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1945 – “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the […]

Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party

1865 – The steamboat Sultana explodes on the Mississippi River near Memphis, killing 1,700 passengers including many discharged Union soldiers.

1948 Silas Merritt Robertson (born April 27, 1948), known as Si Robertson and often referred to as “Uncle Si”, is

Sybil Ludington (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839) was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. On April 26,

On April 14th, 1865 he heard that Lincoln would attend a play there that evening. He promptly decided to murder

The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United

Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress and comedian. Arthur began

Saint George (died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in

Elizabeth “Lee” Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. She was