APRIL
1st
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators were arrested in Selma, Alabama.
In 1866, Congress overrode President Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill, giving equal rights to all persons born in the U.S. (except Indians). The President is empowered to use the Army to enforce the law.
2nd
In 1917, Jeannette Rankin of Montana was formally seated in the U.S. House of Representatives as the first woman elected to Congress
In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)
3rd
In 1870, the US State of Iowa ratified the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races & color
In 1947, Percival Prattis was the 1st African American reporter in Congressional press gallery.
4th
In 1968, Civil Rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed by a sniper in Memphis, Tennessee
In 2012, American artist Elizabeth Catlett died at the age of ninety-six. Catlett was known for being a sculptor and printmaker who was unafraid to create political statements in her art to highlight better rights for African-Americans and women.
5th
In 1614, Native American Pocahontas married English colonist, John Rolfe.
In 1918, Stephen W Thompson was the first US pilot to down an enemy airplane.
6th
Buddhist celebrate the Theravada New Year
In 1902, the Young Women's Hebrew Association was organized in New York City.
7th
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson submitted a bill to the US Congress calling for the removal of Indian tribes in the eastern US to lands west of the Mississippi.
In 2007, thousands of people marched in Los Angeles to demand citizenship rights for the illegal immigrants there.
8th
Ramanavami (Hindu) is a festival celebrating the birthday of Lord Rama is celebrated by telling stories and going to temple.
In 1887, the Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
9th
In 1866, despite a veto by President Andrew Johnson, the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 was passed by Congress granting African American the rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship
In 1983, Harold Washington became the first African American mayor of Chicago, receiving 51 percent of the vote. He was re-elected in 1987 and suffered a fatal heart attack at his office seven months later.
10th
In 1855, US citizenship laws were amended; all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
In 1998, Voters in Maine repealed a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law.
11th
In 1968, one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. The law prohibited discrimination in housing, protected civil rights workers and expanded the rights of Native Americans.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game.
12th
In 1847, the First Asians arrived in the United States. A group of three Chinese students arrived in New York City, becoming the first Asians officially entering the United States.
In 1861, the official outbreak of the American Civil War.
13th
In 1983, Harold Washington was elected 1st African American mayor of Chicago.
Palm Sunday (Christian Palm Sunday), celebrated by the Christians to commemorate the entry of Jesus in Jerusalem. It is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of their Holy Week.
14th
In 1936, the National Negro Congress organized in Chicago.
In 1775, in Philadelphia, the first abolitionist society in America was founded as the "Society for the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage.”
15th
Beginning of Pesach Passover (Jewish), a festival celebrated each spring to recall the Jew’s deliverance out of slavery in Egypt in 1300 BC. It is a celebration of freedom, the first two nights of Passover a traditional Seder Meal is eaten and story is retold and passed down from generation to generation. This is an eight day celebration during which no bread or leavened food is eaten.
In 1817, Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, the first permanent school for the deaf in America, opened in Hartford, Connecticut.
16th
In 1862, Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and appropriated $1 million to compensate owners of freed slaves.
In 1919, Mohandas Gandhi's day of prayer and fasting was established.
17th
In 1964, US House of Representatives accepted the law on the civil rights and rules 1 man, 1 vote.
In 1818, the Presidio, overlooking San Francisco, was erected by the Spanish to subdue Indians interfering with mail transmissions along El Camino Real.
18th
In 1521, Martin Luther confronted the Emperor Charles V in the Diet of Worms and refused to retract his views that led to his excommunication
In 2002, the city legislature of Berlin decided to make Marlene Dietrich an honorary citizen. Dietrich had gone to the United States in 1930. She refused to return to Germany after Adolf Hitler came to power.
19th
In 1982, Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt ordered detention and internment of all West-coast Japanese-Americans.
20th
In 1943, Phil Wrigley and B. Rickey chartered the All-American Girls Softball League.
In 1871, the Third Force Act also known as the "Ku Klux Act" passed. Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
21st
In 1828, the1st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix," was published.
In 1846, Sarah G Bagley of Lowell, MA became the first US woman became a telegrapher.
22nd
Earth Day was first observed in the US in the 1970s and to remind people of our environment and how our habits affect our environment.
In 1993, The Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC.
23rd
In 1991, Patty Sheehan won the LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies’ Golf Open
In 1956, the US Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses.
24th
In 1944, the United Negro College Fund incorporated.
In 1884, National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta
25th
In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled pension plans couldn’t require women to pay more.
In 1938, this day saw the first use of a seeing-eye dog.
26th
In 1910, Gandhi supported the African People's Organization’s resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in South Africa as a day of mourning in protest against the South African Acts disenfranchisement of Indians, “Coloreds” and Africans in the Union of South Africa.
In 1944, Sue Dauser of Nurse Corps was appointed the first female US navy captain.
27th
In 1957, China’s Communist leader, Mao, gave a famous speech to the Supreme State Conference, "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" which expounded his Communist ideals.
In 1827, the first Mardi Gras was celebrated in New Orleans, LA.
28th
Yom HaShoah is the Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is a secular, rather than a religious holiday established by the government of Israel. There are a variety of memorable observances both in Israel and the USA. Holocaust Memorial Day begins at sunset to nightfall the next night.
National Tartan Day (Scottish/American) is celebrated.
29th
In 2013, Jason Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major North American team sport to publicly come out as gay.
In 1860, Navajo Chief Manuelito and his warriors attacked Fort Defiance in northeastern Arizona. The fort, the first built in Navajo country, was near livestock grazing land used by the Navajo.
Conflict began when the army claimed the grazing land for their horses.
30th
In 1861, President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory also known as the United States Civil War.
1997, 42 million people watched Ellen DeGeneres admit she is gay on television
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators were arrested in Selma, Alabama.
