It was on 5 May 1981, that Member of Parliament and Irish political prisoner Bobby Sands died while conducting a 66 day hunger-strike. He was 27 years old. While serving a sentence in the notorious …
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Herbert Aptheker – This Week’s Jewish American Heritage Profile
Herbert Aptheker was an American historian and political activist. He wrote more than 50 books, mostly in the fields of African-American history and general U.S. history, most notably, ‘American Negro Slave Revolts’ (1943), and the …
The Beginning of the End
30 April marks that day in 1973 on which John Ehrlichman resigned his position at the White House as the Watergate break-in and cover up scandal intensified. John Ehrlichman was born in Tacoma, Washington in …
The Sands of Oxus
27 April marks the birth of Tajik poet, Sadriddin Ayni, in 1878. Sadriddin Ayni was born in a peasant family in the village of Soktare. He became an orphan at the age 12 and moved …
The Nature of Things
21 April marks the birthday of conservationist and nature writer John Muir, in 1838. He is frequently referred to as the ‘Father of the National Parks’, having petitioned the Congress for passage of the National …
Hizzoner
20 April marks the day Richard J. Daley was inaugurated for the first time as Mayor of the City of Chicago, in 1955. He would remain at this post until his death 21 years later. …
Lara’s Theme
It was on 18 April, 1966, that the film, ‘Dr. Zhivago’ won five of the 10 Academy Awards it was nominated for. The film follows the life and love of a medical student who gains …
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It was on this date, 15 April, in 1947, that Jackie Robinson, a US Army veteran and UCLA graduate, made his debut as the first African-American to take the field for a Major League baseball …
Ted Talk
On 10 April, 1899, Teddy Roosevelt would deliver the speech, “The Strenuous Life”, to the Hamilton Club in Chicago. The speech would outline his thoughts on US Foreign Policy, family, and recent American history. It …
April Congress Meeting
The University Staff Congress met on 18 April and among other business heard a briefing on the UW-Madison Master Plan from Gary Brown of the Department of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture. University Staff are …