Saturday, April 24, 2010
Today In History: April 24, 2010
1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).
1898 Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1915 The Armenian Genocide began with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
1916 Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett start a rebellion in Ireland.
1918 First tank to tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
1898 Spain declares war on US rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba
1915 The Armenian Genocide began with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople (now Istanbul).
1916 Easter Rising begins: The Irish Republican Brotherhood led by nationalists Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett start a rebellion in Ireland.
1918 First tank to tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.
1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs
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