Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews
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April Fools Day
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1834– The birthday a French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi who created the Statue of Liberty 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen was born |
1934 - Jane Goodall was born 1693 - The inventor John Harrison was born
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1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. Was killed
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1856 – Educator and leader, Booker T. Washington, was born 1827 – Dr. Joseph Lister, founder of antiseptic surgery, was born |
1909 - Robert E. Peary reached the North Pole
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Buddha’s birthday
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1866 – The Civil Right’s Bill was passed by Congress 1865 – The American Civil War ended |
1970 - An accident took place on the Apollo 13 spacecraft. |
1955 – Anniversary of the development of a safe polio vaccine |
1743 – The birthday of Thomas Jefferson, American President 1962 - Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" was published
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1866 – The Birthday of Helen Keller’s “Teacher,” Anne Sullivan |
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1817 – The first public American school for the deaf was founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. 1912 – The luxury liner “Titanic” sank on her maiden voyage 1947 – Jackie Robinson played his first game in the Major Leagues breaking the color barrier in baseball 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci was born |
1867 - The birthday of Wilbur Wright, powered flight pioneer. |
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1775 – Paul Revere made his famous ride from Boston to Concord 1906 – San Francisco was rocked by an earthquake that destroyed much of the city |
1775 – The American Revolution began with the battles of Lexington and Concord
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1933 – Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt went on a flight together |
1838 - The birthday of John Muir, naturalist, writer, and environmental activist.
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St. George's Day (UK) 1564 – The birthday and death anniversary of William Shakespeare
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1874 – The birthday of Guglielmo Marconi – the inventor of wireless telegraphy |
1785 – The birthday of naturalist John James Audubon 1822 - The birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, the great landscape architect. |
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan died in the Philippines 27th, 1791 – Samuel Morse was born 1927 - The birthday of Coretta Scott King
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28th, 1789 – The anniversary of the Mutiny on the Bounty
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1899 – The birthday of musician and composer “Duke” Ellington |
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