Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher’]
3 May 2007
The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting “the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history”. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann’]
2 May 1982
Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War’]
1 May 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpongeBob_SquarePants’]
30 April 1980
The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege’]
29 April 1986
Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster’]
28 April 1969
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle’]
27 April 1981
Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse’]
26 April 2018
American comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby_sexual_assault_cases’]
25 April 1916
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac_Day’]