On the evening of April 3, 1968, as a storm rolled into Memphis, Tennessee, Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up to the pulpit at Mason Temple. It was a place of both shelter and unrest—and that night, it became the setting for his final…
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On April 3, 1865, the end of the Civil War looked to be in reach when General Ulysses S. Grant captured the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia. The fall of Richmond marked a pivotal moment in the war and represented the beginning of…
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In April 1992, the powerful image of John Gotti—the sharply dressed, seemingly untouchable Mafia boss—was finally shattered. On April 2, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Gotti on all charges, including murder, racketeering, obstruction of justice, and tax evasion. The verdict marked a turning…
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On April 1, 1918, during the climactic final year of World War I, Britain introduced a revolutionary new branch of its military: the Royal Air Force (RAF). This newly formed service emerged from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal…
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On April 1, 2004, email changed forever. At the time, the landscape of electronic communication was dominated by established players like Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, and AOL Mail, all offering limited storage capacities and conventional folder-based organization systems. Then came Gmail. Google’s entry into the…
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In 1657, the Second Protectorate Parliament—part of what had once been the Long Parliament—made Oliver Cromwell a surprising and controversial offer: the crown of England. This proposal, known as the Humble Petition and Advice, was formally presented to Cromwell on March 31. It represented…
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On March 30, 1842, in Jefferson, Georgia, American surgeon Dr. Crawford Williamson Long made medical history. He became the first known physician to use inhaled ether as an anesthetic during surgery. His patient, James Venable, underwent the removal of a neck tumor. Remarkably, Venable…
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On March 29, 1971, Lieutenant William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of premeditated murder for his leading role in the My Lai massacre—one of the most horrific and consequential atrocities of the Vietnam War. The conviction marked a rare instance of individual accountability in…
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On March 29, 1867, Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the British North America Act, a defining moment that paved the way for the birth of Canada as a self-governing dominion within the British Empire. The Act—formally titled An Act for the Union of…
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On March 28, 1939, General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces entered Madrid, ending nearly three years of siege and signifying the final collapse of the Second Spanish Republic. This moment marked the end of the Spanish Civil War, a deeply polarizing conflict that had drawn…
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