Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles. The legendary rock band the Beatles spent the better part of three years breaking up in…
9 April 2003
Baghdad falls to American forces during the Iraq war. The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military invasion of…
8 April 1964
A test flight of Gemini 1 is conducted. Project Gemini was NASA’s second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in…
7 April 1906
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of…
6 April 1947
The first Tony Awards are given for theatrical achievement. The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® got their start in 1947 when the Wing established an…
5 April 1958
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in a controlled explosions. Ripple Rock, an underwater mountain within…
4 April 1460
Basel University is founded. In northern Switzerland on the River Rhine, Basel was well known in 15th-century Europe for the Ecumenical Council of bishops…
3 April 1922
Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party…
2 April 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Argentine amphibious forces rapidly overcame the small garrison of British marines at the town of Stanley on East Falkland…
1 April 1924
The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as…