21 April 1989. 100,000 gather in Tiananmen Square to mourn Hu Yaobang, a vigil that grew into a protest movement and ended in massacre.
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20 April 1999. The Columbine High School massacre kills 13 students and a teacher, becoming one of the most infamous school shootings in US history.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 1 day ago
22 April 1864. The US Congress passes the Coinage Act, bringing “In God We Trust” onto US currency for the first time.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 3 hours ago
21 April 1926. The Birth of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary in London. The future Elizabeth II.
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19 April 1995. The Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 people after a truck bomb destroys a federal building, the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 3 days ago
The Branch Davidian compound at Mount Carmel was engulfed in flames on April 19, 1993, ending a 51-day siege outside Waco and resulting in the deaths of 76 men, women, and children.
u/aid2000iscool — 2 days ago
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21 April 1792: Brazilian independence conspirator Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (Tiradentes) is martyred in Rio de Janeiro by the Portuguese crown.
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April 21, 1942: World War 2 News Coverage - Minneapolis Morning Tribune
u/LuckySimple3408 — 14 hours ago
Texas Triumph: The Historic Battle of San Jacinto! April 21, 1836
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1918 Apr 20 - Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
u/nonoumasy — 2 days ago
April 19, 1989: A turret on the USS Iowa explodes, killing 47 crewmen
en.wikipedia.orgu/BrianOBlivion1 — 3 days ago
753 BCE Apr 21 - Romulus founds Rome (traditional date).
u/nonoumasy — 20 hours ago
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19 April 1927. Actress Mae West is found guilty of “obscenity and corrupting the morals of youth” in a New York stage play entitled "Sex". She is sentenced to 10 days in prison and fined $500, the resulting publicity launches her Hollywood career.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 2 days ago
17 April 1970. Apollo 13 returns safely after “Houston, we’ve had a problem” as Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise survive a mid-mission explosion.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 5 days ago
20 April 1889. Adolf Hitler is born. Little known is that in his late teens and early 20s he was twice rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, surviving in Vienna as a struggling artist, painting architectural watercolours and postcards.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 1 day ago
18 april 1968. London Bridge was sold and relocated to the United States
On April 18, 1968, the City of London finalized the sale of the 19th-century London Bridge to American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch for $2.46 million. The bridge was carefully dismantled, with each stone numbered, and shipped across the Atlantic to Lake Havasu City, where it was reconstructed and opened in 1971.
Today, the bridge remains one of Arizona’s most unusual tourist attractions.
u/LegalPear2114 — 4 days ago
TIL that Samuel Johnson spent 7 years almost single-handedly creating his 1755 dictionary - defining over 40,000 words with over 100k quotations, including witty definitions like “lexicographer: a harmless drudge” and “Monsieur: a term of reproach for a Frenchman.”
en.wikipedia.orgu/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 7 days ago
16 April 1912. Harriet Quimby flew the English Channel solo using only a compass and watch - keeping warm with a hot water bottle - but the Titanic disaster the day before overshadowed her achievement.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 5 days ago
16 April 1940. Queen Margrethe II was born in Copenhagen, just one week after Nazi Germany occupied Denmark. She would go on to reign for 52 years, illustrate The Lord of the Rings under a pseudonym, and design ballet costumes and film sets.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 6 days ago
1526 Apr 21 - First Battle of Panipat.
u/nonoumasy — 20 hours ago