6th April 1896: The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens.
06/04/2026
The 1896 Summer Olympics laid down many traditions including the first competitive marathon ...
5th April 1958: Ripple Rock underwater mountain destroyed in one of the largest ever non-nuclear explosions
05/04/2026
The blast, which was broadcast live on television, broke apart the submerged peaks of the Ripple Rock underwater mountain, sending 635,000 metric tons of rock and water 300 metres into the ...
4th April 1968: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 39
04/04/2026
King was standing on the balcony outside his room at the Lorrain Motel in Memphis when he was hit by a single bullet that shattered his jaw and several ...
3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service goes into operation
03/04/2026
The first Pony Express service left the American city of St Joseph in Missouri destined for Sacramento in ...
2nd April 1968: Science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey receives its world premiere in Washington, D.C.
02/04/2026
The release of 2001: A Space Odyssey marked an important moment in the development of cinematic science fiction, combining large-scale visual effects with a narrative that addressed themes of human evolution, artificial intelligence, and space ...
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