17th April 1907: Ellis Island in New York Harbor has its busiest day, processing 11,747 immigrants
This surge in immigration was primarily driven by economic opportunities in the United States,...
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16th April 1902: The first purpose-designed movie theater opens as Thomas Tally’s Electric Theatre
Tally's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles proved incredibly popular with the public, and sparked a...
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15th April 1989: 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough Disaster
Ninety-six Liverpool Football Club fans died and hundreds more were injured in a crush at...
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14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
The Black Sunday dust storm brought a massive wall of dust estimated to be over 2 miles high that...
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After suffering significant damage during the battle from more than 3,000 artillery rounds over...
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The Act made it illegal to discriminate regarding the sale, rental, or financing of housing based...
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The explosion was estimated to be four times more powerful than the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa,...
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Great Western’s maiden voyage crossed the Atlantic in a record time of 15 days and five ...
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He likened the spread of communism in Southeast Asia to a row of dominoes quickly collapsing...
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6th April 1793: Committee of Public Safety established by the National Convention of France
The National Convention established the Committee of Public Safety with the primary objectives of...
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5th April 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen becomes the first European to encounter Easter Island
The first sighting coincided with Easter Sunday, so Roggeveen and his crew agreed to name the...
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4th April 1925: Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of the SS
The Nazi Party founded a paramilitary organisation that became the Schutzstaffel, better known as...
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3rd April 1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
Walpole was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the...
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2nd April 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot saw hundreds of women in Virginia loot storehouses and shops
With the cry of ‘bread or blood!’ the women marched to the city’s market district where they...
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While flying over France, the formations experienced high winds that blew them dramatically off ...
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31st March 1985: WrestleMania I takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City
WrestleMania grossed a reported $12 million and, although reviews of the first event were mixed,...
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Evans’ excavation of the Linear B tablets at Knossos shed light on the complex and sophisticated...
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The Cumberland Road quickly became a vital artery for trade and transport, facilitating the...
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The incident at Three Mile Island heralded a dramatic shift in public attitudes towards nuclear...
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27th March 1964: Most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America struck Alaska
The colossal earthquake, registering a magnitude of 9.2, struck Southcentral Alaska and is the...
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