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April 25, 1992 Rioting in Los Angeles

1992: Rioting has broken out in Los Angeles following the decision by a jury to acquit four white police officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King. The case centered on a video, taped by an amateur cameraman which caught the scene on film as the four police officers beat, kicked and clubbed unemployed laborer Rodney King while other officers looked on. The officers did face a second trial a year later, on federal charges of violating Rodney King's civil rights, 2 were found guilty and faced prison sentences of two years. The violence continued for 4 days in which 55 people were killed caused by revenge attacks against whites and Asians by the black rioters.

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Be Where You Are Valued!!!!

 

 father said to his daughter  "You just graduated, this is a car I bought a while ago... It is a few years old. But before I give it, take it to a car dealer in the city and sell it , see how much they offer.”
The girl came back to her father and said: "They offered 1000 euros because it looks very old"
The father said: Hold it and take it to the 2nd hand car dealer.
The girl returns to her father and says: "The pawn shop offered 100 euros because it is a very old car and lots of investments are needed to drive it again"

The father asked his daughter to join a passionate car club with experts and show them the car.
The girl drove the car to the passionate car club, turned and said to her father: “Some people in the club offered me 100,000 euros because it is a rare car that is in good condition, with great capabilities and super difficult to find.”
Then the father said, "I wanted to let you know that you are not worth anything if you are not in the right place." If you are not appreciated, do not be angry, that means you are in the wrong place.
Don't stay in a place where no one sees your value.
Go where you’re celebrated,
Not where you’re tolerated.

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April 28, 2008 New Zealand Colossal Squid

2008: A rarely found Colossal Squid 34 feet long, and weighing 1/2 ton squid is being dissected to help understand a little more about rare animal that lives largely in the cold Antarctic waters. The squid is believed to grow up to 50 ft long a similar length to the sperm whale they are believed to tussle with in the depths of the ocean.

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April 27, 1941 Greece Nazi Occupation

1941: Nazis take and occupy Athens in Greece.

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April 26, 1986 Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

1986: An explosion and fire at the No. 4 reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resulted in a nuclear meltdown sending radioactivity into the atmosphere. The Radiation fallout spread throughout Europe The Chernobyl disaster is considered the largest nuclear accident in history.

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Famous Armstrong Quote

 

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April 25, 1953 England DNA The "Secret Of Life"

1953: Two Cambridge University scientists "James D Watson and Francis Crick" publish an article in Nature Magazine explaining the structure of DNA and that DNA is the material that makes up genes which pass hereditary characteristics in all life from one parent to another. They conclude that it consists of a double helix of two strands coiled around each other and could even be considered the "secret of life".

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April 24, 1980 US Embassy Hostage Crisis

1980: The mission to rescue the 52 hostages from the US embassy in Iran (Operation Eagle Claw) was aborted due to equipment failure. The Iranian foreign minister warned that any attempt by the US would be considered an act of War. Eight US Servicemen lost their lives in the aborted attempt. The hostages were held for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of students took over the American embassy in support of Iran's revolution. The crisis ended after The Algiers Accords are agreed on January 19, 1981 brokered by the Algerian government between the USA and Iran to resolve the situation.

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April 23, 1898 Spain Declares War on United States

1898: Spain declares war on the United States on This Day 1898 after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba. Following the declaration The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón in Manila Bay, the Philippines and decimated the Spanish squadron.

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George Takei TED Talk

 

BEST TED Talk Ever!  Talks about being in a Japanese Internment Camp.  Please watch!!!!

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April 22, 1889 USA Oklahoma Land Rush

1889: The Oklahoma Land run begins with an estimated 50,000 people lined up at noon hoping to stake a claim for a homestead. The claim could be up to 160 acres in size and it included most of the following Oklahoma Counties, Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne (in total about 2 million acres). This land had previously been occupied by Native Americans but the Indian Appropriations Bill approved the transfer of two million acres for settlement.

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April 21, 1989 Student Protest Tiananmen Square

1989: 100,000 students gather at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate Hu Yaobang the deposed reform-minded leader of the Chinese Communist Party and voice their discontent with China's authoritative communist government. This was the beginning of the mass demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing prior to the Chinese Government declaring martial law in May of the same year which led to the June Massacres by Chinese troops killing hundreds of demonstrators and arresting thousands of protesters and other suspected dissidents.

