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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 10, 1858, the original bell called “Big Ben” in the clock tower at the North end of Westminster Palace was removed because it had cracked when tested. On April 10, 1904, Aleister Crowley, a Cambridge educated Englishman, finished translating The Book of the Law which had allegedly been given to him by a messenger of the God, Horus! On April…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 9th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 9, 1388, at the Battle of Näfels, a military force of the Old Swiss Confederation fought a much larger force representing the Austrian royal family, the Habsburgs. On April 9, 1937, a Japanese aircraft made the first ever flight by a Japanese built airplane to London, England, when the Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane nick named “Kamikaze” made the nearly 4 day…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 8th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 8, 1935, the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 went into effect, and as a byproduct created the Works Progress Administration (later renamed the Work Projects Administration). On April 8, 1945, in the waning weeks of World War II, a German train transporting about 4,000 concentration camp inmates, including Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Dutch, and French nationals, was accidentally bombed by an Allied air…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 7th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 7, 30 AD, Jesus Christ of Nazareth was crucified in Jerusalem and died on that same day. Or did He? On April 7, 1141, the daughter of King Henry I of England, Matilda, became the first female to rule England when she had already been known as “Empress Matilda.” On April 7, 1827, John Walker of Stockton-on-Tees, England (Dunham County), first…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 6, 1888, Thomas Green Clemson died, leaving his fortune for the establishment of The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, the college that became Clemson University. On April 6, 1941, German forces commenced the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia. On April 6, 1970, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) traffic stop turned deadly when two CHP officers stopped a car containing…