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April 8 – A jury finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty for his role in perpetrating the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. [90] April 11 – President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro discuss historic proposed normalizations to Cuba–United States relations at the 7th Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama. [91]
2008 — Hurricane Ike kills 100 people along the Texas coast, produces $31 billion in damage, and contributes to rising oil prices. 2008 — U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro .
Throughout the 1990s the world price of crude oil ranged between $10 and $40, and the average price at the pump did not exceed $1.40. Oil prices tripled after 2002, peaking at $147 in July 2008, about $4 a gallon; the price has continued to fluctuate widely. [107]
There are several types of timeline articles. Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or ...
Timeline of the history of the United States (1930–1949) Timeline of the history of the United States (1950–1969) Timeline of the history of the United States (1970–1989) Timeline of the history of the United States (1990–2009) Timeline of the history of the United States (2010–present) List of years in the United States
After having two home games at Camden Yards with the Chicago White Sox postponed, the Orioles announce that the teams will play their April 29 game there with no fans allowed to attend. This is the first time in MLB history that a game has been held behind closed doors. The two postponed games will be made up as a doubleheader on May 28.
2015: April 30, 2015, U.S. sends ships to the Strait of Hormuz to shield vessels after Iranian seizure of a commercial vessel, MV Maersk Tigris. Iran fired shots over the bow, and seized the ship registered in the Marshall Islands , as part of a decade-long legal dispute between Iran and Maersk .
April 2 – Ray Poole, American football player and coach (b. 1921) April 5 – Charlton Heston, actor (b. 1923) April 8 – Stanley Kamel, actor (b. 1943) April 11 – Merlin German, soldier and charity founder. (b. 1985) April 12 – Barbara McDermott, last American survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania (b. 1912)