12 Apr 0238
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Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide. |
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12 Apr 0240
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Shapur I is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire. |
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12 Apr 0352
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St Julius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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12 Apr 0467
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Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. |
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12 Apr 0627
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King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York. |
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12 Apr 1065
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Pilgrims under bishop G
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12 Apr 1111
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Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
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12 Apr 1204
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The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. |
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12 Apr 1204
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4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
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12 Apr 1229
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Queen Blanche of Castili
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12 Apr 1385
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John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant
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12 Apr 1385
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Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stout's daughter Margaretha (10)
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12 Apr 1545
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French King Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
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12 Apr 1545
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French king Fran
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12 Apr 1583
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William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
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12 Apr 1606
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The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. |
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12 Apr 1606
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England adopts the Union Jack as its flag
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12 Apr 1648
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University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens
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12 Apr 1654
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England, Ireland and Scotland united
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12 Apr 1709
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1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
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12 Apr 1713
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Dutch State-General signs peace with France Netherlands loses Orange Princedom
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12 Apr 1770
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Townsend Acts repealed
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12 Apr 1776
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American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. |
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12 Apr 1776
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Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
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12 Apr 1782
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Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies British fleet beats French
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12 Apr 1787
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Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
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12 Apr 1811
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1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington
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12 Apr 1820
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Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. |
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12 Apr 1826
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Weber's opera "Oberon", premieres in London
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12 Apr 1831
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Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse. |
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12 Apr 1844
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Texas became a US territory
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12 Apr 1857
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Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
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12 Apr 1858
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1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
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12 Apr 1858
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1st US billiards championship is held in Detroit (Michael J Phelan wins)
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12 Apr 1859
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Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates
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12 Apr 1861
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American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. |
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12 Apr 1861
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Fort Sumter SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the Civil War
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12 Apr 1862
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James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, Georgia
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12 Apr 1862
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Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski, Georgia
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12 Apr 1862
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American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). |
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12 Apr 1863
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Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche LA
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12 Apr 1864
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Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee
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12 Apr 1864
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American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. |
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12 Apr 1864
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Battle of Blair's Landing LA
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12 Apr 1865
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American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. |
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12 Apr 1869
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North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
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12 Apr 1872
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Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead / $1,500)
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12 Apr 1877
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The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. |
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12 Apr 1877
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British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
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12 Apr 1877
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Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
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12 Apr 1883
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French troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
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12 Apr 1887
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Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm", premieres in Oslo
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12 Apr 1892
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George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
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12 Apr 1893
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Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
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12 Apr 1894
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British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
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12 Apr 1896
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Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
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12 Apr 1898
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Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to Navy
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12 Apr 1905
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Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
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12 Apr 1905
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Hippodrome arena opens (New York NY)
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12 Apr 1905
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French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
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12 Apr 1907
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Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
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12 Apr 1908
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Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
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12 Apr 1909
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Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
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12 Apr 1910
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SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. |
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12 Apr 1911
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1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3 hours 56 minutes)
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12 Apr 1917
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World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. |
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12 Apr 1917
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Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St New York NY (Demolished in 1982)
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12 Apr 1917
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Domenico Scarlatti & Jean Cocteau's ballet premieres in Rome
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12 Apr 1919
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British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
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12 Apr 1926
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Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
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12 Apr 1927
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Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history. |
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12 Apr 1927
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Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. |
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12 Apr 1927
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General Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
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12 Apr 1928
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The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. |
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12 Apr 1928
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Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
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12 Apr 1930
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4th Test Cricket West Indies vs England ends in a draw after nine days
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12 Apr 1930
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Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
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12 Apr 1931
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Joe McCarthy debuts as New York Yankee manager
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12 Apr 1931
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Spanish voters reject the monarchy
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12 Apr 1932
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Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
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12 Apr 1933
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Moffatt Field commissioned
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12 Apr 1934
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The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers. |
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12 Apr 1934
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The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed. |
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12 Apr 1934
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Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington NH, 231 mph
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12 Apr 1935
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"Your Hit Parade, " debuts on radio
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12 Apr 1935
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Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
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12 Apr 1935
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First flight of the Bristol Blenheim. |
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12 Apr 1935
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"Your Hit Parade", debuts on radio
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12 Apr 1935
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Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
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12 Apr 1937
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Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England. |
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12 Apr 1938
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1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (New York)
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12 Apr 1938
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Stanley Cup Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
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12 Apr 1940
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NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
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12 Apr 1940
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Italy annexes Albania
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12 Apr 1941
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Stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
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12 Apr 1941
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Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler
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12 Apr 1942
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9th Golf Masters Championship Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
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12 Apr 1942
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Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
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12 Apr 1943
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Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
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12 Apr 1943
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Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
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12 Apr 1944
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Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind", premieres in NYC
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12 Apr 1945
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Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
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12 Apr 1945
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US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
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12 Apr 1945
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt's death. |
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12 Apr 1945
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Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands
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12 Apr 1945
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Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd US President
