On May 2, 1918, General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. This synergy helped propel...
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On May 1, 1840 the “Penny Black” — the world’s first adhesive postage stamp was issued by...
On April 30, 711, the Islamic conquest of Iberia began. Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad...
On April 29, 1990, wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. —...
On April 28, 1910 the first-ever nighttime airplane flight was made by Claude Grahame-White, in England. According...
On April 27, 1667, at age 59, blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sold his copyright...
On April 26, 1777, it is claimed that 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode all night in a rainstorm...
On April 25, 1644, the last Ming Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself from a tree on Jing Mountain,...
On April 24, 1913, the Woolworth Building was opened in New York City by Frank Winfield Woolworth....
On April 23, 1014, the army of King Brian Boru of Ireland defeated Viking forces at the...