Fox Nation Patriot's Almanac

Contrary to popular belief, Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball in Cooperstown, NY.

Pascua Florida Day is observed due to Juan Ponce de León landing in Florida on April 2, 1513.

The shattered state of Europe post WWII led to a continent breeding would-be dictators.

Martin Luther King Jr. was struck by an assassin's bullet on the evening of April 4, 1968.

On April 5, 1860, two men on horseback crossed the Western frontier resulting in the Pony Express.

The United States declares war on Germany and officially joins World War I on April 6, 1917.

On April 7, 1862, two dozen men meet in Tennessee to hatch the Great Locomotive Chase scheme.

Henry Aaron's approach to baseball and to life is to always keep swinging.

Robert E. Lee's starving, exhausted Confederate army led to the end of the Civil War in April 1865.

"The Great Gatsby," written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published on April 10, 1925.

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 launched from Cape Canaveral carrying three astronauts.

The Battle of Fort Sumter occurs on April 12, 1861, beginning a divisive period in America's history.

Thomas Jefferson, the third United States president, is born April 13, 1743.

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.

The Titanic sunk after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912.

The deadliest school shooting to date took place at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.

On April 17, 1942, the aircraft carrier USS Hornet moved west across the Pacific targeting Tokyo.

On April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage ordered 700 troops to form Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.

The American Revolution begins on April 19, 1775, in the villages near Boston, MA.

BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig kills and injures workers on April 20, 2010.

Lieutenant Butch O'Hare receives the Congressional Medal of Honor on April 21, 1942.

U.S. coin currency displays America's national motto, In God We Trust stemming from the Civil War.

One of the most famous sports venues, Wrigley Field, opens its doors in Illinois on April 23, 1914.

On April 24, 1800, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. opened.

NASA's Hubble Telescope goes into orbit on April 25, 1990.

The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery sail into Chesapeake Bay from England on April 26, 1607.

On April 27, 2006, America begins construction on the new World Trade Center in New York City.

James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States, was born on April 28, 1758.

The United States withdraws its forces from Southeast Asia on April 29, 1975.

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first president to appear on television on April 30, 1939.