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April history 3 - Pony Express servicwe begins (1860) 6 - Firsst Olympics of the modern era held in Athens, Greece (1896) 8 - 17th Amendment ratified requiring diredct popular election of U.S. senators (1913) 11 - Civil Rights Act signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1968) 15 - Titanic sinks (1912) 19 - Revolutionary War in America begins (1775) 21 - Battle of San Jacinto happens; Texans defeat Mexican forces and achieve independence (1836) 28 - Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Captain Bligh on the shi8p Bounty (1789) 30 - George Washington beame the first U.S. President (1789)

April holidays: 5-Easter ~ 22-Earth Day

April Birthdays 1 - Debbie Reynolds 3 - Jane Goodall 4 - Gil Hodges 5 - Gregory Peck 5 - Spencer Tracy 7 - William Wordsworth 9 - W.C. Fields 15 - Leonardo da Vinci 19 - Eliot Ness 21 - Queen Elizabeth II 23 - Roy Orbison 26 - Carol Burnett 29 - Duke Ellington 30 - Chloris Leachman