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Crossroads
1st April 2001
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands - first country in the world
2nd April 1877
1st Easter egg roll is held on White House lawn
3rd April 1965
1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) is launched
4th April 1988
Last broadcast of “Crossroads” on British TV
5th April 1965
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
6th April 1896
After a break of 1500 years, the first Olympics of the modern era is held in Athens, Greece.
7th April 1795
France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length.
8th April
Celebrated as the birthday of Buddha (563-483 B.C.)
9th april 1957
The Suez Canal, Egypt, is opened to shipping
10th April 1790
The first patent law is passed
11th April 1921
First sports broadcast on the radio.
12th April 1955
The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective
13th April 1997
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf’s Masters Tournament
14th April 1849
First edition of the Webster Dictionary
15th April 1923
Insulin first becomes generally available for use by diabetics.
16th April 1853
The first passenger rail opens in India
17th April 1970
Apollo 13 astronauts splash down safely
18th April 1906
San Francisco earthquake & fire takes place
19th April 1995
A truck bomb explodes outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Bldg., in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 and injuring 500
20th April 1889
Adolf Hitler is born in Braunau, Austria
21st April 1855
The first train crosses the Mississippi River
22nd April 1864
“In God We Trust” is included on all newly minted U.S. coins by an Act of Congress
23rd April 1616
William Shakespeare is born in 1564. He dies on the same day, 52 years later
24th April 1898
Spain declares war on the United States
25th April 1859
The ground is broken for the Suez Canal
26th April 1964
The African nations of Tanganyika & Zanzibar merges to form Tanzania
27th April 1911
Indian passive resistance is suspended when Gen. J.C. Smuts enters into negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi.
28th April 1945
Benito Mussolini dies
29th April 1945
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are married
30th April 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.
