Today in History
Today is Wednesday, April 7, the 97th day of 2021. There are 268 days left in the year.
TodayÃs Highlight in History:
On April 7, 1915, jazz singer-songwriter Billie Holiday, also known as ìLady Day,î was born in Philadelphia.
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In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
In 1922, the Teapot Dome scandal had its beginnings as Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall signed a secret deal to lease U.S. Navy petroleum reserves in Wyoming and California to his friends, oilmen Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, in exchange for cash gifts.
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