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 This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper In Italy, France, Belgium, and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, a 1st April tradition dating back to at least 1508 is often known as “April fish” (poissons d’avril in French or pesce d’aprile in Italian). On April 1, 1861, the municipality called East St. Louis was established. On April 1, 1906, the Chicago Tribune, a major American newspaper, reported that prehistoric…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 31st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was completed in Paris, France and has stood as a symbol of that city ever since. On March 31, 1918, Daylight Saving Time (DST) went into effect for the first time. On March 31, 1923, the first U.S. dance marathon ended in New York City but began a strange fad with sometimes fatal consequences! On…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on March 30th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On March 30, 1296, King Edward I of England, often better known as Edward Longshanks, sacked the Scottish town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, part of the ongoing war of England trying to maintain suzerainty over Scotland. On March 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford Long, an American surgeon, made the first known use of ether as a general anesthetic. On March 30, 1855, pro-slavery raiders called…

A Brief History Today, we are saddened to report that on March 27, 2023, an obviously mentally ill woman named Audrey Elizabeth Hale targeted a Christian private school in Nashville, Tennessee, tragically murdering six people, including three children and three staff members, before heroic police officers neutralized the murderess. Digging Deeper The female shooter had apparently identified on social media with masculine pronouns and in at least one case with an alternate first name of “Aiden.” Just prior to committing the attack, she had sent ominous messages to a friend that Hale’s life was going to end on that day…