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19th April 1987: The Simpsons make their first television appearance on The Tracey Ullman Show
An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in ...
18th April 1775: Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming out!”
Whether Revere referred to the approaching army as regulars or Redcoats is unclear, but his cry had the intended consequence of signalling the march of troops towards the Massachusettsvillage of ...
17th April 1907: Ellis Island in New York Harbor has its busiest day, processing 11,747 immigrants
This surge in immigration was primarily driven by economic opportunities in the United States, which was at the height of the industrial revolution. This combined with a desire among some to escape growing political instability in Europe, while ethnic and
16th April 1902: The first purpose-designed movie theater opens as Thomas Tally’s Electric Theatre
Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles proved incredibly popular with the public, and sparked a revolution in cinema history.Visit the excellent https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2019/02/electric-theatre.html for more detailed ...
15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster
Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in ...
14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
The Black Sunday dust storm brought a massive wall of dust estimated to be over 2 miles high that engulfed entire communities in darkness and choking dust, reducing visibility to just a few ...
13th April 1970: Apollo 13 spacecraft rocked by an explosion from one of its oxygen tanks
The resulting emergency led to the calm announcement by the crew of, Houstonweve had a ...
12th April 1861: American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
After suffering significant damage during the battle from more than 3,000 artillery rounds over 34 hours, at 2:30 p.m the following day Major Anderson and his men formally surrendered, and the Confederate forces took control of Fort ...
11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson
The Act made it illegal to discriminate regarding the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, or national ...
10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora
The explosion was estimated to be four times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, making it the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded ...