March 25, 1965. 25,000 civil rights marchers arrive at the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. leads the marchers in protesting the denial of voting rights to blacks in the South. However difficult the moment, however frustra
March 23rd, 1775. A famous call for American independence from Britain. Patrick Henry tells the Virginia Provincial Convention Give me liberty, or give me death. The American Revolution begins just weeks later. 1933. Germanys Parliament, the Reichsta
March 22nd, 1765, Britain enacts the Stamp Act to raise money from its American colonies. But the colonies balk the taxation without representation and the Act was repealed the next year. The conflict helps set the stage for American Revolution in th
March 18th, 1965. Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. The cosmonaut from whats then the Soviet Union leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether. Astronaut Ed White makes the first American space walk months later. 1922. In
March 17th 461 A.D. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saints for whom St. Patrick's Day is named dies in the Irish village of Saul. Other authorities say Patrick's death happened on this day but more than three decades later in 493 A.D. 2003President G
March 16th, 1968. The My Lai Massacre takes place during the Vietnam War. US troops under the command of Lieutenant William Cally Jr. kill hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai. High ranking army officers initially cover up the incid
March 14th, 1879Physicist Albert Einstein, considered the greatest scientist of the 20th Century, is born in Germany. It is intelligence, which is the ability to learn from experience, to plan ahead. It includes the capacity to give up immediate,
April 7th 1994Civil war erupts in Rwanda a day after its leader and the President of Burundi are killed in a mysterious plane crash. In the months that follow, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis and Hutu intellectuals are slaughtered in the cen
April 10th, 1998, in Northern Ireland, peace talks conclude with a landmark deal aimed at ending 30 years of a bitter rival reason bloody attacks. Negotiators sign The Good Friday Agreement, calling for power-sharing between Protestants and Catholics
March 19th, 2003For the second time in a dozen years, an American-led coalition launches a war against Iraq. Cruise missiles and precision guided bombs are aimed at Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein near the capital, Baghdad. President George W. Bush tel
April 9th, 1865The American Civil War effectively ends after four years and more than a half million deaths. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his forces to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. 2003, Iraqis c
April 8th, 2005. At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims in Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973. Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century dies at his home in France at age 91.
March 21st, 1965Civil rights demonstrators led by dr. Martin Luther King Junior begin a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. It happens weeks after marchers pushing for black voting rights in the South are attacked in Selma. The marches lead to t
April 11th, 1951During the Korean War, President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his command in Asia. General MacArthur is one of our greatest military commanders. But the cause of world peace is much more important than any indivi
April 6th, 1917. Over there, over there, / Send the word, send the word over there The United States enters WWI on the side of the Allies as Congress declares war on Germany. 1909. Explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson lead the first successful e
April.13th, 1970. Apollo XIII is crippled on its way to the moon when a tank containing liquid oxygen bursts in its command module. The 3 astronauts on board are forced to return to Earth relying on their lunar module as a lifeboat in space. 1743. Th
April 15th, 1912, just hours after hitting an iceberg, the Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland. About 1,500 people on board the British luxury liner perish in the waters of the icy North Atlantic. 1865, President Abraham Lincoln dies in Washi
April 17th,1961, Hundreds of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA invade Cuba's Bay of Pigs trying to topple Fidel Castro from power. But the invasion fails a political embarrassment for President John F. Kennedy just months after taking office. This was
April 22nd, 1994. In New York, former President Richard Nixon dies at age 81, just days after suffering a stroke. Others may hate you. Those who hate you dont win unless you hate them. And then, you destroy yourself. Nixon pursued Cold War detente an
April 4th, 1968The Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior is assassinated on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was 39 years old. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight,
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