On This Day In History
Evelyn Nesbit was the most famous model in the world in the early days of fashion photography; she was also a chorus girl & actress. #OTD in 1904, she married Harry Thaw. Thaw later killed Nesbit's former lover, involving her in the 'trial of the century'.https://t.co/Swwiw0tTKh pic.twitter.com/w67IdLmiSY
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 4, 2022
On this day in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis. Dr. King was there supporting an economic protest by Black sanitation workers. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/zaMrwHJubj
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 4, 2022
“I may not get there with you…”
April 3, 1968
54 years ago today
Evening before he was assassinatedWe will get there, Daddy. #MLK #Mountaintop pic.twitter.com/RJkqIJd0NZ
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) April 3, 2022
TODAY IN HISTORY
April 4th
1983 - Film actress Gloria Swanson died on this date at age 84. Most of her films were produced during the silent era #OTD pic.twitter.com/1CyosWDeRA— Connie Landro (@clandro) April 4, 2022
April 5th
1242 Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice
1722 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific
1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement - led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín - win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
1847 Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, opens in Birkenhead, England, designed by Joseph Paxton
1879 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
Did You Know?
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires
Today in History in 1923
Would You Believe?
Chinese steward Poon Lim is found off the coast of Brazil by a Brazilian fisherman family after being adrift 133 days, after British ship SS Benlomond torpedoed by german U-boat
Today in History in 1943
This day 126 years ago – 5 April 1895 – Oscar Wilde was arrested in London, less than two months after his most celebrated play, The Importance of Being Earnest, had opened at the St James's Theatre.
He was convicted of gross indecency, and sentenced to two years hard labour. pic.twitter.com/o6jFWqunmt
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 5, 2021
This day 105 years ago – 5 April 1915 – the first Convention of the Irish National Volunteers was held.
At it, John Redmond said that “the next great parade of the Irish National Volunteers... will be when they march down with me... to open the gates of the Irish Parliament.” pic.twitter.com/xSLvPTCBgo
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 5, 2020
#OTD in 1977 the longest nonviolent occupation of a US federal building began, when c150 disabled people & allies—led by disability rights activist Kitty Cone—staged a 4-week sit-in at the San Francisco office of the US Dept of Health, Education & Welfare. https://t.co/1FXnIEfCxQ pic.twitter.com/bWS5lkFfGw
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 5, 2022
On this day in 1880, three white cadets brutally assaulted Cadet Johnson C. Whittaker, one of the first Black students to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/EFl93p89KS
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 5, 2022
ON THIS DAY - In 1994, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died in Seattle. #OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/p1Rkv6tNlE
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) April 5, 2022
April 6th
46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) in the battle of Thapsus.
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under Jan van Riebeeck
1917 US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
1994 Plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations and sparking the Rwandan Genocide. Those responsible have never been identified.
Did You Know?
Catherine the Great Empress of Russia, ends tax on men with beards, enacted by Tsar Peter the Great in 1698
Today in History in 1772
Would You Believe?
First baby born with DNA from 3 parents through mitochondrial transfer in Mexico
Today in History in 2016
This day 68 years ago – 6 April 1951 – 11 of 12 serving government ministers withdrew their support for Dr Noël Browne's Mother and Child Scheme, which planned to offer free healthcare for expectant mothers and their children up to the age of 16.
Browne would resign 6 days later pic.twitter.com/bWFXwG9QX7
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 6, 2019
Today we celebrate the anonymous German medieval scribe whose teeth plaque contained traces of expensive ultramarine pigment—probably from licking her brush to make a fine point—proof that women were creators of illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages. https://t.co/gNVztJsHQz pic.twitter.com/tBjhBpHTkb
— On This Day She (@OnThisDayShe) April 6, 2022
On this day in 1892, a white mob in Virginia broke into a jail, removed a Black man from his cell as his small son pleaded with the mob, and lynched him on the courthouse lawn. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/emZiccHe0l
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) April 6, 2022
6 April 1998. Best selling Country and Western star Tammy Wynette died (aged 55). Dubbed the “First Lady of country music”, she was most well known for her UK No.1 hit Stand by Your Man, which she co-wrote. She recorded more than 50 albums and more than 30 million records. pic.twitter.com/9kb67M3sq6
— Prof Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) April 6, 2021
April 7th
30 Scholars' estimate for Jesus' crucifixion by Roman troops in Jerusalem [or April 3]
529 First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (fundamental work in jurisprudence) issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I
1948 World Health Organization formed by the United Nations
1954 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in news conference is first to voice fear of a "domino-effect" of communism in Indo-China
1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1
1999 The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas
This day 93 years ago – 7 April 1926 – elderly Irishwoman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini, the Prime Minister of Italy.
Gibson, a native of Dublin, fired at Mussolini, wounding him. She was arrested, but released without charge at Mussolini's request. pic.twitter.com/15Szk8K2Xd
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) April 7, 2019