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April 5th: The Unlikely Union of Pocahontas and John Rolfe: A Marriage that Shaped History

April 5, 2023

In April 1614, a historic event took place in the fledgling English colony of Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas, a Native American woman of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in a ceremony that would impact the course of American history. The union between Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan,…

April 4th: Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers “Beyond Vietnam” Speech in Riverside Church

April 4, 2023

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his tragic assassination, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped up to the pulpit in New York City’s Riverside Church to deliver a speech that would alter the course of American history. This powerful address, known as “Beyond Vietnam: A…

April 3rd: Outlaw Jesse James is Killed By His Gang Member, Robert Ford

April 3, 2023

On this day in 1882, the legendary outlaw Jesse Woodson James met his end in St. Joseph, Missouri. Born on September 5, 1847, in Kearney, Missouri, Jesse James grew up in a turbulent time. He came of age during the Civil War, and his family’s Confederate sympathies would shape his…

April 2nd: A Mass Shooting at Oikos University in California Happens

March 31, 2023

On April 2, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at Oikos University, a Korean Christian school located in Oakland, California. The shooting resulted in the deaths of seven people and injured three others. The shooter, One L. Goh, was a former nursing student at the university who had been expelled from…

April 1st: Accidental American Bombing of the Swiss City of Schaffhausen

March 31, 2023

On April 1, 1944, during World War II, an American bombing mission went horribly wrong and led to the accidental bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. The mission was intended to target Ludwigshafen, Germany, but navigational errors caused the bombers to veer off course and bomb the Swiss city…

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