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Events. 1812 - U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.; 1818 - The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
Tobin also hit a home run during the game, becoming the third pitcher in major league history to hit a home run while throwing a no-hitter. [ 33 ] Born: Michael Fish , TV weatherman, in Eastbourne , Sussex, England; Cuba Gooding, Sr. , lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient , in New York City (d. 2017)
There were 18 hours of nearly continuous tornado activity that ended in Caldwell County, North Carolina, at about 7:00 am on April 4. A total of 319 were killed in 148 tornadoes from April 3 through April 4 and 5,484 were injured. The 1974 Super Outbreak occurred at the end of a very strong, nearly record-setting La Niña event. The 1973–74 ...
April, Brevarium Grimani, fol. 5v (Flemish) The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis [1] but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire, "to open," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open," which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of άνοιξη (ánixi) (opening) for spring.
April 4, 1942 (Saturday) [ edit ] The Luftwaffe carried out Operation Eisstoß (Ice Assault) with the objective of smashing the Soviet fleet at Kronstadt , which was well-protected by anti-aircraft guns. 62 Stukas , 70 bombers and 50 Bf 109s were deployed and managed to inflict damage on thirteen Soviet warships, but not a single one was sunk.
The Battle of Okinawa began. 50,000 American troops landed on Okinawa against little initial resistance and established a 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) beachhead. [1]The Japanese ocean liner-turned-hospital ship Awa Maru was passing through the Taiwan Strait when the American submarine USS Queenfish (SS-393) mistook it for a destroyer, torpedoed and sank it.
This is considered to be one of the first times in British Indian history where an army of liberation raises the national flag on Indian mainland. [15] April 15 – Italian fascist philosopher Giovanni Gentile is assassinated in Florence by Bruno Fanciullacci, a member of the partisan Gruppi di Azione Patriottica.