April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison
“How can you punish a man with so compelling a consciousness of the right?”
Apr 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
“To countless millions,” The Nation wrote, “he was America.”
Apr 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann’s Trial Begins in Jerusalem April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann’s Trial Begins in Jerusalem
“Staggeringly monstrous as Eichmann’s actions have been, there were causes for those actions and they can be comprehended.”
Apr 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 10, 1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Is Founded April 10, 1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Is Founded
Utilitarian arguments for animal rights in The Nation from the year the ASPCA was founded.
Apr 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 9, 1992: Manuel Noriega Is Convicted in a US Court April 9, 1992: Manuel Noriega Is Convicted in a US Court
“Should he spend the rest of his days in prison, justice will, in a sense, have been served. It should, however, have been left up to the Panamanians to make that decision.&r...
Apr 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 8, 1935: FDR Forms the Works Progress Administration April 8, 1935: FDR Forms the Works Progress Administration
“Through WPA the unemployed have redeemed the idea of work relief; the ‘boondogglers’ have made good.”
Apr 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 7, 1994: The Rwandan Genocide Begins April 7, 1994: The Rwandan Genocide Begins
“Uganda denies it, Egypt and South Africa will not comment, and France has yet to fully disclose its role.”
Apr 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens
The Games arrived, The Nation reported, “at a time when the frivolous policy of the best of Greek statesmen has landed the Greek kingdom in the slough of bankruptcy, and done the w...
Apr 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo Begins April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo Begins
"The shared experience of being, along with the city’s inhabitants, a sort of dead man on leave," Christopher Hitchens wrote, "makes for leveling of the more j...
Apr 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated
“You have to weep for this country.”
Apr 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac