Last week's photos:
1979 Three Mile Island
1981 Ronald Reagan shot
1853 Van Gogh born
1513 Ponce De Leon
Last year we looked at obscure holidays. This year, let’s look at major world events that occurred each week. Make your best guess in the comments as to the years of each event. No googling!
Week #14
April 3, ____ - The first Pony Express rider left St. Joseph, Missouri. For $5 an ounce, letters were delivered 2,000 miles to California within ten days. The service lasted less than two years, until the beginning of the telegraph.
April 4, ____ - Twelve nations signed the treaty creating NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
April 6, ____ - After a break of 1500 years, the first Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens, Greece.
April 9, ____ - The US Civil War ended as General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox.
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