April 19, 1775 – It was dawn and 70 armed militiamen stood face to face with a British advance guard unit on Lexington Green when an unordered shot from the British became “the shot heard round the world” and the American Revolution began. Eight Americans died and ten were wounded in the melee that followed.
April 22, 1889 – The Oklahoma land rush began at noon with a single gunshot starting a mad dash by thousands of settlers seeking to stake their claim to a portion of two-million acres of land.
April 22, 1970 – An estimated 20 million people turn out for locally-organized environmental educational events promoted by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Nelson was trying to call attention to the inaction of Congress on environmental issues and inaugurated the first “Earth Day”.
April 20, 1999 – Two students armed with guns and explosives carried out an attack at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 12 classmates and a teacher and leaving 20 people wounded before killing themselves.
April 22, 1889 – The Oklahoma land rush began at noon with a single gunshot starting a mad dash by thousands of settlers seeking to stake their claim to a portion of two-million acres of land.
April 22, 1970 – An estimated 20 million people turn out for locally-organized environmental educational events promoted by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. Nelson was trying to call attention to the inaction of Congress on environmental issues and inaugurated the first “Earth Day”.
April 20, 1999 – Two students armed with guns and explosives carried out an attack at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, killing 12 classmates and a teacher and leaving 20 people wounded before killing themselves.