This day in history/April-07

1862
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle
of Shiloh.
1913
5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. ,
seeking the vote for women.
1927
U.S. secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover’s Washington
speech was seen and heard in New York in the first long-
distance television transmission.
1948
The World Health Organization, a UN agency, was founded.
1949
Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winner, South
Pacific opened on Broadway.
1994
Hutu extremists in Rwanda began massacring ethnic Tutsis
and politically moderate Hutus. In 100 days of killing, an
estimated 800,000 are murdered.
2003
Cécile de Brunhoff, creator of Babar the elephant, died.
2009
Vermont becomes the fourth U.S. state to legalize same-sex
marriage, just days after Iowa becomes the third.
This day in history/April-7
Next PostNewer Post Previous PostOlder Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment