Histories

April
12 Apr, 1861
1861 The American Civil War beginsThe bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina marked the beginning of hostilities. The conflict was sparked by deepening economic, social, and political differences between the southern and northern states, which were most palpably...
April
13 Apr, 1997
1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest ever golfer to win the Masters TournamentThe then 21-year old sportsman was also the first person of African heritage to win a major golf title. Tiger Woods is considered one of the most successful...
April
13 Apr, 1970
1970 An oxygen tank explodes on Apollo 13, leaving the spacecraft crippledThe emergency prompted Jack Swigert's famous quote “Houston, we've had a problem”. The crew managed to return to Earth safely.
April
13 Apr, 1970
1970 Mikis Theodorakis is freedThe Greek composer and politician was interned in the concentration camp of Oropos by the right-wing military junta. The solidarity movement demanding his release included Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, and Harry Belafonte.
April
13 Apr, 1960
1960 The world's first satellite navigation system is launchedTransit 1B was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to update the navigation systems aboard their Polaris submarines.
April
13 Apr, 1919
1919 British troops massacre around 400 unarmed civilians in IndiaBrigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered his men to shoot into the crowd, in his own words “to punish the Indians for disobedience.” The Indian independence movement grew considerably after the Amritsar massacre.
April
14 Apr, 2003
2003 The Human Genome Project is completedThe project dedicated to mapping the genes of the human genome was started in October 1990.
April
14 Apr, 1988
1988 The Soviet Union agrees to withdraw from AfghanistanSoviet troops had invaded the country in 1979 to support the communist rulers. They were defeated primarily by the Mujahideen, who were groups of militant Islamists sponsored by the CIA.
April
14 Apr, 1986
1986 The heaviest hailstones ever recorded hit BangladeshThe lumps of ice weighed about 1 kg (2.2 lb). At total of 92 people reportedly died as a result.
April
14 Apr, 1912
1912 Doomed passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North AtlanticThe subsequent sinking of the world's largest ocean liner of the time resulted in more than 1500 deaths. It was one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in...
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