Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than…
22 April 1970
The first Earth Day is celebrated. Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22nd, with the aim of raising awareness and promoting action…
21 April 1856
Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour…
20 April 1908
Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League Rugby Union and Rugby League are two different forms of rugby football, which originated…
19 April 1903
The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world. The Kishinev…
18 April 1946
The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of…
17 April 1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the…
16 April 1972
Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Apollo 16 mission was the fifth manned mission to land on the moon…
15 April 1896
Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece The 1896 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the I Olympiad,…
14 April 1986
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. Hail stones are formed when…