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1. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

   Opublikowany: 15.04.2025
2. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

   Opublikowany: 14.04.2025
3. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

   Opublikowany: 13.04.2025
4. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

   Opublikowany: 12.04.2025
5. 11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

   Opublikowany: 11.04.2025
6. 10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

   Opublikowany: 10.04.2025
7. 9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

   Opublikowany: 9.04.2025
8. 8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

   Opublikowany: 8.04.2025
9. 7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

   Opublikowany: 7.04.2025
10. 6th April 1917: The USA declares war on Germany in WW1

    Opublikowany: 6.04.2025
11. 5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England from the settlement at Plymouth, having carried the Pilgrim fathers to America

    Opublikowany: 5.04.2025
12. 4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history

    Opublikowany: 4.04.2025
13. 3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

    Opublikowany: 3.04.2025
14. 2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London

    Opublikowany: 2.04.2025
15. 1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service

    Opublikowany: 1.04.2025
16. 31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle

    Opublikowany: 31.03.2025
17. 30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

    Opublikowany: 30.03.2025
18. 29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam

    Opublikowany: 29.03.2025
19. 28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote

    Opublikowany: 28.03.2025
20. 27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines

    Opublikowany: 27.03.2025