4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history
Shortly after his inauguration, Harrison developed a cold that worsened into pneumonia from which he died. As well as becoming the first U.S. president to die in office this also marked the shortest presidency in US ...
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3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford
As James stood on a chair and turned to clean a dirty picture frame in his house, Robert Ford shot him in the back of the head from virtually point-blank ...
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2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London
The human cannonball act was developed by "The Great Farini" and performed by 17-year-old Rossa Matilda Richter, who was propelled over 6 metres at a show in the theatre of London’s Royal ...
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1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service
At the time of its formation, the RAF had around 20,000 aircraft and more than 300,000 personnel with its primary mission being to provide air support to ground and naval operations, conduct strategic bombing, and defend Britain from aerial ...
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31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle
The tower’s construction began on 28 January 1887 and took just over two years to complete, after which Gustave Eiffel led a group of government officials and members of the press to the top where he raised the French tricolour ...
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30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris
The Crimean War began in October 1853, having been triggered by disagreements between Russia and the Ottoman Empire regarding Russia’s right to protect the Orthodox Christian minority in the Ottoman-controlled Holy ...
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29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam
The withdrawal of the last regular American troops from South Vietnam ended eight years of direct US military involvement in ...
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28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote
By early 1979 Callaghan’s government had lost its majority in the House of Commons and, with the government weakened, the Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, tabled a motion of no ...
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