Today in History for April 2012

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 55 of 55

1st - Plane crash in Western Siberia kills at least 31 people ( UTair Aviation ATR-72)
2nd - Oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3
3rd - Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50%
3rd - Moscow fire kills 17 migrant workers
3rd - US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination
4th - German Nobel Laureat, Gunter Grass, publishes controversial poem that claims Israel is plotting to wipe out Iran
4th - Somalia's National Theatre is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation
4th - Boris Todic, President of Serbia, resigns
5th - Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people
5th - 77 year old pensioner's suicide outside Greece's parliament prompts further protests in Athens
5th - International internet group Anonymous hack several Chinese bureaus in opposition to censorship
6th - US F-18 Hornet crashes into side of apartment building in Virginia with no fatalities
7th - Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi
7th - 130 Pakistani Army soldiers are buried in an avalanche near the Siachen Glacier
8th - Gunter Grass labelled persona non gratta by Israeli internal affairs minister Eli Yishai
8th - Pope Benedict XVI calls for an end to Syrian blood shed in papal Easter message
9th - The Lion King becomes highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking The Phantom of the Opera
10th - United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues
10th - Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world
265th Pope Benedict XVI 265th Pope Benedict XVI 10th - Rick Santorum suspends his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination making Mitt Romney the overwhelming favourite
10th - Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97
11th - 8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia
11th - 2011 London riot looter is jailed for 11 years after starting a fire at a furniture retailer
11th - South Korean legislative elections result in the governing Saenuri Party retaining governance
11th - Prime Minister of Greece, Lucas Papademos, resigns and calls an election for May 6
12th - A ceasefire in the 2011-2012 Syrian uprising comes into effect
12th - Bodleian, Oxford University and Vatican libraries announce over 1.5 million pages of ancient texts will be made available across the internet
12th - Civilian rule in Mali is returned after Dioncounda Traore is sworn in as interim president
13th - North Korean long range rocket testing ends in failure after the rocket broke up after launch
15th - 400 Islamist Militants escape from a Pakistan prison after an insurgent attack
15th - China loosens monetary policy and allows the Yuan to fluctuate up to 1% against the US dollar
15th - US Secret Service inappropriate conduct scandal begins with at least 11 people implicated
16th - At least 55 people are killed in the Syrian uprising despite UN presence to oversee ceasefire
16th - For the first time since 1977 no Pulitzer Prize is awarded for fiction
17th - The St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds
18th - The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural institution budget cuts
19th - Levon Helm, American rock musician, dies from throat cancer at 71
20th - Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, kills 127 people
20th - 40 people are killed and 27 injured after a tractor trailer collided with a bus in Alamo, Mexico
21st - Two trains in Sloterdijk, Netherlands, injure 117 people in a head on collision
21st - Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st MLB perfect game against the Seattle Mariners
22nd - 30 year old women collapses and dies during London Marathon
23rd - Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, tenders resignation, paving the way for early elections
23rd - Rangers F.C. owner, Craig Whyte, is banned for life from any involvement in Scottish football
23rd - 38,000 London Marathon entrants have their home and email contacts published in a data protection breach
25th - The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrunk 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012
26th - 70 people are killed by rocket attacks by the Syrian Army on the city of Hama
26th - Indonesia suspends imports of American beef after a confirmed case of mad cow disease in California
27th - Four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, kill 27 people
28th - Tent collapse in St Louis, Missouri, kills one and injures 110 people
29th - International Chemical Weapons Convention deadline for chemical weapon stockpiles comes into effect
30th - The unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become the tallest building in New York
30th - Spain's economy double dips after a 0.3% contraction and 25% unemployment rate
30th - Overloaded ferry in the Brahmaputra River,India, killing 103 people
30th - Manchester City defeat Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 6 of 6

3rd - Paramore guitar player Josh Farro (22) weds Jenna Rice in Tennessee
6th - "Sex and the City" actor Chris Noth (57) weds actress Tara Wilson (30) in Hawaii
8th - American actress and television host Ricki Lake (42) weds jewerly designer Christian Evans in a secret ceremony at Southern California
14th - "Lady Antebellum" singer Dave Haywood (29) weds executive with Warner Bros. Records Kelli Cashiola (30) in Nashville, Tennessee
21st - Actress Carey Mulligan (26) weds "Mumford & Sons" lead singer Marcus Mumford (25) in Somerset, England
21st - Music legend Neil Diamond (71) weds music manager Katie McNeil (42) at the Beverly Hills Hotel

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 4 of 3

6th - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) divorces British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) due to irreconcilable differences after almost seven years of marriage
6th - Actress and model Heidi Klum (39) divorces British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal (49) due to irreconcilable differences after almost seven years of marriage
9th - Salsa artist Marc Anthony (42) divorces pop star and actress Jennifer Lopez (43) due to irreconcilable differences after 7 years of marriage
25th - Comedian and actor Martin Lawrence (47) files for divorce from Shamicka Gibbs due to irreconcilable differences after 1.5 years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 23 of 23

1st - Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian soccer star, dies from heart attack at 65
1st - Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican President, dies from complications of pulmonary emphysema at 77
2nd - Elizabeth Catlett, American-born Mexican artist, dies at 96
4th - Claude Miller, French director and screen writer, dies at 70
5th - Ferdinand A. Porsche, German car designer, dies at 76
6th - Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident, dies at 76
6th - Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi, dies from heart attack at 78
6th - Thomas Kinkade, American artist, dies from acute intoxication at 54
7th - Mike Wallace [Myron], American media personality, dies at 93
8th - Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, dies at 83
9th - Mark Lenzi, American Olympic Diver, dies from hypertension at 43
11th - Ahmed Ben Bella, First president of Algeria, dies at 93
14th - Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 92
15th - Murray Rose, Australian Olympic gold winning swimmer, dies from leukemia at 73
16th - Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish shipping Magnate, dies at 98
17th - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer, dies from a heart attack at 64
18th - Dick Clark, American radio and television personality, dies from a heart attack at 82
19th - Valeri Vasiliev, Society ice hockey defenceman, dies at 62
21st - Charles Colson, Nixon adviser (Watergate), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 80
Newscaster Mike Wallace (7th) 27th - Bill Skowron, American MLB player, dies from lung cancer at 81
28th - Patricia Medina, English actress, dies from natural causes at 92
29th - Shukri Ghanem, Libyan Prime Minister, dies at 69
29th - Amarillo Slim, American professional poker player, dies at 83