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APRIL 23 1598 Maarten Tromp, (born April 23, 1598, Breille, Holland—died Aug. 9, 1653, at sea off Terheijde, near Scheveningen), […]

Capt. Bennett was the pilot of a light aircraft flying an artillery adjustment mission along a heavily defended segment of

April 22, 1864 U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing the phrase “In God We Trust” on one-cent and two-cent coins. MILITARY

22 APRIL 1792 Uriah Phillips Levy (April 22, 1792 – March 26, 1862) was a naval officer, real estate investor,

The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Houston, Texas, was the decisive battle of the

21 APRIL 1790 Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (April 21, 1790 – September 5, 1876) was a vice-admiral

Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from the United States army two days after he was offered command of the Union

20 APRIL 1824 Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824 – March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and

1775 – At about 5 a.m., 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot

19 APRIL 1757 Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British