WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_files_leak’]
23 April 1985
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 [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day’]
21 April 1977
Annie opens on Broadway. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)’]
20 April 1968
English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial “Rivers of Blood” speech. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood_speech’]
19 April 2013
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a…
18 April 1923
Yankee Stadium: “The House that Ruth Built” opens. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)’]
17 April 2006
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Tel_Aviv_shawarma_restaurant_bombing’]
16 April 1912
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Quimby’]
15 April 1952
First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress’]