April 8,
1513: Ponce de Leon landed in Florida near the present site of St. Augustine.
1812: Louisiana admitted to the Union.
April 9,
1691: La Salle reached the Mississippi.
1870: Nikoli Lenin, founder of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, born.
1912: Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor established.
April 10,
1790: U.S. patent system established.
1847: Joseph Pulitzer born in Hungary.
1866: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals chartered.
[Lucky's still alive & kickin' by the way.]
April 11,
1862: Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1930-1941), born.
April 12,
1776: Halifax Resolution of Independence adopted in North Carolina. "The example of North Carolina was influential in bringing about the adoption of the Declaration of Independence."
1777: Henry Clay, "brilliant and beloved statesman, orator, and political leader," born.
Dates, information and quotes from Anniversaries and Holidays: A Calendar of Days and How to Observe Them by Mary Emogene Hazeltine published by American Library Association (Chicago) in 1944.
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