Monthly Archives: April 2024

History

On this day May 1

 

Today in History

  • 1978 Naomi Uemura becomes of the first person to reach the North Pole alone

    The Japanese adventurer is also credited with the first solo ascent of Mount McKinley and the first solo rafting of the Amazon river. He disappeared in 1984 during a winter ascent of Mount McKinley.

  • 1961 Fidel Castro declares Cuba a socialist nation and bans elections

    A month after Cuban troops had fought off a U.S. backed military invasion at the Bay of Pigs, Castro announces that “The revolution has no time for elections.”

  • 1945 Adolf Hitler’s death is announced on German radio

    As the Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, the German people are informed that “our leader, Adolf Hitler, has fallen for Germany, fighting to his last breath against Bolshevism.”

  • 1925 The world’s largest trade union is founded

    The All-China Federation of Trade Unions has more than 300 million members.

  • 1840 The world’s first adhesive postage stamp is issued in the United Kingdom

    The Penny Black shows a portrait of Queen Victoria. Despite its historical significance, the stamp can be bought for around £25 as over 68 million copied

 

History

On this day April 29

Today in History

  • 1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention becomes effective

    The arms control treaty prohibits the production, storage, and use of chemical weapons. It has so far been ratified by some 190 countries.

  • 1992 Deadly riots erupt in Los Angeles

    53 people died in the riots, which started after the acquittal of the 4 Los Angeles police officers accused of the brutal beating of Rodney King.

  • 1975 Hubert van Es takes the famous picture of a helicopter airlift from a Saigon rooftop

    The image shows South Vietnamese civilians employed by the U.S. trying to escape Saigon on the day before the city’s fall. It came to symbolize the American defeat in Vietnam.

  • 1968 The musical Hair goes to Broadway

    As a portrait of the 1960s hippie counterculture and sexual revolution, it was highly controversial at the time. Some of the musical’s songs became anthems of the peace movement during the Vietnam War.

  • 1945 A day before committing suicide, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun marry

    On the same day, U.S. troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp near Munich.

 

Crime

Police seek public assistance

Police seek public assistance in robbery investigation – Lake Drive

Story Harvested From Saint John Police Dept

 

File: 24-2911

The Saint John Police Major Crime Unit are seeking information, witnesses, and video footage in connection with a robbery that occurred on Lake Drive

On Saturday, April 27, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., officers responded to reports of a robbery involving two suspects.

It is alleged that:

-A 36-year-old woman was driving in Haymarket Square when she was struck by another vehicle. The vehicle was described as a white sedan. It followed her as she pulled into a parking lot

-One man and one woman got out of the vehicle and approached the victim’s vehicle. Both were described as being in their forties.

-There was a struggle and the woman’s purse was stolen.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone in the area that has video footage or surveillance of the incident at the time it occurred.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Saint John Police Force at 1-506-648-3333, visit Submit a Tip | Saint John Police Force, or if you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or 1-800-222-T.I.P.S.

History

On this day April 27

 

Today in History

  • 2005 The Airbus A380 takes to the skies for the first time

    The double-deck airliner is the world’s largest commercial jet.

  • 1994 South African citizens of all races are allowed to vote in a general election for the first time

    The 1994 general election was held precisely 44 years after Apartheid was formalized by the government with the passing of the Group Areas Act.

  • 1992 For the first time in its 700-year history, the British House of Commons is presided over by a female Speaker

    Betty Boothroyd served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000.

  • 1961 Sierra Leone becomes an independent republic

    The West African country’s first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, ended over 150 years of British colonial rule.

  • 1810 Ludwig van Beethoven composes “Für Elise”

    “Bagatelle No. 25” for solo piano is one of the German composer’s most popular works and one of the most recognized melodies in the history of music.