Oliver Cromwell dissolves England’s Rump Parliament. The Rump Parliament was the remnant of the English Parliament left after Pride’s Purge, when the army removed members…
Tag: 20 April
20 April 1862
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation. The theory of spontaneous generation was an early scientific hypothesis proposing…
20 April 1902
Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride Pierre and Marie Curie’s work on refining radium chloride was a significant milestone in the field of radioactivity,…
20 April 1908
Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League Rugby Union and Rugby League are two different forms of rugby football, which originated…
20 April 2010
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
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’]
20 April 1908
First day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League. Early in the 20th century in Sydney, the game of rugby football was contested…
20 April 1946
The League of Nations officially dissolves, handing over power to the United Nations. April 20, 1946 – The League of Nations Is Officially Disbanded. The…
20 April 1908
The New Wales Rugby League competition starts. The 1908 NSWRFL season was the inaugural season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League’s premiership, Australia’s…