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1973 – In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board. 2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of a black hole (depicted), located at the center of the galaxy M87.
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 4 is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) ... Historical Events on April 4 This page was last edited on 23 October 2024, at 13:59 ...
1858 - The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up; 1888 - Death of Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845) 1899 - Birth of Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (d. 1988) 1919 - Birth of Tom Willmore, English geometer (d. 2005) 1958 - Death of Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (b. 1920)
The Battle of Okinawa began. 50,000 American troops landed on Okinawa against little initial resistance and established a 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) beachhead. [1]The Japanese ocean liner-turned-hospital ship Awa Maru was passing through the Taiwan Strait when the American submarine USS Queenfish (SS-393) mistook it for a destroyer, torpedoed and sank it.
1976 – Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland. 1996 – Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon. [16] 1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine lowers the age of conscription from 27 years to 25. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)Business and economy. The United States Army Corps of Engineers begins dredging the San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico to open space for a new natural gas terminal that is expected to add $400 million to the local economy.
April 6 in recent years ... Historical Events on April 6 This page was last edited on 5 November 2024, at 23:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...