Tag: todays history
History of 18 April
History of 18 April
1999 - Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) played his final game in the NHL. He retired as the NHL's all-time leading scorer...
History of 17 April
History of 17 April
1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten...
History of 16 April
History of 16 April
1992 - Italian financier Carlo de Benedetti and 32 others were convicted of fraud in connection with the 1982 collapse...
History of 14 April
History of 14 April
1994 - Two American F-15 warplanes inadvertently shot down two U.S. helicopters over northern Iraq. 26 people were killed including 15 Americans.
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History of 13 April
History of 13 April
1990 - The Soviet Union accepted responsibility for the World War II murders of thousands of imprisoned Polish officers in...
History of 12 April
History of 12 April
1992 - Disneyland Paris opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France.
1993 - NATO began enforcing a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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History of 10 April
History of 10 April
1990 - Three European hostages kidnapped at sea in 1987 by Palestinian extremists were released in Beirut.
1992 - A...
History of 31 March
History of 31 March
1991 - Albania offered a multi-party election for the first time in 50 years. Incumbent President Ramiz Alia won.
1991...
History of 30 March
History of 30 March
1987 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was bought for $39.85 million.
1993 - In Sarajevo, two Serb militiamen were sentenced...
History of 29 March
History of 29 March
1992 - Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton said "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again" in reference to...
History of 28 March
History of 28 March
1990 - Jesse Owens received the Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
1990 - In Britain, a joint...
History of 25 March
History of 25 March
1990 - A fire in Happy Land, an illegal New York City social club, killed 87 people.
1990 - Estonia...