🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Tuesday, April 7. Today, we're taking a look at Jesus' crucifixion, the first TV broadcast, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, Tito, the Internet's birthday, and a lot more—quick and easy to understand!
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🚀 Time Machine
-30
Scholars estimate the crucifixion of Jesus by Roman troops in Jerusalem. (or April 3)
-529
The first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) was issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
-1927
First long-distance TV transmission: Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover's image is sent from D.C. to NYC by AT&T.
-1948
The United Nations forms the World Health Organization (WHO).
-1949
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific opens at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway, the most awarded show in New York theater history.
-1954
US President Eisenhower was the first to warn of a "domino effect" of communism in the Indochina region.
-1963
Tito is proclaimed president for life of the newly named Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
📸 Snapshot
This was what a 1890s grocery store looked like in the United States.
🗨️ Last Words
“One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.”