April 26th, 1986The accident has caused that the Chernobyl atomic power plant ,as one of the that atomic reactor was damaged. The worlds worst nuclear accident happens at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. An explosion in
April 22nd, 1994 - In New York, former President Richard Nixon dies at age 81, just days after suffering a stroke. Others may hate you. Those who hate you dont win unless you hate them. And then, you destroy yourself. Nixon pursued Cold War detente a
April 23rd, 1564 - To be or not to be: that is the question. William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The poet and dramatist known as The Bard one of the Greats in world literature dies on the sam
April 21st, 1910 - Writer and humorist Mark Twain dies of heart disease, in Redding, Connecticut, at age 74. Among his works, Huckberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and The Prince And The Pauper. 1926 - We cant make sense of the future, if we understand the less
March 4th 1933 - In Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as president. He pledges to lead America out of the Great Depression in his inaugural address. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fea
April 20th, 1889 - Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years is born in Austria. Hitlers Third Reigh brought WWII and the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999. - They didnt care who they shot at, the
April 16th, 2007A gunman opens fire on the campus of Virginia Tech, killing 32 students and faculty members before killing himself. The number of the victims made the shooting the deadliest in modern U.S. history. 1947,The country deadliest industr
April.13th, 1970 - Apollo XIII is crippled on its way to the moon when a tank containing liquid oxygen bursts in its command module. The 3 astronauts on board are forced to return to Earth relying on their lunar module as a lifeboat in space. 1743 -
April 12th, 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63. Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Roosevelt who led America through the Great Depress
April 11th, 1951During the Korean War, President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his command in Asia. General MacArthur is one of our greatest military commanders. But the cause of world peace is much more important than any indivi
April 28th ,1945. A violent end for Italy dictator Benito Mussolini, during the last days of WWII in Europe. Italian resistance fighters excute Musolini and his mistress as they try to flee the country. 1937. Sadam Hussein, dictator of Iraq for decad
April 19th, 1995 - From my office, the door right normal lander and there's nothing in there any more.It's just ..the building's gone. In Oklahoma City, a truck-bomb destroys the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building. The blast kills 168 people and wound
April 30th, 1945 - Nazi Germanys Dictator Adolf Hitler commits suicide during the last days of World War II in Europe. Hitler and Eva Braun, his long time mistress and wife of one day take their own lives as Soviet troops approach his bunker in Berli
May 1st, 2003 - Weeks after the US-led invasion of Iraq and fall of Saddam Hussein, President George W. Bush announces: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and allies have prevailed. Bush speaks from t
Ohio lyrics by Nail Young This summer I hear the drumming ,Four dead in Ohio. May 4th, 1970. A protest against the Vietnam War turns deadly at Kent State University in Ohio thats where national guardsmen open fire on antiwar students after the United
May 7th 1915, during World War I, a torpedo from a German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into join
May 2nd, 1945 - The end is near for World War II in Europe. The Soviet Union announces the fall of Nazi Germany's capital, Berlin. And the Allies announce the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria. 1519 - Leonardo Da Vinci, the Itali
May 3rd, 1469Niccolo Machiavelli, the philosopher who gave new meaning to what's now known as Political hardball, is born in Florence, Italy. 1948The U.S. Supreme Court rules covenants barring the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other rac
May 12th,1949The Soviet Union announces an end to its blockade of Berlin, one of the first major crises of the Cold War. A reporter from the US armed forces Radio Network is on the scene and then the divided German city. The first vehicles are going
May 11th, 1973. Charges are dropped against Daniel Ellsberg for leaking the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. A judge cites government misconduct by officials in President Richard Nixons White House, illegal wiretaps on Ellsbergs phone and a br
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