Browsing: April 2

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 2nd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 2, 1863, Southern women in Richmond, Virginia were at their wits end and had had enough, or more accurately had NOT had enough, because they and their families were starving for lack of food (aka, bread). On April 2, 1911, the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted their first ever national census. On April 2, 1917, just a few months after…

A Brief History In celebration of Palm Sunday, a special FREE VIRTUAL ADVANCE SCREENING of the film On a Wing and a Prayer is being held on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3:00pm.  For your chance to watch a virtual screening of this film, please log on to https://amazonscreenings.com/WINGHISTORY2. Digging Deeper In this extraordinary true story of faith and survival, On a Wing and a Prayer follows passenger Doug White’s (Dennis Quaid) harrowing journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger, after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight. The film is releasing as a Prime…

A Brief History On April 2, 1930, Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia died, making her the last (most recent) Empress regnant in world history.  Will there be another empress someday?  In the past, we have discussed women leaders and even some “badass women” and today we take a look at this last female head of an empire.  When will another woman become empress of an empire?  If you know of any candidates, share that information with us! Digging Deeper Zewditu, named Askala Maryam at birth in 1876, was the daughter of King Menelik of Shewa, the man who would become Emperor…

A Brief History On April 2, 1863, Southern women in Richmond, Virginia were at their wits end and had had enough, or more accurately had NOT had enough, because they and their families were starving for lack of food (aka, bread).  Rioting in the Confederate capital ensued, with men, women and children destroying property and looting stores.  Bread riots had become all too common in the American South during the Civil War (what my Southern friends call “The War of Northern Aggression.”), and the Richmond riots were the worst.  (See our article “10 Goofy Named Riots” for more riot history.)…

A Brief History On April 2, 1911, the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted their first ever national census. Most countries conduct some sort of periodic census, and we here in the United States do so every 10 years, a critical process that results in how many representatives to Congress each state gets (and electoral votes) and how Federal funds are distributed. In 2018, the Trump Administration announced the 2020 Census questionnaire would include a question asking if the respondent was a citizen or not, a volatile and contentious issue being debated at this time. Digging Deeper That first Australian census…