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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 Graf
April 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 Ireland April 27, 1961, Sierra Leone becomes the latest West African state to win independence, after more than 150 years of British colonial rule Chernobyl nuclear disaster anniversary 28 years ago today, April 26, the unthinkable happened. An explosion at a nuclear facility set off a chain of events. That facility was Chernobyl, north of Kiev in the Ukraine, and at that time the country was part of the Soviet .........more April 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 dead April 19, 1995, President Clinton condemns the "evil cowards" behind a huge car bomb which has killed at least 80 people April 18, 1980, Rhodesia becomes the independent nation of Zimbabwe April 17, 1984, WPC Yvonne Fletcher is killed and ten people injured after shots are fired from the Libyan People's Bureau in central London April 16, 1943, in Basel, Switzerland, chemist Albert Hoffman accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 while working on the medicinal value of lysergic acid April 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 
On this day in History, Boston, Titanic and Hillsborough
April 15 is one of those days that are significant in history. On a personal level it is the day this writer's late father, and brother, was born. As a child there were often reminders of this day in history ......more 
Murder of Dr Martin Luther King
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April 14, 1970, an explosion on board Apollo 13 causes one of the most critical situations in American space history
April 13, 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes the first black person to win the best actor Oscar April 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 years
April 10, 1992, a bomb exploded in London's financial district. The bomb, set off by the Irish Republican Army, killed three people and injured 91 April 9, 1869, the Hudson Bay Company ceded its territory to Canada April 8, 1994, the lead-singer of grunge rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, is found dead in his Seattle home, after shooting himself April 7, 1978, US President Jimmy Carter decides to postpone production of the controversial neutron bomb April 6, 1965, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam April 5,1955, Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister April 4, 1968, American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, is assassinated April 3, 1996, Police in the US arrest a man they believe to be the notorious "Unabomber" who killed three people and injured 23 others April 2, 1982, Argentina invades the "disputed" British territory of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic April 1, 1960, France explodes 2 atom bombs in the Sahara Desert |
