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Today in History: April 25, Union fleet captures New Orleans
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn April 25, 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe (EL’-beh) River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. In 404 B.C., the Peloponnesian ...
Today in History: July 16, Apollo 11 heads to the moon
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOn July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy in Florida on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon. In 1790, a site along the Potomac River was designated the permanent ...