The Titanic starts off on her first and last voyage, leaving Queenstown, now Cobh, Ireland, on April 10, 1912. Why…
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Ancient Olympic Games
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Dr. King is Assassinated
Apr 4, 1968: Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing…
87 Year Old Urn
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The Pony Express
On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St.…
Rush for 1940 Census Records
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Pope John Paul II Dies
Apr 2, 2005 On this day in 2005, John Paul II, history’s most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to…
Grandma Moses Is Dead at 101
December 14, 1961 OBITUARY Grandma Moses Is Dead at 101; Primitive Artist ‘Just Wore Out’ Special to THE NEW YORK…
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1991 Aung San Suu Kyi Biography* 1942: September 6. Marriage of Aung San, commander of the…
History of the Penny
Published: March 30, 2012 By: HISTORY.COM STAFF 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Penny Canada will remove its pennies…
