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Friday, April 11, 2014

April 7 - This Day in History

April 7 : General Interest
1994: Civil war erupts in Rwanda

On this day in 1994, Rwandan armed forces kill 10 Belgian peacekeeping officers in a successful effort to discourage international intervention in the genocide that had begun only hours earlier... read more


American Revolution
1776 : U.S. Navy captures first British warship
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-navy-captures-first-british-warship

Automotive
1947 : Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-pioneer-henry-ford-dies

Civil War
1862 : Battle of Shiloh concludes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-shiloh-concludes

Cold War
1954 : Eisenhower gives famous "domino theory" speech
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-theory-speech

Crime
1994 : The Rwandan genocide
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rwandan-genocide

Disaster
1990 : Twin ferry accidents on opposite ends of world
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/twin-ferry-accidents-on-opposite-ends-of-world

General Interest
1953 : Hammarskjold elected U.N. head
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hammarskjold-elected-un-head
1963 : Tito is made president for life
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tito-is-made-president-for-life
2012 : Longtime "60 Minutes" journalist Mike Wallace dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/longtime-60-minutes-journalist-mike-wallace-dies

Hollywood
1970 : John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wayne-wins-best-actor-oscar

Literary
1770 : William Wordsworth is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-wordsworth-is-born

Music
1920 : Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indian-sitar-legend-ravi-shankar-is-born

Old West
1805 : Lewis and Clark depart Fort Mandan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lewis-and-clark-depart-fort-mandan

Presidential
1961 : JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-lobbies-congress-to-help-save-historic-sites-in-egypt

Sports
1873 : John McGraw, second all-time winningest baseball manager, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-mcgraw-second-all-time-winningest-baseball-manager-is-born

Vietnam War
1975 : North Vietnamese forces begin preparations for final offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-forces-begin-preparations-for-final-offensive

World War I
1918 : Winston Churchill urges talks with Russia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/winston-churchill-urges-talks-with-russia

World War II
1939 : Italy invades Albania
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-invades-albania
1945 : Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-battleship-yamato-is-sunk-by-allied-forces

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