On this date in 1429, during the Hundred Years’ War, the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc leads a French force in relieving the city of Orleans, besieged by the English since October. Read more via this link.
Personal Postscript: Mark Twain wrote a wonderful book about Joan of Arc. It was his favorite.
“…With over 66 detective novels under her belt, this ranking highlights 10 of [Agatha] Christie’s best books based on commercial success, critical acclaim and the impact of her work on the mystery genre…”
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. Continue reading via this link.
Personal Postscript: I highly recommend the book shown below. Morse is prominently featured.
April 28, 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
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April 26, 1954 – The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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On April 25, 1945, President Harry S. Truman learns the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists are attempting to create the first atomic bomb. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the world’s first weapon of mass destruction.
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