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20 Apr 2023
SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded four minutes into its first full flight test.
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20 Apr 2020
The price of a barrel of crude oil dipped below zero.
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20 Apr 2018
Prince Charles was appointed to become the next head of the Commonwealth once Queen Elizabeth II passes.
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20 Apr 2018
God of War, the eighth installment in the God of War series, was released for PlayStation 4.
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20 Apr 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes.
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20 Apr 2008
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
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20 Apr 1999
15 die in the Columbine High School massacre.
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20 Apr 1979
A swamp rabbit attacked President Jimmy Carter while he was fishing in Plains, Georgia.
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20 Apr 1978
Soviet air defense shoots down Korean Air Lines Flight 902.
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20 Apr 1964
Nutella appeared on store shelves in Alba, Italy, and became an instant success.
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20 Apr 1962
Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 craft to an altitude of 34 miles (54.6 km).
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20 Apr 1951
A human organ is surgically reconstructed for the first time.
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20 Apr 1946
The League of Nations was officially dissolved by its member states.
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20 Apr 1918
Nazi-German ace fighter pilot, The Red Baron, shot down his final two victims.
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20 Apr 1902
Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radium in Paris, France.
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20 Apr 1770
Captain James Cook arrived at the shore in New South Wales, Australia.
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20 Apr 1736
French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis began his journey to Lapland to plot the shape of the Earth.
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20 Apr 1653
Oliver Cromwell dissolved England's Rump Parliament.
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20 Apr 1611
The first official performance of Macbeth by Shakespeare took place at the Globe Theatre in London, England.
