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Mar 16 in history , 597 BC Babylonians capture Jerusalem . 1190 Massacre of Jews at the Keep of York Castle ( Cliffords Tower ) . 1244 Over 200 Cathars are burned at the fall of Montsegur . 1621 A Mohegan Indian named Samoset visits the people of Plymouth colony . 1782 Spanish troops capture the british held Island of Croatan . 1864 Union troops reach Alexandria Louisiana . 1935 germans begin conscription to rearm . 1945 Wurzburg is destroyed in twenty minute by British Bombers . 1958 a Ford Thunderbird becomes the 50 millionth auto produced by Ford . 1968 an Olds Toronado becomes the 100 millionth auto produced by General Motors . 1995 Mississippi ratifies the 13th and decides to abolish slavery .

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March 17 in history . 1780 George Washington grants the Continental Army a Holiday . Washington DC 1941 National Gallery of Art is opened by president roosevelt . I am sure that highly important institution is covered in Article One , Section Eight of the Constitution . 1950 researchers at University of California Radiation Lab created a synthetic chemical element named californium . It can be used to start up nuclear reactors . It disrupts red blood cells and accumulates on the skeleton . Considering the downfall of californio it may also cause widespread brain damage . 1960 Ike signs off the cuban covert action measure that will lead to The Bay of Pigs . 1966 off the coast of Spain a missing american hydrogen bomb is found . 1968 Nerve gas testing in Skull Valley Utah kills 6K sheep . 1988 Avianca Flight 410 crashes killing 143 , Boeing 727 hit mountanside .

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1995 Mississippi ratifies the 13th and decides to abolish slavery .

Mississippi is generally a little slow on the uptake.

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March 18 in history. 1241 the mongols invade Poland and overwhelm the Polish Army at Krakow and plunder the city . 1644 the third Anglo War in Virginia . The Powhatan Indians made one last push to exterminate the invaders . From a tactical perspective the Powhatan often failed to push the attack in clear victory and eliminate the broken enemy . Not a mistake I make . 1766 The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act that was effective the following Nov 01 . The stamp act was unpopular with the freeloading colonists . It was to be used for monies to cover the british expenses of protecting them in war against french invasion .Think your govt will ever repeal a tax in six months ? 1834 Six farm laborers in Tolpuddle , Dorset England are sentenced and sent to australia penal colony for forming a labor union . Collectivists did not always get a free pass . 1850 American Express is founded by Wells and Fargo . 1865 congress of confederates is no longer in session . 1940 Hitler and Mussolini meet in the Alps to form an alliance against the french and british . 1942 War Relocation Authority is established in america to imprison japanese americans . 1968 congress repeals the requirement for any Gold reserve to back american currency which is now worthless paper . 1969 US begins to secretly bomb the trail in Thailand the communists use to infiltrate Vietnam . 1990 largest Art theft in US history as thirteen paintings were taken from Boston . They were not recovered . Zippy has not been questioned . 1997 Plane crash in Turkey kills 50 .

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Mar 19 in history , 1279 Mongol victory ends the Song Dynasty in china . 1563 ending the first phase of The French Wars of Religion comes with the Edict of Amboise . 1687 La Salle , searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River and is murdered by his men in texas . 1918 with an infinite lack of wisdom congress establishes time zones and daylight saving nonsense . 1931 Gambling becomes legal in Nevada . 1943 at the Chicago Central Railyard , an intoxicated Frank Nitti kills himself with a .32 revolver . He is buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside Illinois with Capone and Northside Gang members killed by Capones gang . 1962 Columbia Records releases Bob Dylan , his first .

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Mar 20 in history , 1602 The Dutch East India Company is formed . 1815 after escaping from Elba Napoleon enters Paris with an Army of 340K . 1852 Uncle Toms Cabin is published . 1854 The Republican Party is founded in Wisconsin . 1861 Mendoza Argentina is destroyed by Earthquake killing 4300 of the 12K residents. 1923 Picasso's first US showing is hosted by The Arts Club of Chicago . 1933 Giuseppe Zangara is executed in a florida electric chair ( failed assassination attempt on Roosevelt resulting in murder of Chicago Mayor Cermak) . Also 1933 , ( Munich chief of police ) Himmler orders the creation of Dachau Concentration Camp and assigns a commandant .

