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April 20 is the 110th day of the year ... 2020 – For the first time in history, ... Historical Events on April 20
April 7, 1945 (Saturday) Operation Ten-Go: The Japanese battleship Yamato and nine other warships launched a suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. Yamato was bombed, torpedoed and sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft south of Kyushu with the loss of 2,055 of 2,332 crew. Five other Japanese warships were sunk by American aircraft.
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. 1871 - Civil Rights Act of 1871. 1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. 1914 - Forty-five men, women, and children die ...
20 April 20, 1924 (Sunday) 21 April 21, 1924 ... View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... The following events occurred in April 1924: April 1 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 September 2024. Number referring to cannabis 420 originally "4:20 Louis" Statue of Louis Pasteur at San Rafael High School, by Benny Bufano (1940), site of the earliest 4:20 gatherings in 1971 Observed by Cannabis counterculture, legal reformers, entheogenic spiritualists, and general users of ...
April 1, 1944 (Saturday) The most significant bombing of Switzerland during World War II occurred when about 50 B-24s misidentified Schaffhausen as their target of Ludwigshafen and dropped bombs that resulted in 40 casualties. The first Allied air raid on Pforzheim, Germany occurred. The Waffen-SS committed the Ascq massacre of 86 men in Ascq ...
1608 – In Ireland, O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry. [5]1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops. [6]1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria ...
April 13, 1942 (Monday) The Imber friendly fire incident occurred at Imber, England when a Royal Air Force fighter aircraft taking part in a firepower demonstration accidentally opened fire on a crowd of spectators, killing 25 and wounding 71. Iran broke off diplomatic relations with Japan.