military history anniversaries 0416 thru 043016

8/18/2019 Military History Anniversaries 0416 Thru 043016

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Military History Anniversaries 16 thru 30 April

Events in History over the next 15 day period that had U.S. military involvement or

impacted in some ay on U.S military operations or American interests

• Apr 16 1863 - Civil War: Union Admiral David Dixon Porter leads 12 ships past the heavy barrae

o! Con!ederate artillery at "i#$sb%r& 'ississippi( )e lost only one ship& and the operation speeded*eneral Ulysses +( *rant,s movement aainst "i#$sb%r(

• Apr 16 11. - WW/: "ladimir 0enin& leader o! the revol%tionary olshevi$ Party& ret%rns toPetrorad a!ter a de#ade o! exile to ta$e the reins o! the evol%tion( ne month be!ore& C4ar 5i#holas // had been !or#ed !rom poer hen %ssian army troops 7oined a or$ers revolt inPetrorad& the %ssian #apital(

• Apr 16 199 - WW2: Allied !or#es start bombin elrade& $illin abo%t 1&1 people( ;his bombin !ell on the rthodox Christian hih se#%rity? prisoner-o!-ar #amp !la

/"-C >better $non as Coldit4?(• Apr 16 19= - WW2: *erman re!%ee ship '" *oya #arryin o%nded and !leein re!%ees !rom

the +oviet invasion is s%n$ by a +oviet s%bmarine( ne o! the larest maritime losses o! li!e inhistory& ith 7%st 183 s%rvivors amon .& passeners and #re(

• Apr 16 19= - WW2: ;he ed Army beins the !inal assa%lt on *erman !or#es aro%nd erlin& ithnearly one million troops !ihtin in the attle o! the +eelo )eihts( )ill 2==? beins(

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• Apr 16 168 - "ietnam: At a series o! meetins in )onol%l%& President Bohnson dis#%sses re#entAllied and enemy troop deployments ith U(+( military leaders( )e also #on!erred ith +o%thorean President Par$ Ch%n )ee to rea!!irm U(+( military #ommitments to +eo%l and ass%re Par$that his #o%ntrys interests o%ld not be #ompromised by any "ietnamese pea#e areement(

• Apr 16 1.2 - "ietnam: /n an e!!ort to help bl%nt the onoin 5orth "ietnamese 5%yen )%e

!!ensive& the United +tates res%mes bombin o! )anoi and )aiphon a!ter a !o%r-year l%ll( White)o%se spo$esmen anno%n#ed that the United +tates o%ld bomb military tarets anyhere in"ietnam in order to help the +o%th "ietnamese de!end aainst the #omm%nist onsla%ht(

• Apr 1. 1.83 @ evol%tionary War: Abo%t 2 a(m( ritish Captain Bames Colbert& alon ith a ro%po! 82 ritish partisans& la%n#hes a s%rprise atta#$ on the Ar$ansas post o! ort Carlos >modern-day*illett& in Desha Co%nty?& lo#ated on the ban$s o! the Ar$ansas iver( ;he Colbert aidE as theonly evol%tionary War a#tion to ta$e pla#e in Ar$ansas

• Apr 1. 1863 - Civil War: *rierson,s 16 day aid beins @ 1. horse troopers %nder Union ArmyColonel en7amin *rierson s%##ess!%lly atta#$ #entral 'ississippi( Cas%alties and losses: U+ 29 @C+A 29 est(

• Apr 1. 1869 - Civil War: Con!ederate !or#es atta#$ Plymo%th& 5orth Carolina& in an attempt tore#apt%re ports lost to the Union to years be!ore( ;he !o%r-day battle ended ith the !all o!Plymo%th& b%t the Fan$ees $ept the #ity bottled %p ith a !lotilla on nearby Albemarle +o%nd(Cas%alties and losses: U+ 2& - C+A 8(

• Apr 1. 11. - WW/: As the ma7or Allied o!!ensive masterminded by obert 5ivelle as !ailinmiserably on the Western ront& ritish !or#es in Palestine ma$e their se#ond attempt to #apt%re the#ity o! *a4a !rom the ttoman army(

• Apr 1. 191 - WW2: ;he F%oslav army& en#ir#led in osnia& s%rrenders to *ermany and sins a!ormal #apit%lation in elrade( y the time the F%oslav overnment s%rrendered& 6& F%oslavo!!i#ers and 33=& men had been ta$en prisoner& overhelmed by the sheer !or#e o! Axis n%mbers(

• Apr 1. 192 - WW2: ren#h *eneral )enri *ira%d& ho as #apt%red in 19& es#apes !rom a

#astle prison at onistein by loerin himsel! don the #astle all and 7%mpin on board a movintrain& hi#h ta$es him to the ren#h border( )itler& o%traed& ordered *ira%ds assassination %pon bein #a%ht& b%t the ren#h eneral as able to ma$e it to 5orth A!ri#a via a ritish s%bmarine(

