. 632)
1889 – Adolf Hitler, German Nazi dictator (d. 1945)
1920 – John Paul Stevens, retiring leftist Supreme Court Justice
1937 – George Takei, American actor ("Mr. Sulu")
Deaths
1765 – Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
Events
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, one day after the battles at Lexington and Concord.
1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1916 – The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (later called Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims marking his final victories before his death the following day.
1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed troops against Cuba.
1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by Soviets.
1985 – ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
Births
571 – Mohammed, (traditional date) Prophet and founder of Islam (d. 632)
1889 – Adolf Hitler, German Nazi dictator (d. 1945)
1920 – John Paul Stevens, retiring leftist Supreme Court Justice
1937 – George Takei, American actor ("Mr. Sulu")
Deaths
1765 – Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