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March 21 in History , 537 siege of Rome . The Ostrogoth King makes a push and try to overtake the Northern and Eastern city walls but are repulsed by defenders under command of two Byzantine Generals . 1556 Oxford , the Archbishop of Canterbury is burned at the stake ( Thomas Cranmer ). 1788 New Orleans burns to the ground . Destroying 856 of the 1100 buildings in the city . Good Friday Great New Orleans Fire of 1788. The fire started in the home of the Army Treasurer and totally destroyed the French Quarter . Only riverfront buildings survived , tobacco warehouses , customs house , govt buildings etc. Six years later the city would burn again ( Dec ) destroying over 200 newly rebuilt buildings . 1913 Dayton , Ohio The Great Dayton Flood will kill 360 and destroy 30K homes . By March 26 there would be 20 feet of water in downtown Dayton. The Great Miami River takes no prisoners. The city was built in the Great Miami natural floodplain . The Miami Indians did not place villages so close to the water. 1918 The geman spring offensive begins . 1925 The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of any human evolution in Tennessee . 1937 Ponce Massacre , police gun down 19 people under orders of US Governor Blanton C Winship . 1960 Sharpeville Massacre , South Africa , police gun down 69 , wounding 180 . 1963 Alcatraz closes . 1980 Carter boycotts russians . 1983 West Bank Fainting Epidemic Incident begins , whereabouts of Danke unknown .Yesterday we hit 49 readers per day .

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Mar 22 in history , 1621 Plymouth Colony trespassers make peace treaty with Wampanoags . 1622 around Jamestown , Powhatans kill 347 english a third of the population . Mistakes were made as all should have been gotten . 1630 Mass. Bay Colony outlaws fun , dice , cards and gaming . 1638 Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass. Bay Colony for dissent of religion . 1765 British Parliament introduces Stamp Act . 1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved . 1933 Cullen Harrison Act is signed by roosevelt ,amending the evil Volstead Act allowing the peasants 3.2 beer and 4 percent wine . 1943 The entire village of Khatyn is burned alive by nazi SS police battalion 118 . 1992 US Air Flight 405 crashes ( Ny ) .

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Mar 23 in history , 1540 england , Dissolution of the Monasteries , Waltham Abbey, the last , is closed . 1775 St John's Church , Richmond , Va Patrick Henry gives his " Give me Liberty or give me Death " speech . 1806 Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery start the journey home from the Pacific coast . 1862 First Battle of Kernstown . 1868 University of California is founded in Oakland . 1909 T. Roosevelt leaves NY for African Safari . 1919 Milan , Italy Mussolini starts his Fascist movement . 1933 Enabling Act of 1933 passes making Hitler Dictator . 1978 Peacekeeping troops arrive in Lebanon . 2009 Fedex Flight 80 crashes at Tokyo .

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Mar 24 in history , 1401 Turk - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus . 1663 Province of Carolina was granted by charter eight Lords Proprietor . 1765 British Parliament passes the Quartering Act requiring colonists to house troops. 1837 Canada allows African men to vote . 1854 Venezuela , slavery is abolished . 1944 Ardeatine Massacre , german troops murder 335 civilians in rome . 1958 Elvis is drafted . 1980 El Salvador , the Archbishop is assissinated at Mass in San Salvador .2015 Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps killing all 150 .

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Mar 25 in history , 717 Emperor Theodosius resigns and enters the Clergy . 1807 Slave Trade Act is passed abolishing slavery in the british empire . 1894 Coxey's Army departs Ohio for DC . The second year of a four year economic depression ( Panic of 1893) . Coxey would later be arrested for walking on the grass at the Capital . 1911 146 workers die in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NY . 1947 111 die in a coal mine explosion in Centralia , Ill . 1949 92K Kulaks are deported from Baltic states to Siberia .

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Mar 26 in history ( One month to Administrative Professionals Day ) , 1169 Saladin becomes Emir of egypt . 1344 Siege of Algeciras ( spain ) , one of the first known european battles where gunpowder was used. The wicked berbers were defeated after a 21 month siege . 1351 Combat of Thirty , 30 Breton Knights defeated 30 english Knights with the Bretons having 6 dead and the english 9 dead. 1885 the Metis begin to rebel against Canada . 1917 First Battle of Gaza , 31k british advance stopped by blocking movement of 17k turkish troops . As Danke knows , what the british really needed was some Indians , 1922 German Socialist Democratic Party is founded in Poland. 1931 Uncle Ho communist youth union is founded in vietnam .In america all we had were Boy Scouts and Church Youth Group Basketball . 1934 UK introduces driving tests . 1958 The US Army launches Explorer 3 . 1997 39 bodies are found near Zippy's home . Heavens Gate religious group . Zippy has not been questioned . 2010 North Korea attacks the south korean navy killing 46 . Nothing is done . Danke also does nothing .

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1997 39 bodies are found near Zippy's home . Heavens Gate religious group . Zippy has not been questioned . 2010 North Korea attacks the south korean navy killing 46 . Nothing is done . Danke also does nothing .

Zipper John's soul remains with us.

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Mar 27 in history , Ponce de Leon arrives in the northern Bahamas on his voyage to florida . 1794 US establishes a permanent Navy and authorizes the building of six ships ( frigates ). 1814 War of 1812 Battle of Horseshoe Bend 9 Alabama ) . The war of Jacksons aggression and theft ( 23 million acres ) against the Creek Indians ( Redsticks ) as 2000 Infantry and 750 Cavalry defeat 1K Indians to open up lands . Jacksons men cut the noses off the corpses of the dead and skinned them. The Indians had fought to the death against the evil , thieving , godless white man with 800 dead and all survivors wounded that escaped South to the Seminole . 1836 342 Texan POW's are massacred under orders of Santa Anna at Goliad Texas ( never surrender ) by the mexican Army . 1884 Cincinnati , Ohio . A mob attacks the jury of a murder trial , in the following days the Courthouse will be destroyed . 1915 Mary Mallon ( Typhoid Mary ) is put into quarantine for life as a disease carrier . 1964 Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska kills 125. Most powerful North American Earthquake ever recorded . 1980 Silver Thurday , a steep decline in silver prices from panic from the Hunt Brothers trying to corner the market . 2000 Phillips Petroleum Plant Explosion in Pasadena Texas , 2002 Passover Massacre. 2015 Al Shabab kill 20 in a Mogadishu hotel .

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March 28 in history ( only 18 days left to file taxes you slackers ) 1566 the foundation stone of Malta's capital city is laid by the Grand Master . 1814 , War of 1812 , Battle of Valparaiso . Americans lose both ships engaged and 58 killed in the British victory . 1862 Battle of Glorietta Pass . Union troops prevented Confederate invasion of New Mexico . 1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 ( Great Lakes Region and deep South ) , 56 fatalities in my home state and more than that in Georgia , over 380 total . 1939 Frabco captures Madrid after a three year siege . 1979 coolant leak at Three Mile Island . 2003 two American A-10's fire on British tanks killing one soldier .

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March 29 in history , 845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders who collect a large ransom to leave . 1430 the Ottomans capture Thessalonica from Venice . 1847 The US takes Vera Cruz . 1865 the Appomattox campaign is under way . 1886 John Pemberton makes his first batch of Coca Cola in his backyard in Atlanta . 1911 the M1911 .45ACP is adapted by US Army . 1936 Hitler get 99 percent of the vote in a referendum . 1945 Eastern Front , German Fourth Army destroyed 80k killed 50k captured . Russians lose 146,780 dead . 1974 Terracotta Army discovered . 1999 DOW Jones Industrial closes above 10K for the first time . 2017 UK begins formal Brexit .

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Mar 30 in history , 598 the Avars lift the siege of the Byzantines Stronghold ( Tomis ) and retreat North of the Danube after being beaten by the Plague . 1296 Edward I sacks Berwick upon Tweed ( in Northumberland ) . 1822 Florida becomes a territory . 1855 wicked Border Ruffians from missouri invade Kansas . Usual illegal democrat voting taking place by Godless , lawless , lowlife , armed and violent Missouri pro slavery factions . 1867 Alaska is purchased from Russia for 7.2 million . 1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union . Mexico lacked interest in it . 1965 a car bomb explodes in the US Embassy in Saigon killing 22 . Oyarde of course not at the Embassy was not hurt .

