APRIL 6
1896:First modern Olympic Games opens in Athens, Greece, after a 1500 year ban.
1909:American explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson and four Eskimo
companions become the first people to reach the North Pole, although
controversy has surrounded the validity of their claim for the past
century.
1917: The U.S. Congress formally declares war upon Germany, bringing the United States into World War I on the side of the Allies. The global conflict had been raging since July 1914 and would ultimately claim the lives over 10 million men.
1930: James Dewar of the Continental Baking Company invents the Hostess Twinkie in Schiller Park, Ill.
1917: The U.S. Congress formally declares war upon Germany, bringing the United States into World War I on the side of the Allies. The global conflict had been raging since July 1914 and would ultimately claim the lives over 10 million men.
1930: James Dewar of the Continental Baking Company invents the Hostess Twinkie in Schiller Park, Ill.
1995:Craig
Newmark launches Craigslist for the city of San Francisco - the local
classifieds website would later become available in major cities across
the world.
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