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Points of History for the Week (March 30th - April 5th, 2025)

1. March 30th, 1867: U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signed a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
2. March 31st, 1918: Daylight Saving Time was first implemented in the U.S.
3. April 1st, 1976: Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
4. April 2nd, 1917: President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany, marking U.S. entry into World War I.
5. April 3rd, 1860: The Pony Express began its service delivering mail across the American West.
6. April 4th, 1968: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
7. April 5th, 1792: President George Washington exercised his first presidential veto.