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On this day for the United States
Events
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1794 - The government of the United States establishes a permanent
United States Navy and authorizes the building of six
frigates.
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1814 -
War of 1812: In central
Alabama, United States forces under
General
Andrew Jackson defeat the
Creek at the
Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
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1834 -
Andrew Jackson is censured by the U.S. Senate for his actions regarding the U.S. National Bank.
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1836 -
Texas Revolution:
Goliad massacre -
Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400
Texans at
Goliad, Texas.
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1846 -
Mexican–American War:
Siege of Fort Texas.
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1851 - First reported case of Europeans seeing
Yosemite Valley.
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1868 - The
Lake Ontario Shore Railroad
Company is organized in
Oswego, New York.
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1890 - A tornado strikes
Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.
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1943 - World War II:
Battle of the Komandorski Islands - In the
Aleutian Islands the battle begins when
United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at
Kiska.
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1945 - World War II:
Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
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1964 - The
Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a
magnitude of 9.2 strikes
South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of
Anchorage.
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1969 -
Mariner 7 is launched.
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1977 -
Tenerife airport disaster: Two
Boeing 747
airliners collide on a foggy runway on
Tenerife in the
Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 247 on KLM and 335 on PAN AM) and 61 survived on a PAN AM flight.
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1990 - The United States begins broadcasting
TV Martí to
Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
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1994 - One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the
Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in
Piedmont, Alabama during
Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
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1998 - The
Food and Drug Administration approves
Viagra for use as a treatment for male
impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
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2000 -
Phillips explosion of 2000 killed 1 and injured 71 in
Pasadena, Texas.