On April 23, 2015, the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as attorney general more than five months after President Barack Obama nominated her.
April 23 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1635, the first public school in America, the Boston Latin School, was opened.
In 1898, the first movie theater opened at the Koster and Bials Music Hall in New York City.
In 1914, Chicago's Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, hosts its first baseball game when the Chicago Chi-Feds beat the Kansas City Packers 9-1.
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