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Mar 31 in history ( only 26 days to Apr 26 , The Day ). 1774 Britain orders the harbor of Boston closed . Boston Port Act . punishment for boston tea party . No real opposition outside of Mass as they could pay for the damaged product and have the port reopened. Freeloading colonists however never liked paying for services they received much less anything else . Later as these deadbeats take over government they suddenly like taxing the $#@! out of everyone else though .Listed as an intolerable act by these scoundrels , it was not . Chios Massacre of 1822 , Ottomans killed all infants under 3 , all woman 40 or over ( except those that would convert to the cult of islam ) and all males 12 and over . About half the island population was sold to slavery and the other half murdered . The Ottomans could no longer hide to the rest of the world what an evil barbarian horde they were . All were now aware . 1889 The Eiffel Tower opens . 1917 the US takes possession of the Danish West Indies paying Denmark 25 million . You would know this as Virgin Islands . 1918 The wicked govt in the US goes to daylight saving time helping to ensure a stupid population in the future . Most think they now have more daylight . 1949 Newfoundland rejects my offer to join my confederation and joins the canadian confederation because they like high taxes . 1968 the wicked Lyndon Johnson announces he will not seek reelection . 1980 Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is no more , to be liquidated in bankruptcy . This railroad did not operate in The Land of Indians ( Indiana ) but to the west in the land of the once mighty Illini confederation . 1990 London , protest against poll tax . 1992 the last US Battleship is decommissioned in long beach california .

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April 01 in history , 1079 Bishop of Krakow Stanislaus is murdered by Boleslaw II . His body cut to pieces and scattered . 1876 Benevolent and Protective order of Elks is established . 1961 trial of Adolph Eichmann begins . He would later be hanged in a Ramla prison and his ashes scattered in the sea. From 1932 to 1936 he went from SS candidate to private , Staff Sgt , Sgt First Class, by 1937 becoming an Officer and a Lt Col in 1941 . 1965 , I survived the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak that killed 137 and injured 1200 in my home state . With a Midwest total of 271 dead and 1500 injured from 21 killer tornados and 47 tornados total over 11 long hours. The next outbreak will happen ten days later . 1986 Miami FBI Shootout . I was in Florida fishing . 1993 Lucasville Ohio prison riot , it would last ten days and result in ten deaths . Islamic prisoners claimed to be afraid of vaccinations but used the opportunity to kill prisoners they thought were informants .2007 Bombings in Algiers .

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Apr 02 in history , 1513 Ponce de Leon first sights florida . 1792 Coinage Act is passed to create US Mint . 1863 the largest of the Southern Bread Riots in Richmond , Va . The barbarian southern woman broke into grocers and stole everything . These riots also happened in major cities in Georgia and North Carolina at various times . 1917 woodrow wilson asks congress for Declaration of War on germany . 1980 Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax . 1992 New York John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering . He will later be sentenced to Life . 2006 over 60 tornados break out in the US , 29 dead in Tennessee . 2014 Islamic Spree shooting at Fort Hood leaves four dead and 16 wounded . (In 742 Charlemagne was born . )

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Apr 03 in history , 686 a new Mayan King is crowned , becoming King of Calakmul . One of the greatest cities . Once inhabited by 50K people and the surrounding cities another 200k .801 King Louis The Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors . 1860 first Pony Express run begins from Missouri to california . 1865 Richmond Virginia is taken by the Union . An offer to the wicked virginia legislature to end the rebellion was rescinded when they spun it to end emancipation . They were further no longer allowed to meet and the death toll would continue because of these. 8K killed , wounded or captured confederates at Saylors Creek on the 6th . 1882 Robert Ford kills Jesse James . 1888 the first murder of 11 women , unsolved , in the London East End . 1996 Theodore Kaczynski is captured in Montana . Danke was not found to be there and is still at large . 2013 The Panama Papers turn up . Oyarde is not mentioned .

