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Show Significant and Interesting Events of April,1 Mcnth of Founding of First Penney Store I April 1 This annually is April Fool's Day. April 2, The first U. S. Mint was established In 1792 in Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. Aluminum was patented patent-ed in 1S39. 1 April 3. Washington Irving was born 1783. April 4, The repeating shotgun shot-gun was patented in 1882. April 5, Pocahontas was married mar-ried to John Rolfe in 1614. Booker Book-er T. Washington was born in 1856. April 6, Peary discovered the North Pole in 1909. United States declared war on Germany in 1917. April 7, William Wordsworth, poet, was born in 1770. April 9, Bataan fell in 1912. April 11, Charles Evans Hughes jurist, was born in 1862. April 12, The first man was sent Into apace by Utissia in 1961. Fort Sumter was fired upon up-on in 1861. April 13, The first United States Agricultural College was authorized by Pennsylvania in 1854. April 14, The first Penney store was opened by James Cash Penney Pen-ney in Kemmercr, Wyo., In 1902 April 18, Paul Revere took his famous ride in 1775. April 19, The battle of Lexington Lexing-ton was fought in 1775. April 21. William Harvey discovered dis-covered the circulation of blood in 1616. April 23, Shakespeare was born In 1564. April 24, The first newspaper was published in America in 1704. April 25, Guglielmo Marconi was born in 1374. The first round-the-world telephone conversation con-versation took place in 1931. April 26, John Audubon, naturalist, natur-alist, was born in 1785. April 27. Samuel F. B. Morse was born In 1791. April 28, James Monroe, fifth president, was born In 1758. April 30, Louisiana was purchased pur-chased from France In 1789. |