The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George’s Day. The Order of the Garter is the…
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22 April 1970
The first Earth Day is celebrated. Earth Day, celebrated every year on April 22, is a global event dedicated to raising awareness about environmental issues…
21 April 1948
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted. United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on April 21, 1948, is a…
20 April 1862
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation. The theory of spontaneous generation was an early scientific hypothesis proposing…
19 April 1608
In Ireland, O’Doherty’s Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry. O’Doherty’s Rebellion in 1608 was a brief yet significant uprising in early 17th-century Ireland,…
18 April 1506
The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid. St. Peter’s Basilica, located in Vatican City, is one of the most iconic and architecturally…
17 April 1907
The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day. Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor, served as the primary…
16 April 2007
Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. The 2007 Virginia Tech shooting was one of the deadliest…
15 April 1736
Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica. The Kingdom of Corsica was a short-lived and rather quirky experiment in monarchy that existed briefly in 1736….
14 April 1865
President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; He dies the following day. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln occurred on the…