On
This Date In 1776
The Continental Congress took the first step toward American
independence by announcing their decision to open all American ports
to international trade with any part of the world that is not under
British rule.
On
This Date In 1793
The French Committee of Public Safety was formally created by the
National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, forming the
de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror
(1793–1794), a stage of the French Revolution.
On
This Date In 1830
In Fayette Township, New York, Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon
religion, founded the Church of Christ, later known as the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, during a meeting with a small
group of believers. In the same year, The Book of Mormon was
published.
On
This Date In 1841
John Tyler is sworn in as the 10th President of the United States.
Tyler was elected as President William Harrison's vice president
earlier in 1841 and was suddenly thrust into the role of president
when Harrison died one month into office. He was the first vice
president to immediately assume the role of president after a sitting
president's untimely exit and set the precedent for succession
thereafter.
On
This Date In 1853
Emil Jellinek, an entrepreneur who commissioned engineer Wilhelm
Maybach to design the first Mercedes automobile, named after
Jellinek's daughter, is born in Leipzig, Germany.
On
This Date In 1862
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing,
was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War,
fought April 6 – 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army
under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River
deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing
on the west bank of the river. Confederate forces under Generals
Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard launched a surprise
attack on Grant there. The Confederates achieved considerable success
on the first day, but were ultimately defeated on the second day.
On
This Date In 1865
The Battle of High Bridge in Virginia was fought on April 6–7,
1865, near the end of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil
War. On April 6, the Confederate cavalry fought stubbornly to secure
the Appomattox River bridges. On April 7, elements of the Union II
Corps came up against Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's rear guard
attempting to fire the High Bridge and wagon bridge. Union forces
were able to save the wagon bridge over which the II Corps crossed in
pursuit of Gen. Robert E. Lee's army. Failure to destroy this bridge
enabled Union forces to catch up with the Confederates at Farmville.
On
This Date In 1865
The Battle of Rice's Station was a minor engagement in Appomattox
Campaign of the American Civil War that was the immediate prelude to
the Battle of Sayler's Creek. Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's
command reached Rice's Station, only to discover that it was blocked
by Union troops led by Maj. Gen. John Gibbon. After a minor
confrontation and very few casualties, Longstreet withdrew during the
night towards Farmville.
On
This Date In 1865
The Battle of Sayler's Creek was fought southwest of Petersburg,
Virginia, as part of the Appomattox Campaign, in the final days of
the American Civil War. It was the last major engagement between the
armies of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant before the
capitulation of Lee's Confederate army at Appomattox Court House
three days later.
On
This Date In 1896
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I
Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in
Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first
Olympic Games held in the Modern era. Ancient Greece was the
birthplace of the Olympic Games, consequently Athens was perceived to
be an appropriate choice to stage the inaugural modern Games. It was
unanimously chosen as the host city during a congress organized by
Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue and historian, in Paris, on
June 23, 1894.
On
This Date In 1909
American explorer Robert Peary accomplished a long elusive dream,
when he, assistant Matthew Henson, and four Eskimos - Ootah,
Egigingwah, Seegloo and Ooqueah - reached what they determined to be
the North Pole. Decades after Peary's death, however, navigational
errors in his travel log surfaced, placing the expedition in all
probability a few miles short of its goal.
On
This Date In 1917
After the sinking of seven U.S. merchant ships by German submarines
and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram,
President Woodrow Wilson called a special joint session of Congress
for war on Germany on April 2, 1917, which the U.S. Congress declared
on April 6, 1917, after the U.S. Senate voted 82 to 6 in favor, and
the U.S. House of Representatives endorsed by a vote of 373 to 50.
On
This Date In 1926
The 1926 Stanley Cup Final saw the National Hockey League (NHL)
champion Montreal Maroons, in their first Final series appearance,
defeat the Western Hockey League (WHL) and defending Stanley Cup
champion Victoria Cougars three games to one in the best-of-five game
series. This was the last Stanley Cup playoffs before the WHL folded,
and the last time any non-NHL team would contest for the Cup, leaving
the Cup entirely to the NHL.
On
This Date In 1941
The Invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or the Balkan
campaign, was the Axis Powers' attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
which began on April 6, 1941 during World War II. The German air
force launched Operation Castigo, the bombing of Belgrade, as 24
divisions and 1,200 tanks drove into Greece. The invasion ended with
the unconditional surrender of the Royal Yugoslav Army on April 17,
1941, annexation and occupation of the region by the Axis powers and
the creation of the Independent State of Croatia.
