WWII Memorial Opens to the Public
Friday April 30, 2004
After years of discussion and even several more years of debate, the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. was finally completed and opened to the public on Thursday, April ... Read More
Should Lenin Be Buried?
Sunday April 25, 2004
As Russians celebrated the 134th anniversary of V. I. Lenin's birth last week, a lingering question resurfaced: should Lenin be taken off display and be buried? After Lenin's death in ... Read More
The Red Baron's Last Flight
Wednesday April 21, 2004
During World War I, Baron Manfred von Richthofen flew in a blazing red airplane and defied the odds by shooting down plane after plane. His achievements made him both a ... Read More
The Columbine Massacre
Tuesday April 20, 2004
On April 20, 1999, in the small, suburban town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, enacted an all-out assault on Columbine High School during the ... Read More
Oklahoma City Bombing
Monday April 19, 2004
At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a large bomb decimated the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. Find out more about the Oklahoma City ... Read More
The Doolittle Raid
Sunday April 18, 2004
On April 18, 1942, legendary flier Jimmy Doolittle led 16 U.S. Army B-25 bombers through Japanese defenses to strike Tokyo and other cities in broad daylight. The daring and dramatic ... Read More
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Sunday April 18, 2004
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a large earthquake hit San Francisco. Even greater than the damage caused directly by the earthquake, the city was ravaged by fire for ... Read More
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah)
Friday April 16, 2004
Sunday, April 18 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Though we should remember and learn about the Holocaust year-round, there is one day in the year when we make a special ... Read More
Titanic Hits Iceberg
Wednesday April 14, 2004
On its maiden voyage from England to New York, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, killing approximately 1,500 people. Learn more about ... Read More
The Sobibor Death Camp
Sunday April 11, 2004
The Sobibor death camp was the second of three death camps to be established as part of Aktion Reinhard. Within this death camp, in operation for only eighteen months, at ... Read More
The Yellow Badge
Friday April 9, 2004
The yellow star, inscribed with the word "Jude," has become a symbol of Nazi persecution. Its likeness abounds upon Holocaust literature and materials. But the Jewish badge was not instituted ... Read More
Rebirth of the Olympic Games
Tuesday April 6, 2004
Approximately 1500 years after the ancient Olympic Games ended, the modern Olympic Games were reborn on April 6, 1896. Why were they restarted? Where were they held? ... Read More
Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated
Sunday April 4, 2004
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, a shot rang out. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel ... Read More
Idea of Placing Chickens Inside Nuclear Weapons Not a Hoax
Friday April 2, 2004
It sure sounded like an April Fool's hoax. On April 1, the British National Archives released a previously secret 1957 report from the Ministry of Defense which discussed the ... Read More