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April 20 is the 110th day ... 2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an ... Historical Events on April 20
1861 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. 1871 - Civil Rights Act of 1871. 1912 - Opening day for baseball stadiums Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. 1914 - Forty-five men, women, and children die ...
April 24, 1920 (Saturday) At least 150 people were killed in a collision on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, between a passenger train and a freight train hauling fuel in India near Delhi According to reports at the scene, the blaze had burned hot enough to melt silver coins that many of the passengers were carrying.
April 20: The Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, United States, causes 15 deaths. April 21: The Second Liberian Civil War begins. May 1: The first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants airs on Nickelodeon. May – July: The Fourth Indo-Pakistani War. June 11: The end of the Kosovo War ends the Yugoslav Wars.
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 ...
Events. 1657 - Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). 1775 - American Revolutionary War: the siege of Boston begins, which followed the first battles at Lexington and Concord. 1836 - U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
October 17: President Ford testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee regarding his pardon of Nixon. October 2 – U.S. release of film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Jerry Stiller.
April 20: First day of Ridván ( Baháʼí Faith, 2024); 420 ( cannabis culture ) Vädersolstavlan. 1535 – Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the painting Vädersolstavlan (depicted), the oldest coloured depiction of the city.