1. This Month in History: April Connecting Historical Events with Related Digital Content 2012 Copyright New Dimension Media

2. 1917 Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany. 1948 Truman signs Marshall Plan giving $5 billion to 16 European countries. 1939 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated at 39 years of age. 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenburg sentenced to death for committing espionage for Soviet Union. 1862 The Battle of Shiloh begins. 1947, Dodgers purchase the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Royals. 1865 Lee surrenders his army to Union Gen.Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. 1951 Truman relieves MacArthur of duties in Korea. 1633 Galileo convicted of heresy. 1743 Thomas Jefferson is born. 1889 Charlie Chaplin is born. 1790 Ben Franklin dies. 1942 Doolittle leads raid on Toyko. 1897 First Boston Marathon. 1973 Pablo Picasso dies at home in Mougins, France at 91 years of age. 1999 Columbine massacre. 1564 William Shakespeare is born. 1922 Forensic evidence is introduced in Australia. 1859 Ground broke for Suez Canal. 1954 Polio vaccine trials begin. 1947 "Babe Ruth Day" held at Yankee Stadium to honor ailing baseball star. 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. 2012 Copyright New Dimension Media

3. Don't just talk about history; show your students history! 2012 Copyright New Dimension Media

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