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| School Rank | Graduate Mathematics |
| 1 | University of Delaware Department of Mathematical Sciences Address: 501 Ewing Hall, Newark, DE 19716-2553 Admissions Phone: (302) 831-2346 Admissions E-mail: gradsec@math.udel.edu Admissions Website: http://www.math.udel.edu |
April in the U.S. History
April 1
1621 Colonists of Plymouth Colony (present-day Massachusetts) made an alliance with the Wampanoag Indians.
1789 The first meeting of the US House of Representatives was held in New York.
1936 In Arkansas, notorious gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano was arrested while relaxing in the hot springs of Arkansas.
1954 US President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the creation of the US Air Force Academy in Colorado.
1960 The first meteorological satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, transmitting a television image of the Earth from orbit.
1970 US President Richard Nixon signed a law banning cigarette advertising on television and radio.
1976 Apple was founded.
April 2
1513 Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the east coast of Florida.
1792 The US Congress created the first mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1872 Victoria Woodhull of Ohio becomes the first woman to run for President of the United States.
1932 A ransom was paid in New Jersey for Charles Lindbergh’s kidnapped child.
1992 Mafia boss John Gotti was sentenced to life in New York State.
April 3
1776 The Continental Congress authorized privateers (privateers, corsairs) to attack British ships.
1776 George Washington received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University in Massachusetts.
1860 The Pony Express mail service began operating, delivering messages from Missouri to California.
1865 During the American Civil War, the Northern army captured the Confederate capital of Richmond in Virginia.
1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted of kidnapping Charles Lindbergh’s son, was executed in New Jersey.
1948 US President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan to help European countries.
1973 The world’s first mobile phone call was made in New York.
1996 Theodore Kaczynski aka Unabomber was arrested in Montana.
April, 4
1818 The US Congress legalized the US flag with thirteen stripes and one star for each state.
1960 The motion picture “Ben-Hur” won eleven “Oscar” awards.
1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
1973 The official opening ceremony of the World Trade Center was held in New York.
1975 Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
5th of April
1614 Virginia Pocahontas married John Rolfe.
1792 US President George Washington uses veto for the first time.
April 6
1808 John Astor founded the “American Fur Company”, which played a huge role in the development of the US West.
1830 Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York State.
1832 The ” Black Hawk War ” began in Illinois.
1909 Pennsylvania native Robert Peary becomes the first explorer to reach the North Pole.
1917 The United States of America declared war on Germany and thereby entered the First World War.
April 7
1788 The beginning of the development of the Midwest of the USA – the first American settlement was founded in Ohio (the city of Marietta).
1798 Mississippi Territory was created.
1805 After wintering at Fort Mandan, North Dakota, the Lewis and Clark Expedition continued west.
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter severed diplomatic relations with Iran due to hostage-taking at the American embassy.
April 8
1913 The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, introducing the direct election of senators to the US Congress.
1935 At the initiative of US President Franklin Roosevelt, Congress decided to create a “Public Works Development Administration”, which provided employment for millions of people during the Great Depression.
1974 In Atlanta, Georgia, baseball player Hank Aaron broke the Major League Baseball record for career home runs hit by Babe Ruth.
April 9
1585 An expedition organized by Walter Raleigh set out from England, establishing a colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.
1682 Frenchman René de La Salle reached the mouth of the Mississippi and declared the lands explored by him and named ” Louisiana ” to belong to France.
1859 Twenty-three-year-old Samuel Clemens (later known as Mark Twain) was licensed as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi.
1865 The actual end of the American Civil War: in Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant.
1959 NASA announced the selection of the first seven American astronauts, including Alan Shepard.
April 10th
1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the first animal welfare organization in the United States, was founded in New York.
1872 In Nebraska, the first ” Arboring Day ” was held – one of the unofficial holidays in the United States.
1878 The California Street Cable Car Railroad began operations in San Francisco, California, creating the world’s oldest cable car system still in operation.
1925 Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, one of the most famous works of American literature, was published in New York.
1963 The nuclear submarine Thresher sank off the coast of Massachusetts, killing over a hundred of the crew.