This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Historical highlights from April days across centuries
Key events include Lee’s 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Grant ending the Civil War, La Salle reaching the Mississippi in 1682, Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert in 1939, Denmark and Norway invasion in 1940, Bataan surrender and death march in 1942, 1947 tornadoes in the central U.S., NASA naming seven astronauts in 1959, Churchill's honorary US citizenship in 1963, the 1965 Astrodome opener, Challenger’s 1983 return, 2003 Iraqi liberation celebrations, and Clinton’s 1997 line-item veto law.
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Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Virginia
Robert la Salle
Mississippi River
Marian Anderson
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Constitution Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Bataan
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
NASA
America
Scott Carpenter
Gordon Cooper
John Glenn
Gus Grissom
Wally Schirra
Alan Shepard
Donald Slayton
Winston Churchill
U.S
Houston Astrodome
Astros
New York Yankees
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Saddam Hussein
Baghdad
Clinton
U.S. Supreme Court