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Friday, April 11, 2014

April 8 - This Day in History

April 8 : General Interest
1974: Aaron sets new home run record

On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's legendary record of 714 homers... read more


American Revolution
1778 : John Adams arrives in Paris to replace Silas Deane
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-adams-arrives-in-paris-to-replace-silas-deane

Automotive
1979 : Waltrip beats Petty in last-lap thriller
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/waltrip-beats-petty-in-last-lap-thriller

Civil War
1864 : Confederates rout Union at Battle of Mansfield
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-mansfield-louisiana

Cold War
1950 : McCarthy publicly attacks Owen Lattimore
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mccarthy-publicly-attacks-owen-lattimore

Crime
2005 : Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/olympic-park-bomber-eric-rudolph-agrees-to-plead-guilty

Disaster
1916 : California road race kills five
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/california-road-race-kills-five

General Interest
563 BC : Buddhists celebrate birth of Gautama Buddha
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/buddhists-celebrate-birth-of-gautama-buddha
1935 : WPA established by Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wpa-established-by-congress
1953 : Kenyatta jailed for Mau Mau uprising
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kenyatta-jailed-for-mau-mau-uprising
2013 : Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/margaret-thatcher-britains-first-female-prime-minister-dies

Hollywood
1990 : Twin Peaks premieres on ABC
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/twin-peaks-premieres-on-abc

Literary
1955 : Barbara Kingsolver is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/barbara-kingsolver-is-born

Music
1994 : Kurt Cobain is found dead
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kurt-cobain-is-found-dead

Old West
1842 : Elizabeth Bacon Custer is born in Michigan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elizabeth-bacon-custer-is-born-in-michigan

Presidential
1935 : FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-emergency-relief-appropriation-act

Sports
1974 : Aaron hits his 715th home run
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aaron-hits-his-715th-home-run

Vietnam War
1972 : North Vietnamese forces open a third front
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-forces-open-a-third-front
1975 : Weyand reports to Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/weyand-reports-to-congress

World War I
1904 : Britain and France sign Entente Cordiale
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-sign-entente-cordiale

World War II
1944 : Russians attack Germans in drive to expel them from Crimea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-attack-germans-in-drive-to-expel-them-from-crimea
1945 : Defiant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/defiant-theologian-dietrich-bonhoeffer-is-hanged
1981 : Omar Bradley dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/omar-bradley-dies

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