Okinawa Invasion Begins
1945

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First Meeting of U.S. House
1789

The first time the new U.S. House of Representatives was able to achieve a quorum was on April 1, 1789, meeting in New York City.

Birth of Otto von Bismarck
1815

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First Wartime Conscription
1863

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Britain Establishes RAF
1918

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U.S. Launches First Weather Satellite
1960

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Nixon Bans TV Cigarette Ads
1970

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Passover (begins at sundown)

The Feast of Passover commemorates the escape of the Jews from bondage in Egypt. Also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread because their escape was so hastily arranged by God that there was not time to allow their bread to rise.

The escape, or Exodus, traditionally occurred sometime in the thirteenth century BC, and is detailed in the Bible in the book of the same name.