The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is opened in New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s earliest roots date back to 1866 in…
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12 April 1831
Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England result in it collapsing. On 12 April 1831, the 60th Rifle Corps carried out an…
11 April 1970
Apollo 13 is launched. Apollo 13, NASA’s third crewed mission to the moon, launched on April 11, 1970. Two days later, on April 13, while…
10 April 1970
Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles. The legendary rock band the Beatles spent the better part of three years breaking up in…
9 April 2003
Baghdad falls to American forces during the Iraq war. The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military invasion of…
8 April 1964
A test flight of Gemini 1 is conducted. Project Gemini was NASA’s second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in…
7 April 1906
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of…
6 April 1947
The first Tony Awards are given for theatrical achievement. The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® got their start in 1947 when the Wing established an…
5 April 1958
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in a controlled explosions. Ripple Rock, an underwater mountain within…
4 April 1460
Basel University is founded. In northern Switzerland on the River Rhine, Basel was well known in 15th-century Europe for the Ecumenical Council of bishops…