Historical Events in April, Month of April Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 1, 2011 | After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers. |
| April 10, 837 | Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). |
| April 28, 1758 | The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city. |
| April 21, 43 | Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after. |
| April 19, 1818 | French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals. |
| April 12, 2010 | Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28. |
| April 29, 1781 | American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. |
| April 27, 1978 | The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.[6] |
| April 10, 1925 | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons. |
| April 28, 1965 | United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops. |
| April 30, 1975 | Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh. |
| April 25, 1974 | Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government. |
| April 7, 1983 | During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. |
| April 30, 1871 | The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory. |
| April 27, 1945 | World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. |
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