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April 30, 1993, Monica Seles is stabbed in the back during a tennis match in Hamburg, Germany. Her attacker called himself a fan of Steffi GrafApril 29, 2011, on this day Wills and Kate married in London becoming the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
April 28,1916, the British declared martial law throughout IrelandApril 27, 1961, Sierra Leone becomes the latest West African state to win independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule
April 26, 1985, a fire at a mental hospital in Argentina kills 79 people and injures 247April 25, 1974, Army rebels are in control of Portugal after an almost bloodless dawn coup
April 24, 1993, a massive bomb rips through the heart of the City of London, killing one and injuring more than 40
April 23, 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush eases sanctions against Libya in return for Muammar Gaddafi's agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction
April 22, 1970, the first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans
April 21, 1945, Russian troops capture some outlying suburbs of Berlin at the beginning of what promises to be a bitter battle for control of the city
April 20, 1999, a shooting spree by two American high school students in Denver is feared to have left up to 25 people deadApril 19, 1995, President Clinton condemns the "evil cowards" behind a huge car bomb which has killed at least 80 peopleApril 18, 1980, Rhodesia becomes the independent nation of ZimbabweApril 17, 1984, WPC Yvonne Fletcher is killed and ten people injured after shots are fired from the Libyan People's Bureau in central LondonApril 16, 1943, in Basel, Switzerland, chemist Albert Hoffman accidently discovers the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 while working on the medicinal value of lysergic acidApril 15, 1945, British troops enter the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen after negotiating a truce with the German commandant; 1986 the United States bombs Tripoli in retaliation for Libyan terrorist attacks on American targets; 1989, at least 93 football supporters were killed in Britain's worst-ever sporting disaster - all in all a busy day in history |
Today in history, April 15 Hillsborough
April 15 is one of those dates in history that has many tragedies associated with it. In 2012 ceremonies are taking place to mark the 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. More recently a football tragedy in the UK is being remembered.. More Here
April 14, 1970, an explosion on board Apollo 13 causes one of the most critical situations in American space historyApril 13, 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes the first black person to win the best actor OscarApril 12, 1982, the British Navy begins enforcing a blockade around the Falkland Islands
April 11, Israeli planes and helicopters have launched air strikes against targets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time in nearly 14 yearsApril 10, 1992, a bomb exploded in London's financial district. The bomb, set off by the Irish Republican Army, killed three people and injured 91April 9, 1869, the Hudson Bay Company ceded its territory to CanadaApril 8, 1994, the lead-singer of grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, is found dead in his Seattle home, after shooting himselfApril 7, 1978, US President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the controversial neutron bombApril 6, 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the use of ground troops in combat operations in VietnamApril 5,1955, Winston Churchill resigned as British prime ministerApril 4, 1968, American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, is assassinatedApril 3, 1996, Police in the US arrest a man they believe to be the notorious "Unabomber" who killed three people and injured 23 othersApril 2, 1982, Argentina invades the "disputed" British territory of the Falkland Islands in the south AtlanticApril 1, 1960, France explodes 2 atom bombs in the Sahara Desert |
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