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On April 22, 1970: The first "Earth Day" was observed. Nice remember too !  Agree too, it was a great remember. The first earth day was a mark in the history and was one of the global advises about problems that we are watching today, and about what we and ours childerns need to do to save our planet. Much time since that day, and we continue destroying each more the enviroment. In my opinion all days are Earth days because we are just a little pieces here, like passengers that will go out some day. |
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On April 21, 1960: Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. cober001, thank you very much to remember it. Was an amazing input from your side. Traditionally, this day is an official holiday in Brazil, but due another reason: we dedicate this day to celebrate the born of our main hero in the first independence fights, during 17 century. For sure we celebrate too the capital inauguration, but the part is great just in Brasilia, despite many Brazilians across the country comemorate it too.
Cheers ! GIB@
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On April 25 1915:
During World War I, Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli in Turkey in hopes of attacking the Central Powers from below. The attack was unsuccessful. |
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Robinson Crusoe is published
----------------------------------------Daniel Defoe's fictional work The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island, is based on the experiences of shipwreck victims and of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years on a small island off the coast of South America in the early 1700s. ( Chile) [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Apr 25, 2011 9:38:52 PM] |
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.Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War leader and 18th president of the United States, is born on this day in 1822.
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On April 27, 1897:
Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb was dedicated. |
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On April 28, 1789:
A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift. |
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1947
Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki. |
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On May 4, 1932:
Al Capone entered the Atlanta Penitentiary federal prison for income-tax evasion. |
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May 5, 1821:
Napoleon dies in exile |
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