15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states
Lincoln’s call for volunteers was part of his effort to maintain the authority of the federal government after several southern states seceded from the ...
15 Apr 0s
14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem
The future Roman Emperor Titus began the Siege of Jerusalem, during which the Second Temple was burned and ...
14 Apr 0s
13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA
MKUltra was established during the Cold War to explore ways to manipulate human behaviour using drugs, hypnosis, psychological conditioning, and other ...
13 Apr 0s
12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge
The Canadian Corps successfully captured Vimy Ridge in the First World ...
12 Apr 0s
11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan
On 11 April 1951, Truman announced that he had removed MacArthur from his command and replaced him with General Matthew Ridgway, emphasising that military leaders must follow policies set by civilian ...
11 Apr 0s
10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy
The United States table tennis team heralded the era of ‘ping pong diplomacy’ by becoming the first official American delegation to visit China in 20 ...
10 Apr 0s
9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph
Scott developed the phonautograph, which used a horn to collect sound waves and direct them onto a membrane, and made a recording of a fragment of the song “Au Clair de la Lune” on 9 April ...
9 Apr 0s
8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name
Times Square in New York was given its name shortly after the offices of The New York Times moved to the ...
8 Apr 0s