• Apr 1. 19= - WW2: U(+( 0ie%tenant Colonel oris ;( Pash #ommandeers over hal! a ton o!%rani%m at +trass!%t& *ermany& in an e!!ort to prevent the %ssians !rom developin an A-bomb(

• Apr 1. 161 - ay o! Pis /nvasion: A ro%p o! C/A !inan#ed and trained C%ban re!%ees land at theay o! Pis in C%ba ith the aim o! o%stin idel Castro( Cas%alties and losses: C%ba 9&1.6 - C%banCambodia?(

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• Apr 18 1..= - Ameri#an evol%tion: ritish troops mar#h o%t o! oston on a mission to #on!is#atethe Ameri#an arsenal at Con#ord and to #apt%re Patriot leaders +am%el Adams and Bohn )an#o#$&$non to be hidin at 0exinton( As the ritish departed& oston Patriots Pa%l evere and WilliamDaes set o%t on horseba#$ !rom the #ity to arn Adams and )an#o#$ and ro%se the 'in%temen(A!ter spea$in ith Adams and )an#o#$ they ere 7oined by +am%el Pres#ott ho #arried the nesto the #ity o! Con#ord(

!aul "evere# 1$03 %illiam &aes Samuel !rescott

• Apr 18 1898 - 'exi#anHAmeri#an War: attle o! Cerro *ordo - Win!ield +#ott,s U(+( troops o%t-!lan$ed and drove +anta Anna,s larer 'exi#an army !rom a stron de!ensive position in the attleo! Cerro *ordo( Ameri#an vi#tory opened the ay !or invasion o! 'exi#o(

• Apr 18 1861 - Civil War: irst blood o! the War is shed - Pro-Con!ederate vol%nteers >esidents o!altimore& 'aryland? atta#$ a Union reiment hile the ro%p ma$es its ay to Washinton& D(C(Cobblestones rained don on the soldiers as they prepared to trans!er !rom the President +treet+tation to Camden +tation( +hots ere !ired& and hen the smo$e #leared !o%r 'assa#h%settssoldiers lay dead alon ith 12 altimoreans& hile 36 troops and an %ndetermined n%mber o!#ivilians ere o%nded(

• Apr 18 1869 - Civil War: At Poison +prin& Ar$ansas& Con!ederate soldiers %nder the #ommand o!

*eneral +am%el 'axey #apt%re a Union !orae train and sla%hter bla#$ troops es#ortin theexpedition( Cas%alties and 0osses: U+ -3 Fan$ee troops ere $illed& o%nded& or #apt%red - C+A13 $illed and 81 o%nded(

• Apr 18 11= - WW/: A member o! the *erman ahns#h%t4a#he& or ailay Prote#tion *%ard&shoots don the ell-$non ren#h ar hero oland *arros in his !liht over *erman positions inlanders& ran#e& on a bombin raid(

• Apr 18 192 - WW2: Commanded by 0ie%tenant Colonel Bames )( Doolittle& 16 Ameri#an -2= bombers la%n#hed !rom the air#ra!t #arrier U++ )ornet 6= miles east o! Bapan& atta#$ the Bapanesemainland bombin ;o$yo& Fo$ohama& obe and 5aoya( elievin the air raid had been la%n#hed!rom 'iday /sland& approval as iven to Admiral /soro$% Famamotos plans !or an atta#$ on'iday

• Apr 18 193 - WW2: Warsa *hetto Uprisin - /n Poland& 5a4i !or#es attemptin to #lear o%t the#itys Beish hetto are met by %n!ire !rom Beish resistan#e !ihters&

• Apr 18 193 - WW2: peration "enean#e - ;he mastermind o! the Bapanese atta#$ on Pearl)arbor >Admiral /soro$% Famamoto? is shot don by Ameri#an P@38 !ihters hile travelin in a bomber(

• Apr 18 199 - WW2: U++ *%deon >++@211? missin( 'ost li$ely s%n$ by Bapanese naval air#ra!t>1st o$%tai? so%thest o! /o Bima( . $illed(

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• Apr 18 19= - WW2: ver 1& bombers atta#$ the small island o! )elioland& *ermany(

• Apr 18 19= - WW2: Bo%rnalist PC?( ;he protests re %ntil the Chinese overnment r%thlessly s%ppressedthem in B%ne d%rin hat #ame to be $non as the ;iananmen +I%are 'assa#re(

• Apr 18 1=: A massive tr%#$ bomb explodes o%tside the Al!red P( '%rrah ederal %ildin in$lahoma City& $lahoma( ;he blast #ollapsed the north !a#e o! the nine-story b%ildin& instantly$illin more than 1 people and trappin do4ens more in the r%bble(


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• Apr 1 1861 - Civil War: altimore iot o! 1861 @ A pro@+e#ession mob in altimore& 'aryland&atta#$s United +tates Army troops mar#hin thro%h the #ity(

