American chronicles

Human Events | April 17, 1998| | Copyright

200 YEARS AGO, APRIL 30,1798, the U.S. Navy Department was created. And on April 20, Joseph Hopkinson published the patriotic song, "Hail Columbia."

150 YEARS AGO, APRIL 3,1848, the

Chicago Board of Trade, later the world's largest commodities exchange, held its first meeting, on South Water Street. Later that same year, the Great Lakes were linked up with the Mississippi River by canals; telegraphs and railroads reached Chicago; and the first stockyards and steam-powered grain elevators began service there. 100 YEARS AGO APRIL 24, 1898, the Spanish-American War officially began when Spain ...

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