Today in History

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April 25th

  • In 1953 Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish finding the double helix structure of DNA.
  • In 1959 The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, opens to shipping.
  • In 1960 The US Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe

April 26th

  • In 1865 Union cavalry troopers shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Va.
  • In 1965 A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
  • In 1986 An accident causes the world's worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

April 27th

  • In 1810 Beethoven composes F
  • In 1981 Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
  • In 1994 The first democratic general election in South Africa in which black citizens could vote.

April 28th

  • In 1930 The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
  • In 1932 A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
  • In 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.

April 29th

  • In 1882 The "Elektromote"
  • In 1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast airs in Los Angeles.
  • In 2004 Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.

April 30th

  • In 1907 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
  • In 1947 In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed the Hoover Dam a second time.
  • In 2009 Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

May 1st

  • In 1950 Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
  • In 1971 Amtrak takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
  • In 2011 Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden has been killed.

May 2nd

  • In 1918 General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
  • In 1998 The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
  • In 2000 President Clinton announces that accurate GPS would no longer be restricted to the military.

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