In 1866, Congress overrode President Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Bill, giving equal rights to all persons born in the U.S. (except Indians). The President is empowered to use the Army to enforce the law.
2nd
In 1917, Jeannette Rankin of Montana was formally seated in the U.S. House of Representatives as the first woman elected to Congress
In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)
3rd
In 1870, the US State of Iowa ratified the 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races & color
In 1947, Percival Prattis was the 1st African American reporter in Congressional press gallery.
4th
In 1968, Civil Rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed by a sniper in Memphis, Tennessee
In 2012, American artist Elizabeth Catlett died at the age of ninety-six. Catlett was known for being a sculptor and printmaker who was unafraid to create political statements in her art to highlight better rights for African-Americans and women.
5th
In 1614, Native American Pocahontas married English colonist, John Rolfe.
In 1918, Stephen W Thompson was the first US pilot to down an enemy airplane.
6th
Buddhist celebrate the Theravada New Year
In 1902, the Young Women's Hebrew Association was organized in New York City.
7th
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson submitted a bill to the US Congress calling for the removal of Indian tribes in the eastern US to lands west of the Mississippi.
In 2007, thousands of people marched in Los Angeles to demand citizenship rights for the illegal immigrants there.
8th
Ramanavami (Hindu) is a festival celebrating the birthday of Lord Rama is celebrated by telling stories and going to temple.
In 1887, the Dawes Act authorized the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
9th
In 1866, despite a veto by President Andrew Johnson, the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 was passed by Congress granting African American the rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship
In 1983, Harold Washington became the first African American mayor of Chicago, receiving 51 percent of the vote. He was re-elected in 1987 and suffered a fatal heart attack at his office seven months later.
10th
In 1855, US citizenship laws were amended; all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
In 1998, Voters in Maine repealed a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law.
11th
In 1968, one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. The law prohibited discrimination in housing, protected civil rights workers and expanded the rights of Native Americans.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game.
12th
In 1847, the First Asians arrived in the United States. A group of three Chinese students arrived in New York City, becoming the first Asians officially entering the United States.
In 1861, the official outbreak of the American Civil War.
13th
In 1983, Harold Washington was elected 1st African American mayor of Chicago.
Palm Sunday (Christian Palm Sunday), celebrated by the Christians to commemorate the entry of Jesus in Jerusalem. It is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of their Holy Week.
14th
In 1936, the National Negro Congress organized in Chicago.
In 1775, in Philadelphia, the first abolitionist society in America was founded as the "Society for the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage.”
15th
Beginning of Pesach Passover (Jewish), a festival celebrated each spring to recall the Jew’s deliverance out of slavery in Egypt in 1300 BC. It is a celebration of freedom, the first two nights of Passover a traditional Seder Meal is eaten and story is retold and passed down from generation to generation. This is an eight day celebration during which no bread or leavened food is eaten.
In 1817, Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons, the first permanent school for the deaf in America, opened in Hartford, Connecticut.
16th
In 1862, Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and appropriated $1 million to compensate owners of freed slaves.
In 1919, Mohandas Gandhi's day of prayer and fasting was established.
17th
In 1964, US House of Representatives accepted the law on the civil rights and rules 1 man, 1 vote.
In 1818, the Presidio, overlooking San Francisco, was erected by the Spanish to subdue Indians interfering with mail transmissions along El Camino Real.
18th
In 1521, Martin Luther confronted the Emperor Charles V in the Diet of Worms and refused to retract his views that led to his excommunication
In 2002, the city legislature of Berlin decided to make Marlene Dietrich an honorary citizen. Dietrich had gone to the United States in 1930. She refused to return to Germany after Adolf Hitler came to power.
19th
In 1982, Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt ordered detention and internment of all West-coast Japanese-Americans.
20th
In 1943, Phil Wrigley and B. Rickey chartered the All-American Girls Softball League.
In 1871, the Third Force Act also known as the "Ku Klux Act" passed. Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
21st
In 1828, the1st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix," was published.
In 1846, Sarah G Bagley of Lowell, MA became the first US woman became a telegrapher.
22nd
Earth Day was first observed in the US in the 1970s and to remind people of our environment and how our habits affect our environment.
In 1993, The Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, DC.
23rd
In 1991, Patty Sheehan won the LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies’ Golf Open
In 1956, the US Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses.
24th
In 1944, the United Negro College Fund incorporated.
In 1884, National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta
25th
In 1978, the Supreme Court ruled pension plans couldn’t require women to pay more.
In 1938, this day saw the first use of a seeing-eye dog.
26th
In 1910, Gandhi supported the African People's Organization’s resolution to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in South Africa as a day of mourning in protest against the South African Acts disenfranchisement of Indians, “Coloreds” and Africans in the Union of South Africa.
In 1944, Sue Dauser of Nurse Corps was appointed the first female US navy captain.
27th
In 1957, China’s Communist leader, Mao, gave a famous speech to the Supreme State Conference, "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" which expounded his Communist ideals.
In 1827, the first Mardi Gras was celebrated in New Orleans, LA.
28th
Yom HaShoah is the Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is a secular, rather than a religious holiday established by the government of Israel. There are a variety of memorable observances both in Israel and the USA. Holocaust Memorial Day begins at sunset to nightfall the next night.
National Tartan Day (Scottish/American) is celebrated.
29th
In 2013, Jason Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major North American team sport to publicly come out as gay.
In 1860, Navajo Chief Manuelito and his warriors attacked Fort Defiance in northeastern Arizona. The fort, the first built in Navajo country, was near livestock grazing land used by the Navajo.
Conflict began when the army claimed the grazing land for their horses.
30th
In 1861, President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory also known as the United States Civil War.
1997, 42 million people watched Ellen DeGeneres admit she is gay on television