On
This Date In 1941
The Battle of Metaxas Line, also known as Battle of the Forts, was
the first battle during the Greek campaign of World War II. The
Germans succeeded in breaching the Greek fortified Metaxas Line on
the western flank and forced the Greek forces east of the Axios river
to surrender after four days of combat (April 6–9, 1941). It is one
of the most glorious moments of Modern Greek history, as it caused
the largest number of casualties for the Germans during the “Marita”
operation.
http://www.elia.org.gr/pages.fds?pagecode=08.03.04&langid=2
On
This Date In 1950
Twenty-two cars made up the Leopoldina Railways train that departed
Rio de Janeiro for Victoria, Espirito Santo, five of those passenger
cars carrying 200 people vacationing over the Easter holidays, which,
60 miles into its trip, dropped off a bridge over the Indios River in
Tangua, Brazil, killing 110 people.
On
This Date In 1950
Through April 9, the 14th Masters Golf Tournament was contested. With
his victory, Jimmy Demaret became the first three-time winner at the
Masters. The flashily attired, quick-with-a-quip Texan also won the
1940 and 1947 Masters tournaments, and his three Masters victories
make up Demaret's full complement of wins in majors. Demaret won the
1950 Masters by overcoming a 4-stroke deficit to Jim Ferrier at the
start of the final round. Demaret shot 69 in the final round to
Ferrier's 75, a six-shot swing. Ferrier finished second.
On
This Date In 1959
The 31st Academy Awards ceremony was held. The film Gigi
won nine Oscars, breaking Gone
with the Wind's
record of eight. It only lasted for one year, however, as Ben-Hur
broke the record with eleven Oscars the following year. Two notable
omissions from the Best Picture nominees included Orson Welles' film
noir Touch
of Evil
and Alfred Hitchcock's romantic mystery Vertigo.
Gigi was also the last film until The
Last Emperor
to win best picture without an acting nomination. It also had the
biggest clean sweep that would be met by The Last Emperor, winning
all 9 of its nominations. The record was broken in 2003 by The
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
On
This Date In 1961
Through April 10, the 25th Masters Golf Tournament was contested.
Gary Player won and became the first non-American to win the Masters.
Arnold Palmer was going for his third win at The Masters, and Player
for his first. Getting the ball up and down from the bunker at hole
No. 18 for a par, Gary Player held off Arnold Palmer, who
double-bogied for a six, and fell one stroke behind, and amateur
Charles Coe to become the Masters' first international champion.
On
This Date In 1965
National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy drafted and signed National
Security Action Memorandum 328 on behalf of President Lyndon B.
Johnson. This document came out of National Security Council meetings
that were held on April 1 and April 2. The memorandum authorized U.S.
personnel to take the offensive in South Vietnam to secure “enclaves”
and to support South Vietnamese operations. The so-called “enclave
strategy” called for the U.S. forces to control the
densely-populated coastal areas while the South Vietnamese forces
moved inland to fight the communists. This memorandum represented a
major mission change for the American soldiers and Marines who had
recently arrived in Vietnam. American forces had been limited to
strictly defensive operations around the U.S. air bases, but the
memorandum authorized them to go on the offensive to secure large
areas of terrain, an escalation of U.S. involvement in the war.
On
This Date In 1967
The 31st Masters Golf Tournament was contested from April 6 - 9 at
Augusta National Golf Club. 83 players entered the tournament and 55
of them made the cut at six-over-par. Rebounding from a playoff loss
the previous year, Gay Brewer birdied hole Nos. 13, 14 and 15 Sunday
to defeat Bobby Nichols by one stroke after a final-round 67. This
was Brewer's second win in 1967, and the 10th win of his PGA Tour
career. He would win only one more time on the PGA Tour, and not for
another five years.
On
This Date In 1967
“The City on the Edge of Forever” is the penultimate episode of
the first season of the television series Star
Trek.
It is episode #28, production #28, first broadcast on April 6, 1967.
It was repeated on August 31, 1967 and marked the last time that NBC
telecast an episode of the series on Thursday nights. It was one of
the most critically acclaimed episodes of the series and was awarded
the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. The only other
episode with such an honor is the two-part episode “The Menagerie.”
