And the next date in the calendar is....

[BillyT]

April 4, 1945 – World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.

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[unloadonme]

5 April 1900 – Birth of Spencer Tracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Tracy

 

[BillyT]

April 6, 1924 – First round-the-world flight commences.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation

 

[unloadonme]

7 April 1648 – Birth of John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheffield,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Normanby

 

[BillyT]

April 8, 1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

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[BillyT]

April 9, 1413 – Henry V is crowned King of England.

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[unloadonme]

10 April 1909 – Death of Algernon Charles Swinburne

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Charles_Swinburne

 

[BillyT]

April 11, 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.

 

[BillyT]

April 12, 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.

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Roosevelt​

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Truman​

 

[unloadonme]

13 April 1732 – Birth of Frederick North, Lord North, later 2nd Earl of Guilford, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North

 

[BillyT]

April 14, 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).

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[unloadonme]

15 April 1721 – Birth of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland

 

[BillyT]

April 16, 1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

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[BillyT]

April 17, 1964 – Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.

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Had one but mine was dark blue. Wish I would of kept it because today it is worth more than new cars today.

 

[BillyT]

April 18, 1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.

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[unloadonme]

19 April 1793 – Birth of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Austria

 

[BillyT]

April 20, 1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.

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[unloadonme]

21 April 1509 – Death of King Henry VII of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England

 

[BillyT]

April 22, 1870 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and founder of the Soviet Union was Born.(d. 1924)

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[Natello4]

June 6 (today) - the national day of Sweden

Sveriges nationaldag, även svenska flaggans dag, firas den 6 juni varje år och är en helgdag i Sverige. Nationaldagen firas till minne av dagen då Gustav Vasa valdes till Sveriges kung 1523 och Sverige blev ett självständigt land. Även 1809 års regeringsform (som gällde fram till ikraftträdandet av 1974 års regeringsform) utfärdades den 6 juni.
Tidigare firades 6 juni enbart som svenska flaggans dag och det var först 1983 som dagen även fick status som nationaldag. Sedan 1996 är nationaldagen en salutdag, och från och med 2005 är nationaldagen även en helgdag.

Happy birthday, Sweden!

Congratulations to everybody, who has relations with this country.