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12 Apr 1946
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Syria gains independence from France
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12 Apr 1951
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Israeli Knesset officially designates April 13 as Holocaust Day
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12 Apr 1952
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
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12 Apr 1952
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Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
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12 Apr 1953
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Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
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12 Apr 1953
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KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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12 Apr 1954
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Bill Haley & His Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
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12 Apr 1954
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Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
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12 Apr 1954
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Bill Haley & the Comets record "Rock Around the Clock"
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12 Apr 1954
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Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
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12 Apr 1954
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18th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his 3rd Masters tournament, shooting a 289
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12 Apr 1954
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8th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
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12 Apr 1954
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Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
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12 Apr 1955
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The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. |
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12 Apr 1955
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1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
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12 Apr 1955
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Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
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12 Apr 1956
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Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon
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12 Apr 1957
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Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
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12 Apr 1957
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USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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12 Apr 1958
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12th NBA Championship St Louis Hawks beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
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12 Apr 1958
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Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
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12 Apr 1959
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13th Tony Awards J B & Redhead win
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12 Apr 1959
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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12 Apr 1959
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France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
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12 Apr 1960
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Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
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12 Apr 1960
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Bill Veeck and Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
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12 Apr 1960
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Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
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12 Apr 1961
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The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1. |
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12 Apr 1961
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Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
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12 Apr 1961
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Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
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12 Apr 1961
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3rd Grammy Awards Theme From a Summer Place wins, Ray Charles wins 4
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12 Apr 1962
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San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (San Francisco Bay area)
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12 Apr 1963
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Beatles "From Me to You" is released in the UK
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12 Apr 1963
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The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits. |
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12 Apr 1963
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Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
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12 Apr 1963
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Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
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12 Apr 1964
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28th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
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12 Apr 1964
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
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12 Apr 1965
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1st National League game at Houston's Astrodome (Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros 2-0)
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12 Apr 1966
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pittsburgh Pirates beat Atlanta Braves 3-2
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12 Apr 1966
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Rocker Jan Berry crashes his Corvette into a parked truck
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12 Apr 1966
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1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
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12 Apr 1969
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Simon and Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
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12 Apr 1969
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Simon & Garfunkel releases "The Boxer"
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12 Apr 1970
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Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board. |
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12 Apr 1970
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Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
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12 Apr 1973
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France recognizes North Vietnam
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12 Apr 1973
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Sudan adopts constitution
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12 Apr 1973
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Swaziland suspends constitution
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12 Apr 1975
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Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
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12 Apr 1976
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India set 403 to win by West Indies; they get them, 6 wickets 7 overs spare
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12 Apr 1979
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Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
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12 Apr 1980
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Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
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12 Apr 1980
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Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland. |
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12 Apr 1980
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Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country. |
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12 Apr 1980
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US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow games
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12 Apr 1980
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BCMA (Black Consciousness Movement of Azania) forms
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12 Apr 1981
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The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place - the STS-1 mission. |
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12 Apr 1981
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Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
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12 Apr 1981
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Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
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12 Apr 1981
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Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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12 Apr 1982
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3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
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12 Apr 1983
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Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
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12 Apr 1983
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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12 Apr 1985
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16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
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12 Apr 1986
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20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
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12 Apr 1987
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Texaco files for bankruptcy
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12 Apr 1987
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51st Golf Masters Championship Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
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12 Apr 1987
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Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
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12 Apr 1987
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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12 Apr 1988
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Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
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12 Apr 1988
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Sonny Bono elected Mayor of Palm Springs, California
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12 Apr 1988
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Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of the Baltimore Orioles
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12 Apr 1988
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New Jersey Devils 4-2 over New York Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
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12 Apr 1988
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Harvard University patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
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12 Apr 1989
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Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
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12 Apr 1989
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3rd Soul Train Music Awards Anita Baker wins
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12 Apr 1990
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1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss
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12 Apr 1990
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Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there. |
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12 Apr 1990
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Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
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12 Apr 1990
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James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
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12 Apr 1991
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2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
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12 Apr 1991
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US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
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12 Apr 1991
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Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
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12 Apr 1992
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"Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 performances
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12 Apr 1992
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The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris. |
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12 Apr 1992
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2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61
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12 Apr 1992
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Earthquake rocks Germany
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12 Apr 1992
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Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
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12 Apr 1992
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Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
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12 Apr 1992
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Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
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12 Apr 1992
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New York Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
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12 Apr 1992
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Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
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12 Apr 1992
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53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins
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12 Apr 1992
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56th Golf Masters Championship; Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
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12 Apr 1992
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Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
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12 Apr 1994
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Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam. |
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12 Apr 1998
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An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec. |
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12 Apr 1998
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62nd Golf Masters Championship Mark O
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12 Apr 1999
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US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. |
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12 Apr 2002
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A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing 7 and wounding 104. |
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12 Apr 2007
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A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people. |
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12 Apr 2009
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Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency. |
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12 Apr 2010
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A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people. |
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12 Apr 2013
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Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali. |
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12 Apr 2014
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The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes. |
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