The teleplay is credited to Harlan Ellison, but was also largely
rewritten by several authors before filming. The filming was directed
by Joseph Pevney. Joan Collins guest starred as Edith Keeler.
On
This Date In 1968
The Richmond, Indiana explosion was a double explosion which occurred
in downtown Richmond, Indiana. The explosions killed 41 people and
injured more than 150. The primary explosion was due to natural gas
leaking from one or more faulty transmission lines under the Marting
Arms sporting goods store, located at the intersection of 6th and
Main streets. A secondary explosion was caused by gunpowder stored
inside the building.
On
This Date In 1968
“2001: A Space Odyssey,” a science fiction film produced and
directed by Stanley Kubrick, was released nationally in the United
States by American studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was co-written by
Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was partially inspired by Clarke's
short story “The Sentinel”. Clarke later adapted the script into
an eponymous novel. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood star, with Douglas
Rain as the voice of the sentient computer HAL 9000 who has full
control over their spaceship. The film is frequently described as an
“epic film”, both for its length and scope, and for its affinity
with classical epics.
On
This Date In 1970
Sam Sheppard, an American physician and neurosurgeon convicted of
murdering his pregnant wife in a trial that caused a media frenzy in
the 1950s, died of liver failure. After a decade in prison, Sheppard
was released following a re-trial. His story is rumored to have
loosely inspired the television series and movie “The Fugitive.”
On
This Date In 1972
During the Vietnam War, Clear weather for the first time in three
days allowed U.S. planes and Navy warships to begin the sustained air
strikes and naval bombardments ordered by President Richard Nixon in
response to the massive North Vietnamese Nguyen Hue Offensive (later
known as the “Easter Offensive”) launched on March 30. This
massive invasion by North Vietnamese forces designed to strike the
blow that would win the war for the communists proved unsuccessful.
Ultimately, the South Vietnamese forces prevailed against the
invaders, but only after six months of desperate fighting that raged
across South Vietnam. U.S. airpower proved to be the difference
between victory and defeat for the South Vietnamese. With the
communist invasion blunted, President Nixon declared that the South
Vietnamese victory proved the viability of his “Vietnamization”
program, instituted in 1969 to increase the combat capability of the
South Vietnamese armed forces.
On
This Date In 1972
The 36th Masters Golf Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf
Club from April 6 - 9, 1972. Jack Nicklaus won his fourth Masters
title, joining Arnold Palmer as the Masters' only four-time winner,
scoring 286 over 72 holes. Nicklaus's score was the only sub-par
four-day total, and he became the Tournament's third wire-to-wire
champion.
On
This Date In 1974
In Brighton, England, the judges of the 19th Eurovision Song Contest
crushed the hopes of tiny Luxembourg by denying that nation in its
bid for a historic third straight victory at the pan-European musical
event. Those judges did the rest of the world a favor, however, by
selecting the Swedish entry as the winner instead. Which is not to
say anything against the song "Bye Bye I Love You" as
performed by Luxembourg's Irene Sheer. It's just that Sweden's entry
was a song called "Waterloo," performed by a group called
ABBA, which went on to become something of a sensation. ABBA's win at
the annual Eurovision Song Contest launched the group on its
monumental international career, marking the first and still only
time that the Eurovision Song Contest crowned a previously unknown
winner destined for legitimate superstardom.
On
This Date In 1978
The 42nd Masters Golf Tournament was held April 6 - 9 at the Augusta
National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Gary Player overcame a 7-shot
deficit going into the final round to win his third Masters and ninth
major championship. Player, age 42, shot a final round of 64 (-8) to
win by one stroke over Rod Funseth, Tom Watson, and 54-hole leader
Hubert Green, who shot an even par 72.
On
This Date In 1989
The 53rd Masters Golf Tournament was held April 6 - 9, 1989 at
Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his first Masters
championship and second major title with a birdie on the second
sudden-death playoff hole over Scott Hoch. This tournament is well
known for Hoch missing a two-foot putt on the first playoff hole that
would have won him the tournament.
On
This Date In 1992
The 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64
schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national
champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on
March 19, 1992, and ended with the championship game on April 6 in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 63 games were played. Duke,
coached by Mike Krzyzewski, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, coached
by Steve Fisher, 71–51 to claim their second consecutive national
championship. Bobby Hurley of Duke was named the tournament's Most
Outstanding Player.
