The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States
and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas which  
resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and
Latin America. Spain declared war on the United States on April 24,
followed by a U.S. declaration of war on the 25th, which was made
retroactive to April 21, the day the blockade of Cuba had begun. 

Teddy Roosevelt charging up the San Juan Heights with the
Rough Riders.

The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on Saturday, April 18, 1942,
was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other
locations on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air strike to strike
the Japanese Home Islands. It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to
American air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941, and provided an important boost to
American morale. The raid was planned and led by Lieutenant Colonel James
"Jimmy" Doolittle (below) of the United States Army Air Forces.

Mission commander Jimmy Doolittle (left front) with members
of his Tokyo Raiders. 

Jimmy Doolittle in his North American B-25B

On May 19, 1942, President Roosevelt bestows Congressional
Medal of Honor on Brigadier General James Doolittle for the
successful raid on Tokyo.

James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle
(December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993)

ED DONAHUE

It was on this day in 1994 the civil war erupted in Rwanda.

Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, is shown as he
took part in the first successful public demonstration of inter-
city television broadcasting on this day in 1927.

Henry Ford’s first car was the Quadricycle, seen here with Ford
in 1896.

It was on this day in 1947.

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947)

On this day in 1949.

ROSS SIMPSON

On this day in 1917

Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the
first men to reach the North Pole on this day in 1909.

First modern Olympic Games on this day in 1896. 

SANDY KOZEL

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech just 24 hours
before he was assassinated.

It was on this day in 1936 when Bruno Richard Hauptmann was
executed. 

Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son, Charles Lindbergh, Jr.

On this day in 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed the European Recovery Program, better known as the Marshall Plan, into law.

Marlon Brando (1940) military school photo.

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)