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Show Alaska celebrates Seward'i Day on March 30. The 15th Amendment was ratified by Congress, March 30, 1870. March 31, 18X9 is remembered as the date of the great Johnstown, Pa., flood. The Treasury building at Washington burned, March 31, 1833. April 1 Is April Fool or All Fools' Day. The first Internal combustion com-bustion engine was patented, April 1, 1826. Okinawa was Invaded by U.S. Army and Marines, April I, 1915. Richmond was evacuated by Confederates, April 2, 1865. Shoshone Indians sold the Thermopolis, Wyo. Hot Springs for a national park, April 2, 1896. Congress declared state of war with Germany, April 2, 1917. The first pony eipress, St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, Calif., opened, April 3, 1860. Jesse James was shot, April 3, 1882. The U.S. declared war against Great Britain, April 4, 1812. An expedition expe-dition left Ft. Myers, Fla., for trip through swamps and jungles of Everglades, arousing nationwide interest in Tamiami Trail, April 4, 1923. The first "balloon" tires were made, April 5, 1923. All lu to 13-year old Germans were ordered to join "Hitler Youth," April 5. 1939. |