April 30 in Pop Culture History 1789 – In New York City, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States. 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase from France, for 15 million dollars, also included much (if not all of) of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, …
April 29 in Pop Culture History 1429 – 17 year-old Joan of Arc arrived to relieve the Siege of Orléans. 1864 – Theta Xi fraternity was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1962 – ABC’s Wide World of Sports premiered. 1945 – The US Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberated the Dachau concentration camp. 1945 – …
April 28 in Pop Culture History 1789 – The HMS Bounty was taken over in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the first mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small boat. 1919 – The first jump with the Army manually operated (jump first, then pull the …
April 27 in Pop Culture History 4977 BC – The Universe was created, according to Johannes Kepler. 1667 – Blind writer John Milton sold his copyright to Paradise Lost for 10 pounds. He needed the money because he was penniless at the time. 1865 – SS Sultana explosion, Mississippi River, near Memphis, Tennessee, killing 1800 …
April 26 in Pop Culture History 662 (Earthquake) Iran 1278 – Imprisoned for murder, John le F*cker sent a letter asking for bail, the earliest recorded instance of the English swear word “f*ck”. 1564 – Playwright William Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. People were traditionally baptized three days after birth, this is how …
April 25 in Pop Culture History 1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, committed suicide during a peasant rebellion. 1719 – Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was published. 1792 – Highwayman (thief) Nicolas J. Pelletier became the first person executed by guillotine in Paris, France. …
April 24 in Pop Culture History 1184 BC – The fall of Troy (with the Trojan Horse) took place, according to tradition. 1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, the News-Letter, was published in Boston, Massachusetts. 1800 – The Library of Congress was established. 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley joined Buffalo …
April 23 in Pop Culture History 1516 – A Beer Purity Law was put into law still in effect today in Germany. It was decreed on April 23, 1516, by Munich’s Duke Wilhelm, protecting the country’s beer drinkers from contaminants, chemicals and any other additives that unsavory merchants might have thought of adding. 1564 – …
April 22 in Pop Culture History 1056 – First seen July 2, 1054, the supernova in the Crab nebula was last seen by the naked eye. 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés established a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. 1864 – The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandated that the inscription ‘In …
