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The Kremlin vetos an investigation into the death of Yuri Gagarin, who was the first man in space. |
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Pedro Carmona becomes interim President of Venezuela during the Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002, a military coup against Hugo Chávez. |
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American President Bill Clinton was cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in the Paula Jones sexual harassment civil lawsuit. |
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An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale near the town of Bovec. |
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Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam. |
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Disneyland Resort Paris opens in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France, and is the second international Disney resort property. |
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opening of Jim Garys Twentieth Century Dinosaurs exhibition, the work of the only living sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. |
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Human spaceflight: The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission. |
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Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" by dipping his artificial leg into the Atlantic at St. Johns, Newfoundland. |
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Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah. |
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The Soviet nuclear powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits. Although both vessels are severely damaged both can make it to port. |
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Human spaceflight: Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1). |
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The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry S. Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States. |
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Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at the British Thomson-Houston factory in Rugby, England. |
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First flight of the Bristol Blenheim. |
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The strongest surface wind gust in the world, 231 mph, was measured by the staff of the Mount Washington Observatory on the summit of Mount Washington |
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The Auto-Lite Strike, which culminated in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers, began. |
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April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the CPC members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front (China). |
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World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. It is also considered a major event in Canadian history for the primary role Canadian forces played in the attack. |
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The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. |
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American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. |
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American Civil War: Fort Pillow massacre -- Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest kill most of the African American soldiers who had surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. |
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American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. |
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Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organisation to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. |
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North Carolinas Provincial Congress authorized its delegates to the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence by issuing the Halifax Resolves. |
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The formal inquest of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition begins. |
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The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain. |
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Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire |
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