Don't Know Much About History

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.