Key historical moments from April 6 to 12
The period highlights include 1830 when Joseph Smith formed the Mormon Church in Fayette Township New York 1896 when Athens hosted the first modern Olympic Games ending a 1500 year gap 1917 when the United States entered World War I by declaring war on Germany and 1947 when the first Tony Awards were presented for Broadway achievement.
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Joseph Smith
Fayette Township
N.Y
Athens
United States
Germany
Key historical milestones from 1865 to 2010
Timeline highlights include Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in 1865 ending the Civil War, Wesernebung’s 1940 invasion of Norway and Denmark, NASA’s 1959 Mercury Seven, and 2005 Rome funeral crowds for Pope John Paul II. Also notes 1904 Entente Cordiale, 1935 WPA creation, 2010 New START pact, and 2008 Baghdad statue destruction.
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Britain
France
Congress
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Rome
John Paul II
Barack Obama
Dmitri Medvedev
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Virginia
Germany
Norway
Denmark
NASA
Saddam Hussein
Hussein
Baghdad
Firdaus Square
Notable 19th to 21st Century Global Milestones in April
timeline of key events from 1866 to 2006 includes ASPCA founding in New York City, Gatsby publication, Austria annexation, Chaplin honored, Amber Alert law, Napoleon’s abdication to Elba, Buchenwald liberation, MacArthur relief, Amin overthrow, and Iran’s uranium enrichment announcement.
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American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
ASPCA
New York City
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nazi Germany
Austria
Charlie Chaplin
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elba
U.S
Buchenwald
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Idi Amin
Iran
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rwanda
Nyamata
Shiloh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French Indochina
Southeast Asia
Great Gatsby
F-Scott- Fitzgerald
Fort Sumter
Charleston
S.C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Yuri Gagarin
Earth
Columbia
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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