1818 – US Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot Agreement, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes
1854 – Franz Liszt’s symphonic poem “Mazeppa” premieres at the Court Theatre in Weimar
1924 – 1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
1940 – New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Ruppert in Monument Park, Yankee Stadium
1977 – Alex Haley finds his Roots in Juffure, Gambia
1982 – Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada’s new constitution
1983 – Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
2003 – Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens, admitting 10 new member states to the European Union
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 15th April 2026
1658 – Battle of Dharmat won by future Moghul emperor Aurangzeb, who defeats his brother and designated heir Dara Shikoh
1861 – Federal army of 75,000 volunteers is mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War
1865 – Mobile, Alabama is captured by Union forces after a siege led by General Canby
1963 – Steve Allen’s musical “Sophie”, based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
1986 – Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
1994 – Jazz singer Tony Bennett records a session for “MTV’s Unplugged” series at Sony Studios, NYC, featuring the Ralph Sharon trio, and guest appearances by Elvis Costello, and k.d.lang; album release wins 2 Grammy Awards
1997 – Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
2020 – South Korea is 1st country to hold a general election under COVID-19, President Moon Jae-in’s ruling Democratic party wins in a landslide
Historical Events for 14th April 2026
1847 – Persia and Ottoman Turkey sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1922 – Irish Republican Army rebels occupy the Four Courts (government buildings) in Dublin
1931 – Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 2-0 for a 3-2 series win; Canadiens’ back-to-back Championships
1972 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes 24 bombs in towns and cities across Northern Ireland
1980 – First Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1988 – Michael Rupert and Jerry Colker’s musical “Mail” opens at Music Box Theater, NYC; runs for 37 performances
1992 – Revival of Frank Loesser’s musical “Guys and Dolls” starring Nathan Lane opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, runs for 1,143 performances, and wins 4 Tony Awards
2012 – J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website “Pottermore”
Historical Events for 13th April 2026
1882 – Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
1909 – In Constantinople the primarily Albanian First Army Corps seizes the parliament building and telegraphs offices, forcing the Ottoman statesman Hilmi Pasha to resign
1928 – 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl)
1964 – 36th Academy Awards: “Tom Jones” (Best Film), Patricia Neal (Hud), and Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) win; Poitier is the first Black actor in a leading role to win a competitive Oscar
1975 – Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war
1983 – Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1990 – Final episode of Pat Sajak’s late night TV show on CBS
1997 – Rare double doubleheader played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A’s vs Yankees in NY after rain previous day
Historical Events for 12th April 2026
1869 – North Carolina legislature passes anti-Ku Klux Klan Law
1931 – Spanish voters reject the monarchy
1946 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her first major title by 2 strokes from Eileen Stulb
1955 – Polio vaccine tested by Jonas Salk announced to be ‘safe and effective’ and is given full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration
1957 – Jim Spalding set a 2,088 pin nine-game bowling record
1961 – Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into space and orbit Earth, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft
1975 – Six Catholic civilians are killed in a Ulster Volunteer Force gun and grenade attack on Strand Bar in Belfast, North Ireland
1980 – Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)
Historical Events for 11th April 2026
1926 – Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1941 – Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1952 – The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
1955 – Garfield Sobers starts run of 85 uninterrupted Test Cricket appearances for West Indies
1993 – 450 prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continue for ten days, citing grievances about prison conditions and the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis)
1996 – Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “The King and I”, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy, premieres at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 781 performances
2021 – 74th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) held virtually: “Nomadland” best film, Chloé Zhao best director, Frances McDormand, Anthony Hopkins best acting awards
2024 – Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death for embezzlement, bribery and banking violations worth 304 trillion dong ($12.46 billion), the country’s largest-ever fraud case
Historical Events for 10th April 2026
1589 – Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg after the garrison of English and Dutch troops surrenders
1957 – Jordan’s Arabist government of Suleiman Nabulsi is forced to resign after escalating policy disputes with the royal family
1964 – Demolition begins in Upper Manhattan, New York City on Polo Grounds sports stadium (home to MLB Giants, 1891-1957, Mets, 1962-63, and NFL Jets, 1960-63) to clear way for housing project
1968 – 40th Academy Awards: “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger and Katharine Hepburn win
1979 – Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian
2005 – At 16 years, 271 days James Vaughan scores for Everton in a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park; becomes youngest goalscorer in EPL history
2016 – 80th US Masters Tournament: England’s Danny Willett wins his first major title, 3 strokes ahead of Lee Westwood and defending champion Jordan Spieth
2024 – South Korea’s liberal opposition party wins landslide majority in the country’s general election – a defeat for President Yoon Suk Yeol, amid claims he was brought down by a spring onion
Historical Events for 9th April 2026
1917 – Battle of Arras begins
1973 – Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1980 – Los Angeles Kings tie NHL record with two shorthanded playoff goals (vs NY Islanders)
1984 – 56th Academy Awards: “Terms of Endearment”, Robert Duvall and Shirley Maclaine win
1992 – Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
1992 – William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
2021 – Uganda opposition party National Unity Platform Party, headed by Bobi Wine, claims 623 people have been abducted and tortured by the government of President Yoweri Museveni
2023 – Kuwaiti media outlet, Kuwaiti News unveils virtual news presenter on Twitter speaking Arabic, using artificial intelligence (although China was the 1st in 2018)
Historical Events for 8th April 2026
1759 – British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India
1933 – Manchester Guardian warns of unknown Nazi terror
1939 – King Zog I of Albania flees after Italy invades
1941 – In his 4th title defense in 9 weeks Joe Louis beats Tony Musto by TKO in the 9th round at the Arena, Saint Louis, Missouri to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown
1972 – Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
1983 – In front of a live audience of 20 tourists, David Copperfield makes the Statue of Liberty disappear
1989 – California Angels pitcher Jim Abbott, born without his right hand, makes MLB debut, lasting only 4 2/3 innings
2018 – 82nd US Masters Tournament: Patrick Reed wins his first major title, 1 stroke ahead of fellow American Rickie Fowler
Historical Events for 7th April 2026
1655 – Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Pope Alexander VII
1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St John Passion” premieres on Good Friday at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)
1939 – Italy invades Albania
1978 – Guttenberg bible sells for $2,000,000 in New York City
1984 – Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas
2012 – Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi
2019 – Retiring NBA legends Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas) and Dwyane Wade (Miami) play their final home games, both victories; Magic Johnson sensationally quits as LA Lakers president of basketball operations; Houston Rockets convert NBA record 27 three-point field goals in 149-113 win over Phoenix