• Apr 1 116 @ WW/: U(+( President Wilson address to the U(+( Conress( )e said that the U(+(sho%ld brea$ diplomati# relations ith *ermany i! they did not stop atta#$in mer#hant ships ithits s%bmarines(

• Apr 1 11 @ WW/: ;he +at%rday be!ore http:GG(r7eib(#omGtho%htsGarGdo%las-ma#arth%r-!areell(html? be!ore the 7oint session o!Conress a!ter his abr%pt dismissal as Commander in Chie! o! the United 5ations !or#es in orea()is retirement provo$ed a nation-ide #ontroversy that re#alled the !%ry over the ansas-5ebras$aA#t o! 18=9(

• Apr 1 16 - "ietnam: ver 5orth "ietnam& Air or#e 'a7( 0eo ( ;horsness& !rom the 3=.th;a#ti#al ihter +I%adron& and his ele#troni# ar!are o!!i#er& Capt( )arold


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• Apr 2 1..= @ evol%tionary War: the +iee o! oston beins& !olloin the battles at 0exintonand Con#ord(

• Apr 2 1861 - Civil War: Colonel obert


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• Apr 21 118 @ WW/: *erman !ihter a#e 'an!red von i#htho!en& $non as M;he ed aronM& isshot don and $illed over "a%x s%r +omme in ran#e(

"ichtho*en earin+ the ,lue Max# !russia-s hi+hest military order

• Apr 21 192 @ WW2: ;he most !amo%s >and !irst international? Aie '%ster is held on thePhilippine island o! Correidor& by riadier *eneral *eore ( 'oore >ith 2= !ello ;exas AN'

rad%ates ho are %nder his #ommand?& hile 1(8 million po%nds o! shells po%nded the island over a= ho%r atta#$(

• Apr 21 193 @ WW2: ;he se#ond military #onspira#y plan to assassinate )itler in a ee$ !ails to#ome o!!(

• Apr 21 16. @ "ietnam: ;he 5orth "ietnamese press aen#y reports that an ex#hane o! notes too$ pla#e in ebr%ary beteen President 0yndon ( Bohnson and )o Chi 'inh( ;he aen#y said that )ore7e#ted a proposal made by Bohnson !or dire#t tal$s beteen the United +tates and 5orth "ietnamon endin the ar( ;he 5orth "ietnamese demanded that the United +tates stop de!initely and%n#onditionally its bombin raids and all other a#ts o! ar aainst 5orth "ietnam(E ;he U(+( +tateDepartment #on!irmed the ex#hane o! letters and expressed reret that )anoi had div%led thisin!ormation& sin#e the se#ret letters ere intended as a serio%s diplomati# attempt to end the #on!li#t(

5othin o! any #onseI%en#e #ame !rom Bohnsons initiative(• Apr 21 1.2 @ "ietnam: /n Cambodia& more than 1 #ivilians are $illed and 28 o%nded as

#omm%nist artillery and ro#$ets stri$e Phnom Penh and o%tlyin areas in the heaviest atta#$ sin#ethe beinnin o! the ar in 1.( olloin the shellin& a #omm%nist !or#e o! = troops atta#$edand entered ;a$h 'a%& six miles so%theast o! Pnom Penh& $illin at least 2= #ivilians(

• Apr 21 18 @ Cold War: President Bimmy Carter in!orms a ro%p o! U(+( athletes that& in responseto the De#ember 1. +oviet in#%rsion into A!hanistan& the United +tates ill boy#ott the 18lympi#s in 'os#o( /t mar$ed the !irst and only time that the United +tates has boy#otted thelympi#s(

• Apr 22 1.6= @ Ameri#an evol%tion: +tamp A#t - )opin to raise s%!!i#ient !%nds to de!end the

vast ne Ameri#an territories on !rom the ren#h in the +even Fears War& the ritish overnment passes the notorio%s +tamp A#t( ;he leislation levied a dire#t tax on all materials printed !or#ommer#ial and leal %se in the #olonies& in#l%din everythin !rom broadsides and ins%ran#e poli#ies to playin #ards and di#e( ;ho%h the +tamp A#t employed a stratey that as a #ommon!%ndraisin vehi#le in


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• Apr 22 188 @ +panishHAmeri#an War: ;he U++ 5ashville #apt%res a +panish mer#hant ship(

• Apr 22 1863 @ Civil War: *rierson,s 1= day aid beins - troops %nder Union Army Colonelen7amin *rierson atta#$ #entral 'ississippi(

• Apr 22 188 @ +panishHAmeri#an War: ;he United +tates 5avy beins a blo#$ade o! C%ban portsand the U++ 5ashville #apt%res a +panish mer#hant ship( When the U(+( Conress iss%ed ade#laration o! ar on April 2=& it de#lared that a state o! ar had existed !rom this date(

• Apr 22 11= @ WW/: ;he %se o! poison as in World War / es#alates hen #hlorine as is releasedas a #hemi#al eapon in the +e#ond attle o! Fpres(

