Todayâs Highlight in History:
On April 2, 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
On this date:
In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, because of advancing Union forces.
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, âThe world must be made safe for democracy.â (Congress declared war four days later.)
In 1932, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh and John F. Condon went to a cemetery in The Bronx, New York, where Condon turned over $50,000 to a man in exchange for Lindberghâs kidnapped son. (The child, who was not returned, was found dead the following month.)