AS IT IS 2016-04-08 Raising a Glass for National Beer Day This is Whats Trending Today. April 7 was National Beer Day in the United States. National Beer Day is not a real holiday. But a lot of Americans are celebrating on social media. One Twitter u

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April 30th, 1945 - Nazi Germanys Dictator Adolf Hitler commits suicide during the last days of World War II in Europe. Hitler and Eva Braun, his long time mistress and wife of one day take their own lives as Soviet troops approach his bunker in Berli

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April 28th ,1945. A violent end for Italy dictator Benito Mussolini, during the last days of WWII in Europe. Italian resistance fighters excute Musolini and his mistress as they try to flee the country. 1937. Sadam Hussein, dictator of Iraq for decad

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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 -

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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

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April 5th, 1986 - A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi. 1964 - Old soldiers never die,

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April 25th, 1874. Radio pioneer Marconi is born in Bologna, Italy. 1507. Amercia gets its name nearly 15 years after Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.A German cartographer first uses the term on a world map to refer to the huge la

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April 23rd, 1564: To be or not to be, that is the question. William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in Stratford-upon-Avon England. The poet and dramatist, known as the Bard, one of the greats in world literature, dies on the sa

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April 2nd 2005Pope John Paul II dies at his apartment in the Vatican at age 84. He led the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years and helped topple communism in Eastern Europe. May Christ give you his grace and his peace, overturning the barriers of divi

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April 14th, 1865...with mournful tread. Walk the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead.In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. Lincoln who led the United States through 4 year

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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

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April 5th, 1986 A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi. 1964, Old soldiers never die, th

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April 2nd, 2005Pope John Paul II dies at his apartment in The Vatican at age 84. He led the Roman Catholic Church for 26 years and helped topple communism in Eastern Europe. May Christ give you his grace and his peace, overturning the barriers of div

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April 27th, 1822. Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general who later served as president is born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant led union forces during the wars final years, receiving the Confederate's surrender at Appomattox. 1521. Portuguese explore

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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

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April 20th, 1889. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years is born in Austria. Hitlers Third Reigh brought WWII and the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999. They didnt care who they shot at, they w

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April 5th, 1986A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi. 1964, Old soldiers never die, the

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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

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April 14th, 1865...with mournful tread. Walk the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead.In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. Lincoln who led the United States through 4 year

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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

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