• Apr 22 11= @ WW/: A!ter six months o! battle& the A%strian arrison at Pr4emysl >no in Poland?&the #itadel %ardin the northeastern-most point o! the A%stro-)%narian empire& !alls to the%ssians on 'ar#h 22& 11=(

• Apr 22 118 - WW/: *erman !ihter a#e 'an!red von i#htho!en& better $non as M;he edaronM& is shot don and $illed over "a%x-s%r-+omme in ran#e(

• Apr 22 193 @ WW2: U++ *renadier >++@21? s#%ttled a!ter Bapanese seaplane atta#$s >36

o$%tai? damaed the boat the previo%s day& o!! Penan& 'alaysia( .6 PWs& 9 later died(• Apr 22 199 @ WW2: ;he 1st Air Commando *ro%p %sin +i$ors$y -9 heli#opters stae the !irst

%se o! heli#opters in #ombat ith C+A operations in the China-%rma-/ndia theater(

• Apr 22 199 @ WW2: peration Perse#%tion - Allied !or#es land in the )ollandia >#%rrently $nonas Bayap%ra? area o! 5e *%inea( A!ter the 3 months it too$ to de!eat the enemy #as%alties andlosses totaled: U+ =2. @ BP 12&811(

• Apr 22 19= @ WW2: Prisoners at the Basenova# #on#entration #amp revolt( =2 are $illed and 8es#ape( /t as one o! the larest #on#entration >extermination? #amps in


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• Apr 22 16= - "ietnam War: ;he +tate Department a#$noledes that the United +tates hads%pplied the +o%th "ietnamese armed !or#es ith a non-lethal as hi#h disablestemporarilyE !or %se in ta#ti#al sit%ations in hi#h the "iet Con interminle ith or ta$ere!%e amon non-#ombatants& rather than %se artillery or aerial bombardment(E ;hisanno%n#ement triered a storm o! #riti#ism orldide( ;he 5orth "ietnamese and the+oviets lo%dly protested the introd%#tion o! poison asE into the ar( +e#retary o! +tateDean %s$ insisted at a nes #on!eren#e on 'ar#h 29 that the United +tates as notembar$in %pon as ar!are&E b%t as merely employin a as hi#h has been #ommonlyadopted by the poli#e !or#es o! the orld as riot-#ontrol aents(E

• Apr 22 168 - "ietnam War: President 0yndon ( Bohnson anno%n#es the appointment o!*en( William Westmoreland as Army Chie! o! +ta!!J *en( Creihton Abrams repla#ed himas #ommander o! U(+( !or#es in "ietnam( Westmoreland had !irst ass%med #ommand o! U(+('ilitary Assistan#e Command "ietnam in B%ne 169& and in that #apa#ity as in #hare o!all Ameri#an military !or#es in "ietnam( ne o! the ars most #ontroversial !i%res&*eneral Westmoreland as iven many honors hen the !ihtin as oin ell& b%t hen

the ar t%rned so%r& many Ameri#ans blamed him !or problems in "ietnam( 5eative !eelinabo%t Westmoreland re parti#%larly stron !olloin the ;et !!ensive o! 168(

• Apr 22 1.2 - "ietnam War: /n#reased Ameri#an bombin in "ietnam prompts anti-ar protests in 0os Aneles& 5e For$ City& and +an ran#is#o(

• Apr 22 1.= - "ietnam War: President o! +o%th "ietnam 5%yen "an ;hie% !lees +aion& as R%an0o#& the last +o%th "ietnamese o%tpost blo#$in a dire#t 5orth "ietnamese assa%lt on +aion& !alls(

• Apr 22 28 @ ;he United +tates Air or#e retires the remainin -11. 5ihtha$ air#ra!t inservi#e(

• Apr 23 1..= @ Ameri#an evol%tion: D%rin a spee#h be!ore the se#ond "irinia Convention&Patri#$ )enry responds to the in#reasinly oppressive ritish r%le over the Ameri#an #olonies byde#larin& / $no not hat #o%rse others may ta$e& b%t as !or me& ive me liberty or ive medeathSE olloin the sinin o! the Ameri#an De#laration o! /ndependen#e on B%ly 9& 1..6& Patri#$)enry as appointed overnor o! "irinia by the Continental Conress(

• Apr 23 1862 @ Civil War: At the irst attle o! ernston& "irinia& Con!ederate *eneral ;homas B(+toneallE Ba#$son s%!!ers a rare de!eat hen his atta#$ on Union !or#es in the +henandoah "alley!ails(

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• Apr 23 18 @ K%in%a& 0%4on& Philippine /slands T An Ameri#an !or#e #onsistin o! !o%r battalions o! in!antry !rom 5ebras$a and /oa pl%s a battery o! %ns !rom the Utah 0iht Artillery& is!ier#ely enaed by ilipino ins%rents abo%t 2 miles north o! the #apital o! 'anila(

• Apr 23 11 @ WW/: At .:2 in the mornin an explosion in the Pla#e de la ep%bliI%e in Parisanno%n#es the !irst atta#$ o! a ne *erman %n( ;he Paris$anone& or Paris %n& as it #ame to be

$non& as man%!a#t%red by r%ppsJ it as 21mm& ith a 118-!oot-lon barrel& hi#h #o%ld !ire ashell the impressive distan#e o! some 13& !eet& or 2= miles& into the air( ;hree o! them !ired onParis that day !rom a %n site at Crpy-en-0aonnaise& .9 miles aay(

• Apr 23 11 @ PreWW2: enito '%ssolini& an /talian World War / veteran and p%blisher o!+o#ialist nespapers& brea$s ith the /talian +o#ialists and establishes the nationalist as#i diCombattimento& named a!ter the /talian peasant revol%tionaries& or ihtin ands&E !rom the 1th#ent%ry( Commonly $non as the as#ist Party& '%ssolinis ne riht-in orani4ation advo#ated/talian nationalism& had bla#$ shirts !or %ni!orms& and la%n#hed a proram o! terrorism andintimidation aainst its le!tist opponents( >http:GG(history(#omGnesG-thins-yo%-may-not-$no-abo%t-m%ssolini?(

• Apr 23 191 @ WW2: ;he *ree$ overnment and in *eore // eva#%ate Athens be!ore the

invadin Wehrma#ht(• Apr 23 192 @ WW2: aede$er lit4 - *erman bombers hit +D/?(

• Apr 23 161 @ "ietnam War: ne o! the !irst Ameri#an #as%alties in +o%theast Asia& an intellien#e-atherin plane enro%te !rom 0aos to +aion is shot don over the Plain o! Bars in #entral 0aos( ;hemission as !lon in an attempt to determine the extent o! the +oviet s%pport bein provided to the#omm%nist Pathet 0ao %errillas in 0aos( ;he %errillas had been ain a ar aainst the oyal0ao overnment sin#e 1=( /n a television nes #on!eren#e& President Bohn ( ennedy arned o!#omm%nist expansion in 0aos and said that a #ease-!ire m%st pre#ede the start o! neotiations toestablish a ne%tral and independent nation(

• Apr 23 1. @ "ietnam War: rom Pe$in& Prin#e 5orodom +ihano%$ o! Cambodia iss%es a p%bli##all !or arms to be %sed aainst the 0on 5ol overnment in Phnom Penh and reI%ests theestablishment o! the 5ational United ront o! amp%#hea >U5? to %nite all opposition !a#tionsaainst 0on 5ol( 5orth "ietnam& the 5ational 0iberation ront >"iet Con?& and the #omm%nistPathet 0ao immediately pleded their s%pport to the ne orani4ation(

• Apr 29 1.6= @ Ameri#an evol%tion: Parliament passes the K%arterin A#t& o%tlinin the lo#ationsand #onditions in hi#h ritish soldiers are to !ind room and board in the Ameri#an #olonies( /treI%ired the #olonies to ho%se ritish soldiers in barra#$s provided by the #olonies( /! the barra#$s

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ere too small to ho%se all the soldiers& then lo#alities ere to a##ommodate the soldiers in lo#alinns& livery stables& ale ho%ses& vi#t%allin ho%ses& and the ho%ses o! sellers o! ine( +ho%ld therestill be soldiers itho%t a##ommodation a!ter all s%#h p%bli# ho%ses ere !illed& the #olonies erethen reI%ired to ta$e& hire and ma$e !it !or the re#eption o! his 'a7estys !or#es& s%#h and so many%ninhabited ho%ses& o%tho%ses& barns& or other b%ildins as shall be ne#essary(

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Apr 29 18= @ U(+( 'arines atta#$ and #apt%re the ton o! Derna in ;ripoli !rom the arbary pirates(

• Apr 29 1862 @ Civil War: Abolitionist orator Wendell Phillips is booed hile attemptin to ive ale#t%re in Cin#innati& hio( ;he anry #rod as opposed to !ihtin !or the !reedom o! slaves& asPhillips advo#ated( )e as pelted ith ro#$s and es be!ore !riends his$ed him aay hen asmall riot bro$e o%t(

• Apr 29 118 @ WW/: irst tan$@to@tan$ #ombat& at "illers@retonne%x& ran#e& hen three ritish'ar$ /"s met three *erman A."s(

• Apr 29 199 @ WW2: 1st oein @2 arrives in China Mover the )%mpM

• Apr 29 198 @ Cold War: ;he erlin airli!t beins to relieve s%rro%nded #ity(


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• Apr 29 1: ;he 5orth Atlanti# ;reaty rani4ation >5A;? #ommen#es air stri$es aainstF%oslavia ith the bombin o! +erbian military positions in the F%oslav provin#e o! osovo( ;he 5A; o!!ensive #ame in response to a ne ave o! ethni# #leansin la%n#hed by +erbian !or#esaainst the osovar Albanians on 'ar#h 2(

• Apr 2= 1..= @ Ameri#an evol%tion: ritish Parliament passes the oston Port A#t& #losin the port

o! oston and demandin that the #itys residents pay !or the nearly 1 million orth >in todaysmoney? o! tea d%mped into oston )arbor d%rin the oston ;ea Party o! De#ember 16& 1..3(

• Apr 2= 1896 @ 'exi#anHAmeri#an War: ;hornton A!!air @ pen #on!li#t beins over the disp%ted border o! ;exas& trierin the 'exi#an@Ameri#an War(

• Apr 2= 1862 @ Civil War: or#es %nder Union Admiral David arra%t demand the s%rrender o! theCon!ederate #ity o! 5e rleans& 0o%isiana(

• Apr 2= 1869 @ Civil War: ;he attle o! 'ar$s, 'ills( Cas%alties and losses: U+ 1&= - C+A 23(es%lt: Con!ederate vi#tory(

• Apr 2= 186= @ Civil War: Con!ederate *eneral obert


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Ameri#an involvement in "ietnam in the s%mmer o! 16=( /n addition to his moral ob7e#tions to thear& he ar%ed that the ar diverted money and attention !rom domesti# prorams to aid the bla#$ poor( )e as stronly #riti#i4ed by other prominent #ivil rihts leaders !or attemptin to lin$ #ivilrihts and the antiar movement(

• Apr 2= 168 @ "ietnam War: A!ter bein told by De!ense +e#retary Clar$ Cli!!ord that the "ietnam

War is a real loser&E President Bohnson& still %n#ertain abo%t his #o%rse o! a#tion& de#ides to #onvenea nine-man panel o! retired presidential advisors( ;he ro%p& hi#h be#ame $non as the Wise'en&E in#l%ded the respe#ted enerals mar radley and 'atthe iday& distin%ished +tateDepartment !i%res li$e Dean A#heson and *eore all& and '#*eore %ndy& 5ational +e#%rityadvisor to both the ennedy and Bohnson administrations( A!ter to days o! deliberation the ro%prea#hed a #onsens%s: they advised aainst any !%rther troop in#reases and re#ommended that theadministration see$ a neotiated pea#e(

• Apr 2= 1.2 @ "ietnam War: 5%yen )%e !!ensive - ;he 5orth "ietnamese 32th Division !or#es=& +o%th "ietnamese troops to retreat and traps abo%t 2&= others northest o! ont%m(

• Apr 2= 1.= @ "ietnam War: As 5orth "ietnamese !or#es #lose in on the +o%th "ietnamese #apital+aion& the A%stralian


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• Apr 26 19= @ WW2: attle o! a%t4en @ last s%##ess!%l *erman tan$@o!!ensive o! the ar and lastnoteorthy vi#tory o! the Wehrma#ht( Cas%alties and losses: *er 6&= @ +ovietsGPolish 18&232(

• Apr 26 1=9 @ Cold War: /n an e!!ort to resolve several problems in Asia& in#l%din the ar beteenthe ren#h and "ietnamese nationalists in /ndo#hina& representatives !rom the orlds poers meetin *eneva( ;he #on!eren#e mar$ed a t%rnin point in the United +tates involvement in "ietnam(

• April 26& 1.1 @ "ietnam: ;he U(+( #ommand in +aion anno%n#es that the U(+( !or#e level in"ietnam is 281&9 men& the loest sin#e B%ly 166(

• April 26& 1.2 @ "ietnam: President 5ixon& despite the onoin #omm%nist o!!ensive& anno%n#esthat another 2& U(+( troops ill be ithdran !rom "ietnam in 'ay and B%ne& red%#ina%thori4ed troop strenth to 9&( 5ixon emphasi4ed that hile U(+( ro%nd troops ere beinithdran& sea and air s%pport !or the +o%th "ietnamese o%ld #ontin%e( /n !a#t& the U(+( 5avydo%bled the n%mber o! its !ihtin ships o!! "ietnam(

• April 26& 186 @ ;he orlds orst n%#lear poer plant a##ident o##%rs at the Chernobyl n%#lear poer station in the +oviet Union( ;hirty-to people died and do4ens more s%!!ered radiation b%rnsin the openin days o! the #risis& b%t only a!ter +edish a%thorities reported the !allo%t did +ovieta%thorities rel%#tantly admit that an a##ident had o##%rred(

• April 26& 1..3 @ Ameri#an evol%tion: ;he ritish Parliament passes the ;ea A#t& a bill desined tosave the !alterin


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• Apr 2. 116 @ WW/: ;hree ritish o!!i#ers& in#l%din the !amo%s Captain ;($non as0aren#e o! Arabia?& attempt to enineer the es#ape o! tho%sands o! ritish troops %nder siee at the#ity o! %t-al-Amara in 'esopotamia thro%h a se#ret neotiation ith the ;%r$ish #ommand( ;made their o!!er: i! the ;%r$s alloed the men in %t to leave the #ity and re7oin Allied reional!or#es lo#ated to the so%th o! %t& they o%ld be rearded ith Y1 million in old( ;%r$ish o!!i#ers&#on!ident o! their imminent vi#tory at %t& re!%sed the o!!er& and all 0aren#e and his #omrades

ere able to se#%re as the release o! some o! the o%nded( %t !ell on April 2& as ;onshend andhis remainin 13& men ere ta$en prisoner& in the larest sinle s%rrender o! troops in ritishhistory to that point(

• Apr 2. 116 @ WW/: ;he *erman army enters the *ree$ #apital& sinalin the end o! *ree$resistan#e( All mainland *ree#e and all the *ree$ Aeean islands ex#ept Crete are %nder *ermano##%pation by 'ay 11( /n !endin o!! the Axis invaders& the *ree$s s%!!er the loss o! 1=&. men(*ree#e ill not be liberated %ntil 199& by ritish troops !rom the 'editerranean theater(

• Apr 2. 1.2 @ "ietnam: 5orth "ietnamese troops shatter de!enses north o! K%an ;ri and move toithin 2(= miles o! the #ity( Usin %ssian-b%ilt tan$s& they too$ Don )a& . miles north o! K%an;ri& the next day and #ontin%ed to tihten their rin aro%nd K%an ;ri& shellin it heavily( +o%th"ietnamese troops s%!!ered their hihest #as%alties !or any ee$ in the ar in the bitter !ihtin(

• Apr 2. 1.= @ "ietnam: +aion is en#ir#led by 5orth "ietnamese troops(

• Apr 2. 1.8 @ Cold War: A!hanistan President +ardar 'ohammed Dao%d is overthron andm%rdered in a #o%p led by pro#omm%nist rebels( ;he br%tal a#tion mar$ed the beinnin o! politi#al%pheaval in A!hanistan that res%lted in intervention by +oviet troops less than to years later(

• Apr 28 11= @ WW/: ;he /nternational Conress o! Women #onvenes at ;he )a%e& 5etherlands&ith more than 1&2 deleates !rom 12 #o%ntriesTin#l%din ritain& *ermany& A%stria-)%nary&/taly& Poland& eli%m and the United +tatesTall dedi#ated to the #a%se o! pea#e and a resol%tion o!the reat international #on!li#t that as World War /(

• Apr 28 192 @ As res%lt o! a *all%p Poll the ar is titled WW2

• Apr 28 199 @ WW2: D%rin


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• Apr 28 1=2 @ ##%pied Bapan: ;he United +tates o##%pation o! Bapan ends as the ;reaty o! +anran#is#o& rati!ied +eptember 8& 1=1& #omes into !or#e(

• Apr 28 16= @ Cold War: /n an e!!ort to !orestall hat he #laims ill be a #omm%nist di#tatorshipEin the Domini#an ep%bli#& President 0yndon ( Bohnson sends more than 22& U(+( troops torestore order on the island nation( Bohnsons a#tion provo$ed lo%d protests in 0atin Ameri#a ands$epti#ism amon many in the United +tates( ;roops stay %ntil #tober 166

• Apr 28 1. @ "ietnam: U(+( President i#hard '( 5ixon !ormally a%thori4es Ameri#an #ombattroops to !iht #omm%nist san#t%aries in Cambodia(

• Apr 28 1.2 @ "ietnam: ;he 5orth "ietnamese o!!ensive #ontin%es as ire ase astone& 2 milesest o! )%e& !alls to the #omm%nists( ire ase irminham& 9 miles to the east& as also %nderheavy atta#$( As !ihtin intensi!ied all a#ross the northern provin#e o! +o%th "ietnam& m%#h o!)%es #ivilian pop%lation tried to es#ape so%th to Da 5an( arther so%th in the Central )ihlands&2& 5orth "ietnamese troops #onvered on ont%m& en#ir#lin it and #%ttin it o!!( nly 6=miles north o! +aion& An 0o# lay %nder siee and #ontin%ed to ta$e a p%mmelin !rom 5orth"ietnamese artillery& ro#$ets& and ro%nd atta#$s( ;o the Ameri#an #ommand in +aion& it appearedthat +o%th "ietnam as on the vere o! total de!eat by the 5orth "ietnamese& b%t the +o%th"ietnamese ere able to hold o%t(

• Apr 28 1.= @ "ietnam: *eneral Cao "an "ien& #hie! o! the +o%th "ietnamese military& departs !orthe U+ as the 5orth "ietnamese Army #losed in on vi#tory(

• Apr 28 186 @ ;he United +tates 5avy air#ra!t #arrier U++


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• Apr 2 199 @ WW//: ritish aent 5an#y Wa$e& a leadin !i%re in the ren#h esistan#e and the*estapo,s most anted person& para#h%tes ba#$ into ran#e to be#ome a liaison beteen 0ondon andthe lo#al maI%is ro%p(

