Recent Memorial Pages by This_Day_In_History, 181-200

• Today In History- April 18

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 850 views

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• Today In History- April 17

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and the Louis B. Mayer Company.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 148 views

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• Today In History- April 16

  Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 180 views

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• Today In History- April 15

  Ray Kroc opens his first franchise of McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 138 views

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• Today In History- April 14

  U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 950 views

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• Today In History- April 13

  The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 118 views

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• Today In History- April 12

  Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1).

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 143 views

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• Today In History- April 11

  President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 126 views

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• Today In History- April 10

  United States Patent system established.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 129 views

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• Today In History- April 9

  Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 242 views

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• Today In History- April 8

  The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 119 views

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• Today In History- April 7

  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 160 views

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• Today In History- April 6

  World War I: United States declares war on Germany (see Wilson's address to Congress).

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 144 views

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• Today In History- April 5

  U.S. President Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 153 views

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• Today In History- April 4

  Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 649 views

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• Today In History- April 3

  Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 262 views

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• Today In History- April 2

  U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 138 views

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• Today In History- April 1

  Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, blockade West Berlin.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 147 views

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• Today In History- March 31

  The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed in the Boston Port Act.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 269 views

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• Today In History- March 30

  Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 169 views

  Contributions 2 images, 1 story