1912-RMS Titanic sets sail
from Southampton on her
maiden, and ultimately final,
voyage.
1912-RMS Titanic sets sail
from Southampton on her
maiden, and ultimately final,
voyage.
1945-The US Army liberates
Buchenwald concentration
camp.
1988-Cher wins her slow
acting Academy Award,
winning Best Actress for
the romantic comedy film
Moonstruck.
2019-WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange is forcibly
removed from the Ecuadorian
embassy in London and
arrested on failure to appear
in court on US extradition
charges.
1970-Apollo 13 announces,
"Ok, Houston, we've had a
problem here," as a Beech-built
oxygen tank explodes on board
en route to the Moon.
1997-Tiger Woods wins the
US Masters for the first time
to secure his first major golf
title.
1981-The first Space Shuttle,
Columbia, returns to Earth 🌎
2013-Bombs explode near
the finish line of the Boston
marathon, killing three people
and injuring 183.
1984-New Zealand's
Lorraine Moller wins the
women's Boston marathon in a
time of two hours 29 minutes
and 28 seconds.
1971-Three Dog's Night, "Joy To The World"
reaches No 1 and stays there for six weeks.
1963-Bobby Bare records "Detroit City"
1775-American Revolutionary War.
2010-The Deep water Horizon
drilling rig explodes, killing
11 people and causing the rig
to sink, which led to a huge
oil discharge in the Gulf Of
Mexico.
2016-Victoria Wood, the
British comedian and actor,
dies of cancer.She was 62.
1918-In World War I, German
fighter ace Baron Manfred Von
Richthofen ( The Red Baron ) is
shot down and killed over Vaux
Sur Somme in France.
2016-US musician Prince
dies, aged 57, of an accidental
overdose.
1509-King Henry VIII, the
second Tudor King Of England,
ascends to the throne at the
age of 17, after the death of his
father Henry VIII.
1970-Earth Day, an event to
increase public awareness of
environmental problems, is
celebrated for the first time.
Physics; Thou art a cruel, heartless Bitch-of-a-Mistress
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