----------ooOoo---------- April 24, 1916: Easter Rising begins in Ireland. The Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an arm...

_________________ A follow up on a recent Quote for the Day . . . Comments. . . _________________ Meaning: A reply given to someone who wi...

I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness.  If happiness happens, say thanks.  - Marlene Dietrich

----------ooOoo---------- April 23, 1984 Researchers discover the virus that causes AIDS. Aids, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, weak...

  -----------ooOoo---------- “There’s the rub. . . “ - Hamlet People like to rub statues, or parts of statues, whether for luck, we...

 

----------ooOoo---------- April 22, 1994 Rawandan Genocide: 35,000 Tutsis slaughtered by Hutus The Rwandan genocide, also known as the gen...

 

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”  ― Henry James

----------ooOoo---------- April 21, 1918 Manfred von Richtoffen shot down. Manfred von Richthofen (1892 – 1918), known in English as Bar...

  ----------ooOoo----------  AL JOLSON:   Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson) (1886 – October 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor,...

 

----------ooOoo---------- April 20, 1999 Columbine High School massacre. A school shooting and attempted bombing occurred on April 20, 199...

----------oooOooo---------- Jesus’s birth and resurrection are considered the two most important events and celebrations in the Christian ca...

 

----------ooOoo---------- April 19, 1770: Captain Cook sights Australia On this day in 1770 British explorer Captain James Cook first sigh...

----------oooOooo---------- From Bytes, April 13, 2017 ----------oooOooo---------- Vintage Easter Cards . . .  They had some peculiar ways i...