On this day in history.

[J. A.]

April 8, 1820: The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo

 

[Richard Brown]

8th of April 2013, Baroness Thatcher died from a stroke.

She was a formidable lady who gained a lot of respect.

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[J. A.]

April 9, 1959: Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

 

[scifan57]

April 9, 1959: Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

Of those original 7, only Alan Shepard made it to the Moon, becoming the mission commander of Apollo14 and the fifth person to walk on the Moon.

 

[J. A.]

Of those original 7, only Alan Shepard made it to the Moon, becoming the mission commander of Apollo14 and the fifth person to walk on the Moon.

John Glenn became the oldest person to fly in space, and the only one to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs.

 

[scifan57]

April 09, 1865; General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 men to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, ending the American Civil War.

 

[J. A.]

April 10, 1970: Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.

 

[J. A.]

April 11, 1970: Apollo 13 is launched.

 

[J. A.]

April 12, 1981: The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place - the STS-1 mission.

 

[J. A.]

April 13, 1970: An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.

 

[J. A.]

April 14, 1849: Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.

 

[scifan57]

April 14, 1865; John Wilkes Booth shoots, and fatally wounds, Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theatre in Washington D.C..

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Today in 1871 - Canada's Parliament passed an Act to create uniform currency; sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents and mills.

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[scifan57]

April 15, 1912; the Titanic sinks at 2:20 a.m. local time after striking an iceberg at around 11:40 p.m. On the 14th. Only 705 people were rescued while 1,517 passengers and crew lost their lives.

Photo credit: Wikipedia

 

[J. A.]

April 15, 1923: Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.