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The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937. April 25, 2005.
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The Greeks connive their way into Troy. April 24, 1184 bce.
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The first known appearance in print (within the NY Journal) of the term hillbillie. April 23, 1900.
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The United States mints the 2 cent coin, upon which is the 1st appearance of "In God We Trust". April 22, 1864.
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Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing. April 21, 1986.
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, widely considered to be the first detective story, is published. April 20, 1841.
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Joan of Arc receives beatification. April 19, 1909.
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The 10th victim of the Mad Butcher (a.k.a. the Cleveland Torso Murderer) is found in the Cuyahoga River. April 18, 1938.
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Christopher Columbus signs a contract with Spain to find Indies. April 17, 1492.
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A solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. April 16, 1178 BC.
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First of four blood moons, a lunar tetrad also encompassing a pink moon and a paschal full moon, to arrive between today and 28 September, 2015. April 15, 2014.
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Ray Kroc opens the very first franchise McDonald's fast food restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. April 15, 1955.
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U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth. April 14, 1865.
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CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA. April 13, 1953.
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I don't have to tell you what I felt when it was suggested that I should make this flight, the first in history. Was it joy? No, it was something more than that. Pride? No, it was not just pride. I felt great happiness. To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage single handed in an unprecedented duel with nature - could anyone dream of anything greater than that?
Yuri Gagarin's speech before his departure on Vostok 1," Russian Archives Online
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The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1). April 12, 1961.
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Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. April 11, 1241.
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