The Pioneer 11 spacecraft is launched. Pioneer 11 also known as Pioneer G is a 259-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on April 6,…
5 April 1879
Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. War of the Pacific, Spanish Guerra del Pacífico, 1879–83, conflict involving Chile,…
4 April 1968
NASA launches Apollo 6. Following on the heels of the two very successful Apollo 4 and 5 missions, Apollo 6 was the second all-up unmanned…
3 April 1968
Martin Luther King gives his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation…
2 April 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands were first settled by the French – in 1764 Louis Antoine de Bougainville established a settlement there….
1 April 1867
Singapore becomes a British crown colony. The Straits Settlements, which comprised Singapore, Malacca and Penang, became a crown colony under direct British control on 1…
31 March 1921
The Royal Australian Air Force is formed. The Royal Australian Air Force traces its history back to the Imperial Conference held in London in 1911,…
30 March 1863
The Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece. George l; born Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; was King of Greece from 1863…
29 March 1974
Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China. The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the…
28 March 1979
A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown. After…