Monday, April 30, 2012

1 May 1994

Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

29 April 1992

Riots in Los Angeles follow the acquittal of the police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. A total of 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed over the 3

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Friday, April 27, 2012

28 April 1996

President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense during Whitewater

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

26 April 1986

A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union resulting in the world's worst nuclear

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

25 April 1916

Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

23 April 1985

Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke, but drops it after 3 months due to an overwhelmingly negative

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

22 April 1954

Testimony is begun in the Army-McCarthy Hearing with live television coverage during the Red

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Friday, April 20, 2012

21 April 1989

In Beijing, over 100000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

20 April 1998

The German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, announces that they are dissolving after 28

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012

17 April 1986

–The 355 Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly finally

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Saturday, April 14, 2012

15 April 1989

A crush of people occurs at Hillsborough Stadium in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool

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Friday, April 13, 2012

Monday, April 9, 2012

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Friday, April 6, 2012

7 April 1922

United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming in what becomes known as the Teapot Dome

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

5 April 1958

Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in a controlled

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

4 April 1944

The bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces results in 3000 civilian

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Monday, April 2, 2012