Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(2003)’]
8 April 1943
Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_and_Elise_Hampel’]
7 April 1906
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius’]
6 April 1992
The Bosnian War begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War’]
5 April 1976
In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Incident’]
4 April 1979
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto’]
3 April 1997
The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalit_massacre’]
2 April 2014
A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Fort_Hood_shooting’]
1 April 2004
Google announces Gmail to the public. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail’]
31 March 1990
Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax_riots’]