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April 04 in history , 271 days remaining in the year and 264 for Danke to get me a nice Christmas gift . 1147 first historical mention of Moscow , today has 12.2 million residents . In 1147 it was a minor town on the western end of a province border . Neolithic man lived there . In 1156 the Mongols burnt the city to the ground with only the wood fort remaining. 1812 James Madison enacts a 90 day embargo on the british . RPF's would $#@! the bed . 1919 Congress adapts the flag with 13 red and white stripes and twenty stars , one for ea state . 1841 William Henry Harrison dies in office , first to do so . Struck down by God most likely for participation in the Battle of Tippecanoe . Vice Pres John Tyler takes the helm . 1865 Lincoln tours the confederate capital the day after it is taken . 1945 Ohrdruf concentration camp was liberated buy US Army 89th Inf and 4th Armored . Vast piles of bodies , some covered in lime , some partially burned were found, Ike would visit eight days later . Ike made detailed notes to be used as testimony later , cabled some details to Gen Marshall . American troops capture Kassel the same day . 1964 The Beatles hold the top five spots of Billboard Hot 100 . 1984 I support President Reagans call for an International Ban on Chemical weapons . 1988 Arizona Gov is removed from office .

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April 05 in history , 1242 during The Battle On The Ice the russians repel the Teutonic Knights ( Lake Peipus ) The Christian Crusaders could not overcome the Pagans and Orthodox attacking a force twice its size . 1614 Pocahontas marries John Rolfe . 1915 Heavyweight championship held in Cuba . 1933 Roosevelt signs Executive Order 6102 forbidding the hoarding of gold coin . Oyarde declines to follow this poor instruction . 1936 Tupelo Mississippi Tornado kills 233 . 1944 german SS ( 7th Regt of 4th Armored ) execute 270 Greek women and children in the village of Kleisoura . 1949 Fire in an Effingham Illinois hospital kills 77 . 1986 Bombing of Labelle Discotheque in West Berlin .Oyarde was not hurt . 2010 29 miners die in West Virginia .

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April 6 in history ( twenty days to Administrative Professionals Day when Danke buys rounds ) . 46 BC Battle of Thapsus ( Tunisia ), Julius Caesar with eight Legions and 5k cavalry defeats Scipio and Cato's forces of 12 or more Legions , 15K cavalry , Juba of Nimbias forces and 60 War Elephants . 11k would die , 1k of those Caesars . 1199 King Richard of England dies from infection in an arrow wound in the shoulder . 1250 Seventh Crusade , Battle of Fariskur , the Gypos ( Ayyubids ) losing 100 men defeat the invaders , totaled casualties and losses against the invaders of 15K capturing King Louis IV of France. The king would later be ransomed ( for 400K ) with 12K men who were allowed to leave , many from earlier battles and the rest were executed . 1712 New York Slave Revolt begins near Broadway . The slave revolt was because of the loss of freedoms the slaves had under Dutch rule , owning land , marriage etc . The wicked and unwise british made restrictive laws . The slaves only managed to kill 9 of these evil slave masters and would later all be executed ( mostly burned to death , 20 of the 27 dead ) . 1776 the Continental Navy fails in attempts to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat . 1808 John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Co and will become a millionaire . 1896 the first modern Olympics opens in Athens , banned by roman Emperor Theodocius I . 1917 US declares war on germany . 1926 Varney Airlines ( united airlines ) makes first commercial flight . 1929 Huey Long is impeached . 1936 Gainesville Ga tornado outbreak kills 203 .1941 Nazis launch invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece . 1968 downtown Richmond Indiana explosions kills 41 . Gas leak from a cast iron main underneath Marling Arms Sporting Goods Store at the intersection of 6th and Main ( Old US 40 , prior to 1972 ) . 2011 Mexico , over 193 Los Zetas victims are exhumed from several mass graves .

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Apr 07 in history , 451 Attila the Hun sacks Metz and then attacks other cities in Gaul . 1788 Former soldiers and Officers , first 48 Settler trespassers establish Marietta Ohio as the first town in the Northwest Territory . 1798 Mississippi Territory is formed of disputed lands , claimed by spain . 1805 Lewis and Clark's Corp of Discovery break camp and leave the Mandan Indian village to continue west along the Missouri River . 1933 , now National Beer Day , prohibition is lifted for beers at 3.2 Alcohol or less. 1939 Italy invades Albania . 1940 Booker T. Washington becomes first african american to be depicted on a postal stamp . 1946 Syria becomes independent of france . 1949 South Pacific opens on Broadway . Would run for 1,925 shows . 1977 German Federal Prosecutor and Driver are shot by Red Army Faction terrorists at a stoplight . 1989 soviet sub sinks in the Brent Sea killing 42 . 1995 russians begin massacring civilians in Chechnya .2009 Mass protests in Moldova over election fraud by the communists . About all the facts point to some arrests , torture , four murders and 160K more votes than voters leading to the obvious conclusion the protesters were correct .Zippy has not been questioned about involvement .

