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William D. Hoard (October 10, 1836 – November 22, 1918) was an American politician, newspaper publisher, and agriculture advocate who served as the 16th governor of Wisconsin from 1889 to 1891. Called the "father of modern dairying", Hoard's advocacy for scientific agriculture and the expansion of dairy farming has been credited with changing Wisconsin's agricultural economy. In his magazine Hoard's Dairyman, he promoted the use of silos and alfalfa for cattle feed, testing for bovine tuberculosis, and raising particular breeds of cattle for milk or meat. His work with the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association led to the export of Wisconsin dairy products to the East Coast, where they were renowned. As governor of Wisconsin, Hoard established the Dairy and Food Commission—one of the first food inspection agencies in the United States—and passed a short-lived education law that required all students in the state to be taught in English as part of the Americanization process for immigrants. (Full article...)

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In NCAA Division I basketball, the UConn Huskies win the women's championship (Most Outstanding Player Azzi Fudd pictured) and the Florida Gators win the men's championship.
South Korea's Constitutional Court removes Yoon Suk Yeol as the president of South Korea, following his earlier declaration of martial law.
US president Donald Trump announces trade tariffs on most countries.
Marine Le Pen, the runner-up in the 2017 and 2022 French presidential elections, is convicted of embezzlement and banned from standing in elections for five years.
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake leaves more than 5,300 people dead in Myanmar and Thailand.

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Admiral Scheer capsized in Kiel

April 9: Day of Valor in the Philippines (1942); Education and Sharing Day in the United States (2025); Vimy Ridge Day in Canada (1917)

193 – Year of the Five Emperors: Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops at Carnuntum in modern-day Austria.
1388 – Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.
1945 – The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer (pictured), the most successful capital-ship surface raider of the Second World War, was sunk by British bombers in port in Kiel.
2005 – Charles, Prince of Wales, married Camilla Parker Bowles in a civil ceremony at the Windsor Guildhall.
2021 – Myanmar civil war: Burmese military and police forces killed at least 82 civilians in the Bago massacre, including people protesting a a recent coup d'état.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (b. 1806)
Mary Jackson (b. 1921)
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1929 edition of Na drugą planetę

... that Na drugą planetę (cover pictured), published in 1895 as one of the earliest Polish science-fiction novels, was later criticized by communist-era censors for its perceived "adoration for America"?
... that Abba Cohen, who advocates for the Orthodox Jewish community, has worked with seven presidential administrations and nineteen Congresses?
... that in 1343 the French and English armies marched to within 18 miles (29 km) of each other, then agreed a three-and-a-half year truce?
... that a former Uber driver is the nominee to be the deputy secretary of a U.S. government department?
... that actress Margaret Qualley said she cried when she first heard the song "Margaret"?
... that Hong Wang's latest paper claims to have resolved the Kakeya conjecture, described as "one of the most sought-after open problems in geometric measure theory", in three dimensions?
... that an Iowa TV station was paid for by surplus Manhattan Project funds?
... that Markus Graf's "swissmadehockey" formed the approach to training the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team?
... that a bald eagle went viral for incubating a rock?

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A modernist staircase of the BGK Building in Gdynia, Poland.

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Florence Price (April 9, 1887 – June 3, 1953) was an American classical composer pianist, organist and music teacher. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was educated at the New England Conservatory of Music and was active in Chicago from 1927 until her death. Price was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. She composed more than 300 works, including four symphonies, four concertos, as well as choral works, art songs, chamber music, and music for solo instruments. This portrait photograph of Price was taken around 1940 by George Nelidoff and is in the collection of the University of Arkansas Libraries.Photograph credit: George Nelidoff; restored by MyCatIsAChonk

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