April 16, 2020 This Day in History: April 16 Martin Luther King Jr. writes his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”; Charlie Chaplin is born; rap star Kendrick Lamar is awarded the Pulitzer for music.
April 15, 2020 This Day in History: April 15 Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black Major League player, makes his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
April 13, 2020 This Day in History: April 13 Thomas Jefferson is born; Right-to-die advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian is sentenced in Pontiac, Mich. to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder.
April 11, 2020 Jim Lovell on 50 years since Apollo 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell recounts Apollo 13 launch 50 years later.
April 11, 2020 This Day in History: April 11 Frank Sinatra records the song “Strangers in the Night” for his label, Reprise Records; Apollo 13 blasts off on its ill-fated mission to the moon; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested
April 10, 2020 This Day in History: April 10 The Titanic sets sail; Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey purchases the contract of Jackie Robinson; comedian Sam Kinison is killed in a car crash.
April 8, 2020 This Day in History: April 8 Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's record; Kurt Cobain dies; and more.
April 7, 2020 This Day in History: April 7 President Dwight D. Eisenhower holds a news conference in which he speaks of the importance of containing the spread of communism in Indochina, saying, "You have a row of dominoes set up, you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is the certainty that it will go over very quickly."
April 5, 2020 This Day in History: April 5 World boxing champion Jack Johnson is knocked out; British Prime Minister Winston Churchill resigns; Howard Hughes dies.
April 4, 2020 This Day in History: April 4 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated; Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen; Beyonce and Jay-Z are married; and more.