Recent Memorial Pages by This_Day_In_History, 161-180

• Today In History- May 9

  Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the "New World".

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 309 views

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• Today In History- May 8

  Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 146 views

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• Today In History- May 7

  The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 136 views

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• Today In History- May 5

  Panic of 1893: Crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 142 views

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• Today In History- May 4

  Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 140 views

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• Today In History- May 3

  Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 180 views

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• Today In History- May 2

  The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 146 views

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• Today In History- May 1

  The Great Exhibition opens in London by Queen Victoria.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 151 views

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• Today In History- April 30

  Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 182 views

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• Today In History- April 29

  World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 161 views

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• Today In History- April 28

  Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 200 views

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• Today In History- April 27

  President of the United States Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 169 views

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• Today In History- April 26

  The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 141 views

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• Today In History- April 25

  Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for DNA.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 139 views

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• Today In History- April 24

  Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 158 views

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• Today In History- April 23

  Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 148 views

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• Today In History- April 22

  The United Kingdom, Japan and the U.S. sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 135 views

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• Today In History- April 21

  Tiananmen Square Protests: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather to commemorate reform leader Hu Yaobang.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 143 views

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• Today In History- April 20

  Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the U.S. Army in order to command the forces of Virginia.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 187 views

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• Today In History- April 19

  The Battle of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolutionary War.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 134 views

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