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April 14th 1983
14 April.1983The first cordless telephone went on sale in Britain.
and you could pick peoples private conversations up on the radio! Took them a while to solve that!
 

April 15th
1817
The first American school for the deaf opened in Hartford,CT
1947
Jackie Robinson played his first major league baseball game for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Leonardo da Vinci birthday-born in 1452
 
April 15th, 1755. English lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson published his dictionary. It had taken 9 years to compile.
 

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Today in History: April 15, 1776

On April 15, 1776, The Duchess of Kingston was brought to trial to face charges of bigamy in Westminster Hall. This scandalous display of aristocratic bad behavior – involving even the King himself – kept London buzzing for months on end. The reason the story was so compelling? The witty and charismatic lady at the center of it all.The Duchess of Kingston was born Elizabeth Chudleigh in 1721 to an old Devonshire family. Her father died when she was very young, forcing her to grow up in genteel, aristocratic poverty. Things improved considerably for Elizabeth in 1743 when she secured a position as a maid of honor to the Princess of Wales
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April 16th, 1746 - Jacobite Rising 1745: Battle of Culloden

On April 16, 1912, American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel.

April 16th, 1964 - The Rolling Stones released their first album in the UK.
 
April 17th
1964
Ford's Mustang debut,base price $2,368
1986
Larry McMurtry receives Pulitzer Prize for his book'Lonesome Dove.The mini series based on the book stared Robert Duvall,Tommy Lee Jones, Angelica Huston.
This book is one of my all time favorites,loved the mini series
 
April 18th

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Derry, County Londonderry The 18th of April 1689 AD
The siege of Derry was of great significance in determining the future path of the British monarchy as the deposed King James II came close to taking the whole of Ireland after his ‘abdication’ when forced to flee the country in 1688. The coronation of William and Mary took place on 11th April 1689 ; the same month James landed in Ireland with an invasion force, his intention being to make Ireland a power base from which he would eventually expel his enemies in England.
James had some 6000 French soldiers under his command, and gathered Stuart loyalists to his side. Derry, according to its governor Robert Lundy, was not supplied for a long siege, but the population of the city refused to countenance the surrender for which Lundy was preparing – he wrote to James in Omagh offering surrender - leading him and some of his followers to quit the place.
Derry held out against James’ forces, much to its cost: it is thought that of the 30,000 who were alive when the largely Catholic force arrived at the city gates on April 18 1689 only 22,000 were left alive when the Royal Navy lifted the siege 105 days later. The 8000 who perished were in the majority victims of disease rather than military action, though there were major clashes of arms during the siege including one on April 21 when a raiding party from the city took the Jacobite forces by surprise and killed their leader, General Maumont, at Pennyburn Mill, a blow to the morale and pride of the French contingent.
 
1506
The cornerstone of St.Peters Bascilla laid in the Vatican
1906
San Francisco earthquake&fire kills 4,000 destroys 75% of the city
1938
Superman makes his debut on the 1st issue of Action Comics
 
April 19th
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Historic Discovery

1770 British explorer Captain James Cookfirst sights Australia



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And in 1775 the American Revolution began.
 
20th April, 1534...Elizabeth Barton, a Benedictine nun also known as the “Holy Maid of Kent”, is hanged at Tyburn for treason. Famous for her religious visions, her public opposition to Henry VIII's plans to divorce Catherine of Aragon led to her imprisonment in the Tower of London and then to her execution. She is the only woman to have had her severed head displayed on a spike on London Bridge.
 
1912
Fenway Park ,home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox's opens
2010
The Deepwater Horizon drilling oil rig explodes killing 11,massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,environmental disaster
 
1836
Gen Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of Jacinto.The battle decided the independence of Texas
1961
The Beatles debuted at The Cavern in Liverpool,England
 
April 22nd
1833 The death of Richard Trevithick, Cornish born mining engineer and an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport. This replica of Trevithick's locomotive (see picture) was presented to the Ironbridge museum (Shropshire) in 1990. This statue (see picture) of Richard Trevithick is at York Railway Museum.

1834
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The South Atlantic island of St Helena was declared a British crown colony.

1838
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The British steamer Sirius became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean from England to New York. The voyage took 18 days and 10 hours.
 
1864
U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed 'In God We Trust' to be included on 1 cent and 2 cent coins
2005
An anonymous bidder purchased the microphone that sat on Johnny Carson's desk,for $50,787
The late singer,Glen Campbell's birthday,would of been 83.He died in '17
 
22nd April. Today in 1778...late at night, the American Navy attack Whitehaven during the American War of Independence. Marines led by John Paul Jones row ashore, take the fort and the 'strategically vital' quayside pub (drinking it dry), before setting fire to ships in the harbour. Damage to the town is limited.
 
When ya think about the fact that it is now 50 years past 1969. There will be several significant [on this day's] as 69 was an active year , some say turbulent even.

I understand N.A.S.A. is planning a fair sized celebration in July, I suppose on the 16th, launch date ?

The Manson murders, etc.

Some days it's hard to believe it has been that long.....almost seems like yesterday.
 
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