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On April 1:
1946 - Aleutian Island earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159 (mostly in Hilo, Hawaii). |
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April 2 1992
A jury in New York finds mobster John Gotti, nicknamed the Teflon Don for his ability to elude conviction, guilty on 13 counts, including murder and racketeering. In the wake of the conviction, the assistant director of the FBI’s New York office, James Fox, was quoted as saying, “The don is covered in Velcro, and every charge stuck.” On June 23 of that year, Gotti was sentenced to life in prison, dealing a significant blow to organized crime. |
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On April 2:
1917 - President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy." |
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April 3, 1922 – Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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April 3 1974
148 tornadoes hit the United States heartland within 16 hours. By the time the deadly storm ended, 330 people had died. This was the largest grouping of tornadoes recorded in its time, affecting 11 states and Ontario, Canada. At any one moment during the storm, there were as many as 15 separate tornadoes touching the ground. |
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On April 3:
1882 – Jesse James, an outlaw in the American Old West, was shot in the back and killed for a bounty of US$5,000. |
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April 4 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. A single shot fired by James Earl Ray from over 200 feet away at a nearby motel struck King in the neck. He died an hour later at St. Joseph's Hospital. The death of America's leading civil rights advocate sparked a wave of rioting in the black communities of several cities around the country. |
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April 4, 1905 - An earthquake near Kangra, India kills 20,000. The earthquake, which marked 7.8 on Richter scale, devastated Kangra district HQ Dharamsala.
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On April 4:
1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated. |
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April 5 1994
Modern rock icon Kurt Cobain commits suicide on this day in 1994. His body was discovered inside his home in Seattle, Washington, three days later by Gary Smith, an electrician, who was installing a security system in the suburban house. Despite indications that Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, killed himself, several skeptics questioned the circumstances of his death and pinned responsibility on his wife, Courtney Love. |
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