Taken from: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/april21st.html

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April 20, 1999 Columbine High School Shooting

1999: Two students (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. They had originally planted two home made bombs in the cafeteria and were planning on murdering the students as they ran from the building, when the bombs failed to go off they went into the school and began the massacre.

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Houston We Have A Problem...

 

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April 19, 1995 USA Oklahoma Bombing

1995: A truck full of explosives destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people. In 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the bombing and on June 11, 2001 he was executed by lethal injection.

29 Years AGO!!!

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April 18, 1955 USA Albert Einstein

1955: Celebrated physicist and Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein died today at the age of 76.

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April 17, 1969 USA Robert Kennedy Assassin

1969: The assassin of Robert Kennedy Sirhan B. Sirhan was found guilty of first degree murder for assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy, the brother of slain President John F. Kennedy.

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Famous Failures

 

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April 16, 2003 USA Michael Jordan

2003: Michael Jordan played his last NBA game for the Washington Wizards.

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April 15, 1947 USA Jackie Robinson

1947: Jackie Robinson, becomes the first African American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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April 14, 1912 Atlantic Ocean Titanic Strikes Iceberg

1912: The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg just before midnight on 14th April.

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Life Is Hard

 

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April 13, 1970 USA Apollo 13

1970: An explosion caused by an exploding oxygen tank on Apollo 13 forced the astronauts to abandon their mission to the moon and head home, they were nearly at the moon when the problem occurred and they were forced to turn back.

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April 12, 1861 USA Attack on Fort Sumter

1861: The Confederate States attack Fort Sumter on This Day, 1861 which starts the Civil War.

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April 11, 1951 U.S.A. General Douglas MacArthur

1951 : President Harry S Truman has fired General Douglas MacArthur as commander of United Nations and US forces in the Far East after General Douglas MacArthur has made public statements calling for an attack on mainland China unless Communist forces laid down their arms in Korea. The president is still hoping for a peaceful settlement.

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BTW Prom - Starry Night 2024

 Prom was on Saturday, April 6th!  It did not disappoint!  Here are some of my pics!

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April 10, 1971 China Ping Pong Diplomacy

1971 : In an effort to build better relations between the U.S. and China a US table tennis team begins a week long visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) at the invitation of China's communist government. Webmaster note - As soon as I read this I realized the significance of the Table Tennis in the movie "Forrest Gump" which I always wondered how it fit in with all the other major events from the time period.

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April 9, 1865 U.S.A. Robert E. Lee surrenders

1865 : Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

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April 8, 1974 France Pablo Picasso

1974 : Pablo Picasso dies in France.

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Be Kind!

 

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April 7, 1906 Italy Mount Vesuvius

1906 : Mount Vesuvius erupted causing gray ash and liquid lava erupted from the volcano burning homes built on the hillsides as it continued down the mountain.

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April 6, 1994 President of Rwanda Dies

1994 : The presidents of the African states of Rwanda and Burundi have been killed in a plane crash near the Rwandan capital, Kigali. Both countries have seen ethnic violence between Hutu's and the minority Tutsis has cost the lives of over 100,000 in the last 12 months and many believe the deaths of the presidents will only escalate the problems. ( Between April and June the Rwandan military and Hutu civilians massacred nearly 1 Million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in one of the worst cases of ethnic cleansing ever seen ). Find More What happened in 1994

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April 5, 1951 U.S.A. Rosenberg's Trial

1951 : At the end of the trial against the Rosenberg's for giving the secrets to the Atomic Bomb to the Soviet Union, death sentences are imposed against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg when found guilty of conspiring to transmit atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.

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Do Right Thing!

 

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April 4, 1968 USA - Martin Luther King Jr. Murdered

1968 : Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death by James Earl Ray at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. His assassination led to riots in more than 100 US cities and a call from the United States President Lyndon Johnson for citizen's to reject the blind violence that has taken Dr King who had lived by non-violence. James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.

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April 3, 1968 U.S.A. - Martin Luther King Jr

1968 : Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "mountaintop" speech to a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., less than 24 hours before he was assassinated

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