508 Episodo

  1. 27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy

    Publicado: 27/4/2025

  2. 26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender

    Publicado: 26/4/2025

  3. 25th April 1859: Construction begins on the Suez Canal at the northern Egyptian port town of Port Said

    Publicado: 25/4/2025

  4. 24th April 1932: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District protests against limited access to open countryside

    Publicado: 24/4/2025

  5. 23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria

    Publicado: 23/4/2025

  6. 22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres

    Publicado: 22/4/2025

  7. 21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty

    Publicado: 21/4/2025

  8. 20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun

    Publicado: 20/4/2025

  9. 19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War

    Publicado: 19/4/2025

  10. 18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland

    Publicado: 18/4/2025

  11. 17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

    Publicado: 17/4/2025

  12. 16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

    Publicado: 16/4/2025

  13. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

    Publicado: 15/4/2025

  14. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

    Publicado: 14/4/2025

  15. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

    Publicado: 13/4/2025

  16. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

    Publicado: 12/4/2025

  17. 11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

    Publicado: 11/4/2025

  18. 10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

    Publicado: 10/4/2025

  19. 9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

    Publicado: 9/4/2025

  20. 8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

    Publicado: 8/4/2025

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