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Apr 08 in history 217 roman emperor is assassinated and Praetorian Guard replace him with the Prefect . 1232 The Mongols start siege against the Jin capital . 1832 Black Hawk War , 300 US 6th Inf leave St Louis to attack the Sauk Indians . The unwise and murderous militia would open fire on the peaceful Indians May 14 setting the war in motion leading to bringing 6,600 troops into open war against 500 Sauk. 1904 Longacre Square is renamed Times Square . 1913 17th Amendment becomes law . 1918 Charlie Chaplain sells War Bonds on Wall St . , 1924 Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey . 2006 Shedden Massacre.

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Apr 09 in history , 190 Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital city Luoyang and burns it to the ground . 537 Siege of Rome , Byzantine General receives reinforcements of Slavic and Hun Cavalry and Archers and launches counter attacks against the Goths taking away the upper hand .1241 Battle of Liegnitz , Mongols defeat the Polish and Germans .1682 La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi , names it Louisiana and claims it for France . 1782 Battle of the Saintes . 1865 Army of Northern Virginia surrenders . 1940 germany invades Denmark and Norway .

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Apr 10 in history , 837 Hailey's comet makes close approach to earth at 3.2 million miles away . 1815 Mount Tambora volcano begins a three month eruption killing thousands . 1816 federal govt of US approves creation of Second Bank of United States ( philadelphia ) . It would be privatized in 1836 , the fed govt previously owned twenty percent of the stock. From 1817 to 1830 it would open 26 other branches in 18 states and DC . 1865 Robert Lee speaks to his troops for the last time . 1872 the first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska . 1919 Mexican Revolutionary Zapata is ambushed and shot by the govt forces in Morelos at the Hacienda de San Juan . Rumors I heard were the assassins only got half the bounty promised to them . 1970 McCartney announces he is leaving the Beatles . 1973 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in Switzerland killing 108 . 1979 Tornado in Wichita Falls texas kills 29 . There are no real Falls at Wichita Falls , they were destroyed in a Flood in 1886 and what you see now is artificial . The Wichita River is named for the Wichita Indians .In the summer of 2011 there were 100 days there over 100 degrees .

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April 11 in history ,1689 William and Mary are crowned as joint sovereigns of great britain . 1909 the city of Tel Aviv is founded , 1957 the united kingdom agrees to self rule of Singapore . 1968 Civil Rights Act is signed into law prohibiting discrimination in sales , rentals and housing finance . This means Danke can buy property next to mine . 1970 Apollo 13 is launched .2011 Explosion in Belarus kills 15 and injures 204 .This was a terrorist bombing of the rapid rail system ( Minsk Metro ) . Two men were later executed by firing squad. We really do not know if they were guilty . 2012 A pair of great earthquakes west of Sumatra .Ten were killed . We reach 50 readers per day .

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April 12 in history , 1204 Fourth Crusade , crusaders breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city , by the end of the next day they attain complete occupation. christians attacking the largest christian city in the world to sack and plunder . 1861 confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter . 1864 confederates murder most surrendering african american troops at the Battle of Ft Pillow . 1865 Mobile falls to the Union. 1917 Canadians take Vimy Ridge from the germans . 1927 Rocksprings Texas is destroyed by an F 5 Tornado , 72 dead , only twelve buildings left standing of 247 . 1934 Auto Lite strike results in five day melee between Ohio National Guard and Picketers , two dead . The Auto Lite Plant was closed in 1962 and deeded to the city which did nothing . In 1999 it was torn down . 1945 FDR dies in office . 1955 Polio vaccine is declared safe and effective . 2009 Zimbabwe abandons the Zimbabwe dollar as currency.