On
This Date In 1995
The 59th Masters Golf Tournament was held from April 6 - 9 at Augusta
National Golf Club. Ben Crenshaw won his second Masters championship
by one stroke over Davis Love III. This was an emotional victory for
Crenshaw as it came just days after the death of his mentor, Harvey
Penick.
On
This Date In 2000
The 64th Masters Golf Tournament was held from April 6 - 9 at Augusta
National Golf Club. Vijay Singh won his second major championship and
first Masters by three strokes over Ernie Els.
On
This Date In 2006
The al-Baraqua II capsized in the Gulf of Tadjoura off the coast of
Djibouti's capital of Djibouti City. The ferry was carrying
passengers from the capital to a religious festival in Tadjoura when
the accident occurred, shortly after departure. Known deaths were at
113 a few days after the accident, but it is believed that there were
about 200 passengers onboard.
On
This Date In 2006
The 70th Masters Tournament was played April 6 - 9 at Augusta
National Golf Club. The course was lengthened significantly before
the tournament, making the course play 7,445 yards (up from 7,290 in
2005). Phil Mickelson won his second Masters and second consecutive
major, winning by two with a score of seven under 281, with a final
round 69 for a two stroke victory over Tim Clark. The purse was $7.0
million and Mickelson earned $1.26 million.
On
This Date In 2007
The christening of the Amelia Earhart took place, with the honors of
breaking the traditional bottle of champagne given to Amelia
Earhart's closest living relative, niece Amy Kleppner. USNS Amelia
Earhart (T-AKE-6), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is the
only ship of the United States Navy to be named for noted American
aviation pioneer and women's rights advocate Amelia Earhart
(1897–1937).
On
This Date In 2009
The L'Aquila earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central
Italy. The main shock was rated 5.8 on the Richter scale and 6.3 on
the moment magnitude scale; its epicentre was near L'Aquila, the
capital of Abruzzo, which together with surrounding villages suffered
most damage. There have been several thousand foreshocks and
aftershocks since December 2008, more than thirty of which had a
Richter magnitude greater than 3.5. The earthquake was felt
throughout central Italy; 307 people are known to have died, making
this the deadliest earthquake to hit Italy since the 1980 Irpinia
earthquake.
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RIPJohn
William Waterhouse (1849 – 1917), Lowell Thomas (1892 – 1981),
Virginia Hall (1906 – 1982), Richard Murdoch (1909 – 1990),
Leonora Carrington (1917 – 2011), Kaaren Verne (1918 – 1967),
Charlie Rouse (1924 – 1988), Joi Lansing
(1928 – 1972), and Carl Lockhart (1943 – 1986).
Quotes
I am enough of an artist
to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important
than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the
world. Albert Einstein
The intuitive mind is a
sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have
created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein
Blessed are those to whom
Easter is not a hunt...but a find; not a greeting...but a
proclamation; not an outward fashion...but inward grace; not a
day...but an eternity. Anderson
The great gift of Easter
is hope – Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in
God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which
nothing can shake. Basil C. Hume
To every thing there is a
season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a
time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is
planted;
A time to kill, and a time
to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time
to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away
stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and
a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time
to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time
to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time
to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes, 3. 1
The joyful news that He is
risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie
work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the
spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the
sacrifice. Henry Knox Sherrill
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Paratroopers in Afghanistan
Do you have what it takes to be an Army
paratrooper? Watch this video to get an idea of the kinds of thigs
paratroopers are doing in Afghanistan today.
Taps Trumpet Solo
A girl performs a solo at a Symphony
concert. Very good at playing this trumpet.
Taps Buglers at Arlington National
Cemetery
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www.tapsbugler.com
Taps Buglers, past and present, at
Arlington National Cemetery who sound the twenty four notes of Taps
in all types of weather paying tribute to those who have served.
Music is Amazing Grace arranged by Jari Villanueva and performed by
the USAF Band. Taps is sounded on an original Civil War clairon. For
more information on Taps visit www.tapsbugler.com Also check out our
other videos under "More Videos from: Tapsbugler" Thanks
for looking!
Jari Villanueva, the Taps Bugler.
1st Marine Division (Forward) Band
plays 'Taps'
Footage of 1st Marine Division Forward
band members playing "Taps". Provided by 1st Marine
Division.
He gave some, apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers;
For the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ:
Till we all come in the
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ:
That we henceforth be no
more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind
of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive.
Ephesians, 4. 11
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