1,001 Things You Didn't Know Happened in April: The History of the World in 30 Days. Sort Of ... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

April is an interesting month. Just through April, it’s possible to gain a fascinating glimpse of the history of the world. It’s a month full of wars, disasters, achievements, leaders great and not so great: • The American Civil War started and ended in April. • The founder of the three German empires or reichs, were all born in April. • The April Fifth Movement started in Tiananmen Square in 1976. So did the protests that would end as the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. • Buddha and Mohammed were both born in April. Christ was reborn in April. • The Louisiana Purchase and the Alaska Purchase were both made in April. • It’s the month Titanic went down and Chernobyl blew up. • For space nuts, the first man in space, the first Shuttle mission, the Apollo 13 and 16 missions, and the launches of the first navigation satellite, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Dong Fang Hong 1, the Hubble Space Telescope and Salyut 1, were all in April. • For car nuts: Benz, Chrysler, Ford, Hertz, Jellinek-Mercedes, Kimber (MG), Lamborghini, Michelin, and Royce were all born or died in April. And the Ford Mustang was born; the Oldsmobile died. • For tech geeks, Apple, Microsoft and Netscape were all founded in April. So is the birthday of the Internet, the invention of the integrated circuit, and the first publication of Moore’s Law. • Boxing legends and friends Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson died on the same day in April, eight years apart. Aviation pioneers Anthony Fokker and Donald Douglas were born on the same day in April, two years’ apart. • Virginia Tech, the Waco siege, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, all happened in April, among several other incidents. And … the universe began in April. Really. And we will first meet aliens in April. Really. If you want a quirky, unique take on the history of the world, read 1,001 Things You Didn’t Know Happened in April!