History of April

During the month of April the following events have happened in our world's history.

April 01, 1778 - Oliver Pollock - a New Orleans Businessman - creates the "$".
April 01, 1850 - San Francisco County Government established.
April 01, 1941 - Navy takes over Treasure Island.
April 01, 1960 - TIROS I (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched to improve weather prediction.
April 02, 1792 - Congress establishes Coin denominations of United States.
April 02, 1935 - Watson Watt granted a patent for RADAR.
April 03, 1848 - Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher.
April 04, 1860 - Pony Express begins service - from St. Joseph - Missouri.
April 04, 1870 - Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800.
April 05, 1614 - Pocahontas marries John Rolfe.
April 05, 1941 - Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses.
April 06, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh.
April 06, 1868 - Brigham Young marries number 27 - his final wife.
April 06, 1906 - first animated cartoon is copyrighted.
April 06, 1926 - 4 planes take off on 1st successful around-the-world flight.
April 06, 1957 - New York City ends trolley car service.
April 07, 1931 - Seals Stadium opens.
April 07, 1933 - Prohibition ends.
April 07, 1948 - World Health Organization is established.
April 08, 1513 - Ponce de Leon arrives in Florida.
April 08, 1913 - 17th Amendment - requiring direct election of senators - ratified
April 08, 1974 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run - beats Babe Ruth's record.
April 09, 1865 - Lee surrenders at Appomattox.
April 09, 1953 - TV Guide publishes their first issue.
April 09, 1955 - United Nations Charter hearing.
April 10, 1825 - 1st hotel in Hawaii opens.
April 10, 1849 - Safety pin patented.
April 10, 1871 - William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park officially accepted.
April 10, 1878 - California Street Cable Car Railroad Company starts service.
April 10, 1882 - Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)
April 10, 1953 - House of Wax - first 3-D movie - released in New York.
April 11, 1876 - Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organized.
April 11, 1895 - Anaheim completes it's new electric light system.
April 11, 1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball.
April 11, 1958 - Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated.
April 11, 1977 - (Monday) Went into the farm at 11:43 AM for 24 days.
April 12, 1859 - Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of San Francisco incorporated.
April 12, 1861 - Fort Sumter - S. C. - shelled by Confederacy - starts Civil War.
April 12, 1898 - Army transfers Yerba Buena Island to Navy.
April 12, 1933 - Moffatt Field is commissioned.
April 12, 1961 - Yuri A. Gagarin becomes 1st man to orbit Earth.
April 12, 1962 - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district.
April 12, 1981 - 1st launch of the space shuttle - Columbia.
April 13, 1976 - 2 dollar bill re-introduced as United States currency.
April 14, 1828 - 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
April 14, 1860 - 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph - Missouri.
April 14, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln assasinated in Ford's Theater.
April 14, 1900 - Veteran's Hospital at Fort Miley established.
April 14, 1928 - regular air passenger flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles started - by Maddux Air Lines.
April 14, 1971 - Fort Point dedicated as 1st National Park in Bay Area.
April 15, 1850 - City of San Francisco incorporated.
April 15, 1912 - Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM.
April 15, 1922 - the famed Poodle Dog Restaurant closes.
April 15, 1923 - insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
April 15, 1928 - Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf is founded.
April 15, 1955 - Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.
April 16, 1866 - Nitroglycerine at the Wells Fargo & Co. office explodes.
April 17, 1524 - New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
April 17, 1853 - US Marine Hospital at the Presidio established.
April 17, 1895 - Treaty of Shimonoseki signed - ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).
April 17, 1941 - Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
April 17, 1961 - Bay of Pigs - invasion.
April 18, 1775 - The British are Coming! - Paul Revere rides.
April 18, 1868 - San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed.
April 18, 1869 - 1st International Cricket Match - held in SF - won by Californian
April 18, 1906 - San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
April 18, 1907 - Fairmont Hotel opens.
April 18, 1934 - 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) is opened - in Fort Worth - Texas
April 18, 1936 - Clipper starts providing regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu.
April 18, 1968 - San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished.
April 19, 1775 - at Lexington Common - the shot 'heard round the world'.
April 19, 1852 - California Historical Society founded.
April 19, 1874 - Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire.
April 19, 1892 - Charles Duryea takes the 1st American-made auto out for a spin.
April 19, 1939 - Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights (only 148 years late)
April 20, 1872 - Bar Association of San Francisco organized.
April 20, 1958 - Buses replace Key System trains at 3AM.
April 21, 1862 - Congress establishes US Mint in Denver - Colorado.
April 21, 1892 - 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park.
April 23, 1871 - Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up.
April 23, 1949 - Courtesy Mail Boxes for motorists started in San Francisco.
April 24, 1800 - Library of Congress founded.
April 24, 1865 - Fire Alarm & Police Telegraph system put into operation.
April 24, 1900 - the passing of Andrew Halliday - Cable Car Pioneer.
April 25, 1891 - President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco.
April 25, 1901 - New York becomes 1st state requiring license plates for cars
April 25, 1945 - United Nations Conference starts.
April 25, 1961 - Robert Noyce granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
April 26, 1607 - 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry - Va.
April 26, 1906 - 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii.
April 26, 1954 - nationwide test of the Salk anti-polio begins.
April 26, 1971 - San Francisco Lightship replaced by automatic buoy.
April 27, 1565 - 1st Spanish settlement in Phillipines - Cebu City - founded.
April 27, 1897 - Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) is dedicated.
April 27, 1937 - US Social Security system makes its first benefit payment.
April 27, 1945 - founding of the Second Republic - in Austria.
April 28, 1754 - Mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurs.
April 28, 1919 - 1st successful parachute jump is made.
April 28, 1974 - Last Americans evacuated from Saigon.
April 29, 1857 - Headquarters for the US Army - Division of the Pacific - permanently established at the Presidio.
April 29, 1913 - the all-purpose zipper is patented.
April 30, 1789 - George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of the US
April 30, 1798 - Department of the Navy established.
April 30, 1803 - US more than doubles its size thru the Louisiana Purchase.
April 30, 1857 - founding of what would be San Jose State University.
April 30, 1869 - the Hawaiian YMCA organized.
April 30, 1939 - NBC makes 1st US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair.