Today in History: April 5, FDR establishes Civilian Conservation Corps
The present day is Saturday April the th day of There are days left in the year Nowadays in history On April as part of his New Deal programs President Franklin D Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps CCC a Depression-era work relief effort for single men aged - the scheme employed more than million men for federal conservation and safety projects over its nine-year history Also on this date In Pocahontas the daughter of Tsenacommacah chief Powhatan married Englishman John Rolfe a widower in the Virginia Colony Related Articles Nowadays in History April Martin Luther King Jr assassinated in Memphis In contemporary times in History April Unabomber arrested in Montana In the modern day in History April Pope John Paul II dies at Currently in History April US forces invade Okinawa during World War II In the modern day in History March Bruce Lee s son accidentally shot to death on movie set In the British Parliament passed the American Revenue Act of also known as the Sugar Act In in Tuscumbia Alabama lecturer Anne Sullivan achieved a breakthrough as her -year-old deaf-blind pupil Helen Keller learned the meaning of the word water as spelled out in the Manual Alphabet In Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union They were executed in June In two American servicemen and a Turkish woman were killed in the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque an happening that prompted a U S air raid on Libya nine days later In former Sen John Tower R-Texas his daughter Marian and other people were killed in a commuter plane crash near Brunswick Georgia In Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain died by suicide in his Seattle Washington home at age In a coal dust explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine near Charleston West Virginia killed workers Nowadays s Birthdays Actor Michael Moriarty is Actor Max Gail is Singer Agnetha F ltskog ABBA is Rapper-actor Christopher Kid Reid Kid n Play is Rock musician Mike McCready Pearl Jam is Country musician Pat Green is Musician-producer Pharrell Williams is Rapper-producer Juicy J is Actor Sterling K Brown is Actor Hayley Atwell is Actor Lily James is
