Today in History: April 23, Vietnam veterans stage protest at U.S. Capitol
The present day is Wednesday April the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On April hundreds of Vietnam War veterans opposed to the conflict protested by tossing their medals and ribbons over a wire fence constructed in front of the U S Capitol Also on this date In the Boston Latin School the first residents school in what would become the United States was established Related Articles Colorado s first-in-the-nation sperm donor rules just took effect Now lawmakers may roll particular back Nowadays in History April the Oklahoma Land Rush of At present in History April Prince dead at age This day in History April the Columbine High School shootings Currently in History April federal building bombed in Oklahoma City In Spain declared war on the United States which responded in kind two days later In over people trapped inside a dance hall died in the Rhythm Club Fire in Natchez Mississippi one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U S history In a federal ban on smoking during domestic airline flights of two hours or less accounting for of all U S flights went into effect In labor leader Cesar Chavez died in San Luis Arizona at age In the in recent times created video-sharing website YouTube uploaded its first clip Me at the Zoo which presented YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo In Boris Yeltsin Russia s first popularly elected president died in Moscow at age In a man plowed a rental van into crowds of pedestrians in Toronto killing people and leaving others hurt Alek Minassian was later convicted of counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison At present s Birthdays Actor Lee Majors is Actor Blair Brown is Actor Joyce DeWitt is Filmmaker-author Michael Moore is Actor Judy Davis is Actor Valerie Bertinelli is Actor-comedian George Lopez is Actor Melina Kanakaredes kah-nah-kah-REE -deez is Actor-wrestler John Cena is Retired MLB All-Star Andruw Jones is Comedian-TV host John Oliver is Actor Kal Penn is Actor-model Jaime King is Singer Taio Cruz is Actor Dev Patel is Model Gigi Hadid is Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim is Prince Louis of Wales is
