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19th April 1987: The Simpsons make their first television appearance on The Tracey Ullman Show

An overwhelmingly positive reaction in season one meant that Simpsons shorts were featured in every episode of the next two seasons before being spun off into a standalone half-hour series in ...

18th April 1775: Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington with his message that “the Regulars are coming out!”

Whether Revere referred to the approaching army as ‘regulars’ or ‘Redcoats’ is unclear, but his cry had the intended consequence of signalling the march of troops towards the Massachusetts village of ...

17th April 1907: Ellis Island in New York Harbor has its busiest day, processing 11,747 immigrants

This surge in immigration was primarily driven by economic opportunities in the United States, which was at the height of the industrial revolution. This combined with a desire among some to escape growing political instability in Europe, while ethnic and religious violence led Jews from the Russian Empire in particular to seek a new life ...

16th April 1902: The first purpose-designed movie theater opens as Thomas Tally’s Electric Theatre

Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles proved incredibly popular with the public, and sparked a revolution in cinema history.Visit the excellent https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.c... for more detailed ...

15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster

Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at Hillsborough Stadium in ...

14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era

The Black Sunday dust storm brought a massive wall of dust estimated to be over 2 miles high that engulfed entire communities in darkness and choking dust, reducing visibility to just a few ...

12th April 1861: American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

After suffering significant damage during the battle from more than 3,000 artillery rounds over 34 hours, at 2:30 p.m the following day Major Anderson and his men formally surrendered, and the Confederate forces took control of Fort ...

11th April 1968: The Fair Housing Act of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed into law by President Johnson

The Act made it illegal to discriminate regarding the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, or national ...

10th April 1815: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history occurred at Mount Tambora

The explosion was estimated to be four times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, making it the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded ...

8th April 1838: SS Great Western begins her maiden voyage to New York as the first steamship specifically built for transatlantic travel

Great Western’s maiden voyage crossed the Atlantic in a record time of 15 days and five ...