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May 4, 1626: Peter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for 24 worth of cloth and brass buttons.
Sat, 05/04/2013 - 1:23pm
May 3, 1937: Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.
Fri, 05/03/2013 - 12:36pm
May 2, 1885: Good Housekeeping magazine went on sale for the first time.
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 12:35pm
May 1, 1707: The Act of Union joined England and Scotland to form Great Britain.
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 11:52am
Apr 30, 1803: France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Tue, 04/30/2013 - 11:20am
Apr 29, 1986: Pitcher Roger Clemens set a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine-inning game. He repeated his feat in 1996.
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 10:51am
Apr 28, 1788: Maryland became the 7th state in the United States.
Sun, 04/28/2013 - 10:07am
Apr 27, 1865: The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.
Sat, 04/27/2013 - 9:21am
Apr 26, 1937: The German Luftwaffe (air force) destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica.
Fri, 04/26/2013 - 8:37am
Apr 25, 1901: New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 7:55am
Apr 24, 1800: Library of Congress was established.
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 7:28am
Apr 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.
Tue, 04/23/2013 - 6:38am
Apr 22, 1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.
Mon, 04/22/2013 - 6:26am
Apr 21, 1918: Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.
Sun, 04/21/2013 - 6:17am
Apr 20, 1841: The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 5:51am
Apr 19, 1775: The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution.
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 5:33am
Apr 18, 1775: Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.
Thu, 04/18/2013 - 5:24am
Apr 17, 1895: The Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 5:19am
Apr 16, 1917: Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.
Tue, 04/16/2013 - 5:04am
Apr 15, 1912: Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg.
Mon, 04/15/2013 - 4:07am
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