Today in History - April 7

Today's Highlight in History:

On April 7, 1927, an audience in New York watched as the image as well as voice of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover were transmitted live from Washington in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.

On this date:

In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.

In 1939, Italy invaded Albania, which was annexed less than a week later.

In 1945, during World War II, American planes intercepted and effectively destroyed a Japanese fleet that was headed to Okinawa on a suicide mission.

In 1948, the World Health Organization was founded.

In 1953, the U.N. General Assembly elected Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden to be secretary-general.

In 1957, shortly after midnight, the last of New York's electric trolleys completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan.