Histories

April
24 Apr, 1915
1915 The Ottoman Empire begins its systematic extermination of ArmeniansAn estimated 1 million people were killed in the Armenian Massacres during and after World War I. The event is considered one of the first genocides in modern history.
April
25 Apr, 2011
2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S.348 people in six states were killed during the outbreak, which encompassed a total of 358 confirmed tornadoes.
April
25 Apr, 1983
1983 The German news magazine, Stern, announces discovery of Hitler's diariesThe documents were later exposed as forgeries, triggering one of the most spectacular media scandals in history. Experts believe that Hitler never kept a diary.
April
25 Apr, 1974
1974 In Portugal, the fascist Estado Novo is overthrown in a bloodless coupThe leftist Carnation Revolution was led by military officers and supported by widespread civil resistance.
April
25 Apr, 1953
1953 The double helix structure of DNA described for the first timeFrancis Crick and James D. Watson published their groundbreaking findings about the molecule containing genetic information was in Nature that day.
April
25 Apr, 1859
1859 Construction of the Suez Canal beginsThe waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea became the shortest sea link between Europe and Asia.
April
26 Apr, 2005
2005 Syria ends its military occupation of Lebanon after 29 yearsSyria buckled to domestic and international pressure following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14 of the same year.
April
26 Apr, 1994
1994 Germany makes Holocaust denial illegalThe far-right party NPD had sought legitimation by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court for expressing the view that the Nazis' genocide of six million Jews never occurred. The court ruled against them.
April
26 Apr, 1989
1989 The deadliest tornado in history kills about 1300 peopleThe Daulatpur–Saturia Tornado devastated everything in its 50-mile long path across central Bangladesh.
April
26 Apr, 1986
1986 The worst nuclear disaster in history occurs in ChernobylLarge parts of Europe were contaminated when reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Although the number of deaths attributable to the disaster is difficult to determine, experts anticipate...
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