• Apr 2 19= @ WW/: attle o! the 0ys @ ;he 22 day battle hi#h as part o! the *erman sprino!!ensive ends( Cas%alties and losses: Allies 12& @ *er 12&(

• Apr 2 19= @ WW2: ;he *erman army in /taly %n#onditionally s%rrenders to the Allies(

• Apr 2 19= @ WW2 - %ehrerb%n$er: Adol! )itler marries his lontime partner


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• Apr 2 1= @ Cold War: /n response to +enator Boseph '#Carthys #hare that !ormer +tateDepartment #ons%ltant and %niversity pro!essor en 0attimore as a top +oviet spy in the United+tates& +e#retary o! +tate Dean A#heson and three !ormer se#retaries o! state deny that 0attimore hadany in!l%en#e on U(+( !orein poli#y( ;he 0attimore #ase as one o! the most !amo%s episodes o! thered s#areE in the United +tates(

• Apr 2 1. @ "ietnam: U(+( and +o%th "ietnamese !or#es la%n#h a limited in#%rsionE intoCambodia( ;he #ampain in#l%ded 13 ma7or ro%nd operations to #lear 5orth "ietnamesesan#t%aries 2 miles inside the Cambodian border( +ome =& +o%th "ietnamese soldiers and3& U(+( troops ere involved& ma$in it the larest operation o! the ar sin#e perationB%n#tion City in 16.(

• Apr 2 1.1 @ "ietnam: U(+( #as%alty !i%res !or April 18 to April 29 are released( ;he 9= $illedd%rin that time bro%ht total U(+( losses !or the "ietnam War to 9=&1 sin#e 161( ;hese !i%resmade +o%theast Asia !o%rth in total losses s%stained by the U(+( d%rin a ar& topped only by then%mber o! losses in#%rred d%rin the Civil War& World War /& and World War //(

• 2 Apr 1.= @ "ietnam: peration reI%ent Wind - ;he larest heli#opter eva#%ation on re#ord&

beins removin the last Ameri#ans !rom +aion( /n 1 ho%rs& 81 heli#opters #arried more than1& Ameri#ans and almost 6& "ietnamese to air#ra!t #arriers o!!shore( At .:=3 a(m( on April 3&the last heli#opter li!ted o!! the roo$ o! the embassy and headed o%t to sea( 0ater that mornin& 5orth"ietnamese tan$s #rashed thro%h the ates o! the Presidential Pala#e( 5orth "ietnamese Col( %i;in a##epted the s%rrender !rom *en( D%on "an 'inh& ho had ta$en over !rom ;ran "an )%on>ho only spent one day in poer a!ter President 5%yen "an ;hie% !led?( ;he "ietnam War asover(

• Apr 2 1 @ Cold War: Wre#$in #ranes bean tearin don erlin Wall at randenb%r *ate

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• Apr 2 29 @ ;he 5ational World War // 'emorial opens in Washinton& D(C(& to tho%sands o!visitors& providin overd%e re#onition !or the 16 million U(+( men and omen ho served in thear( ;he memorial is lo#ated on .(9 a#res on the !ormer site o! the ainbo Pool at the 5ational'all beteen the Washinton 'on%ment and the 0in#oln 'emorial( ;he Capitol dome is seen to theeast& and Arlinton Cemetery is 7%st a#ross the Potoma# iver to the est(

• Apr 3 193 @ WW2: peration 'in#emeat @ ;he s%bmarine )'+ +eraph s%r!a#es in the

'editerranean +ea o!! the #oast o! +pain to deposit a dead man planted ith !alse invasion plans anddressed as a ritish military intellien#e o!!i#er(

• Apr 3 19= @ WW2: )oled %p in a b%n$er %nder his headI%arters in erlin& Adol! )itler and hisne i!e #ommit s%i#ide by salloin a #yanide #aps%le and shootin themselves in the head()itler and ra%ns bodies ere hastily #remated in the #han#ellery arden& as +oviet !or#es #losed inon the b%ildin( When the +oviets rea#hed the #han#ellery& they removed )itlers ashes& #ontin%ally#hanin their lo#ation so as to prevent )itler devotees !rom #reatin a memorial at his !inal restin pla#e( arl Donit4 be#omes his s%##essor( +oon a!ter& *ermany %n#onditionally s%rrendered to theAllied !or#es& endin )itlers dreams o! a 1&-yearE ei#h( )is remains ere never lo#ated(

• Apr 3 1.= @ "ietnam: all o! +aion( Comm%nist !or#es ain #ontrol o! +aion( ;he "ietnam

War !ormally ends ith the %n#onditional s%rrender o! +o%th "ietnamese president D%on "an'inh(

• Apr 3 29 @ U(+( media release raphi# photos o! Ameri#an soldiers ab%sin and sex%allyh%miliatin /raIi prisoners at Ab% *hraib prison(

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