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1986 - In retaliation for the April 5 bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin in which two U.S. servicemen were killed, Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Tripoli and Benghazi, in Libya, which kills 60 people.
April 14 is the 104th day of the year ... Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
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RTF Télévision 2, France's second television station (officially La deuxième chaîne), began regular programming on Channel 22 on the UHF dial after initially experimenting on January 1. [ 92 ] Belgium 's doctor strike came to an end after 18 days with an accord between the physicians' representatives and the Belgian government.
The longest session of parliament in Canada's history ended at 3:00 in the morning in Ottawa, after holding its 249th and final sitting day since opening on February 18, 1964. Only 50 of the 265 members of the House of Commons , and just 30 Senators , remained at the close, with plans to open a new session on Monday.
The court’s newest justice and first Black woman participated in oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bars racial discrimination in voting policies.
RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean.The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic was four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, with an estimated 2,224 people on board when she struck an iceberg at 23:40 (ship's time) [a] on 14 April.
International relations 2013 Korean crisis: North Korea rebuffs an offer of dialogue by South Korea. (AFP via Channel NewsAsia) (Sahara Samay) Professor Craig Calhoun, Director of the London School of Economics, calls on the BBC to pull a scheduled edition of its Panorama documentary strand, North Korea Undercover in which three journalists travelled undercover to the country with a group of ...