23rd April

1564: According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn. 1985: The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret … Continue reading 23rd April

Rate this:

17th April

1964: Ford Mustang, a sports car made its official debut at Flushing Meadow’s, New York by Henry Ford II. On the same day, 22,000 Mustangs were booked by buyers in advance. Mustang is also popularly known as “Working Man’s Thunderbird”   1970: Apollo 13, a U.S. spacecraft headed towards moon, returned to Earth safely after being malfunctioning on its journey. No astronauts were injured. Continue reading 17th April

Rate this:

15th April

1865: ‘Abraham Lincoln’, former president of U. S. was pronounced dead at 7:22 am after being hit by a bullet previous night. He was the first American president to be assassinated.   1912: The British ocean liner the ‘RMS Titanic’ after being hit by an iceberg sinks after two and half hours of crash. The ship carried around 2,200 passengers. More than 1,500 people died … Continue reading 15th April

Rate this:

14th April

1865: Former American President ‘Abraham Lincoln’ was shot by John Wilkes Booth at a play at Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D. C. Lincoln was the first U.S. President to be assassinated. 1912: One of the largest and most luxurious ocean liner the ‘RMS Titanic’ hit iceberg. The ship was thought to be unsinkable, but, it failed to divert its course from the iceberg, and ultimately it … Continue reading 14th April

Rate this: