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Today in History: April 27, deadly Alabama tornadoes

Today in History: April 26, Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster

Today in History: April 25, Union fleet captures New Orleans

Today in History: April 24, hostage rescue mission fails

Today in History: April 23, Hank Aaron’s first home run

Today in History: April 22, Oklahoma Land Rush

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Today in History: April 21, Queen Elizabeth II is born

Canisters in Fort Totten were WWI munitions, similar to chemical weapons in Spring Valley cleanup

Today in History: April 20, Columbine High School shooting

Today in History: April 19, Revolutionary War begins

Today in History: April 18, San Francisco’s great earthquake

Today in History: April 17, Bay of Pigs invasion launched

Today in History: April 16, MLK writes from Birmingham jail

Today in History: April 15, Titanic sinks; 1,500 dead

Today in History: April 14, Abraham Lincoln is shot

Today in History: April 13, Apollo 13 damaged by explosion

Today in History: April 12, Civil War begins

Today in History: April 11, Civil Rights Act becomes law

Today in History: April 10, Titanic sets sail

Today in History: April 9, Lee surrenders to Grant

Today in History: Apr 1, First pro baseball, hockey strikes

Today in History: March 31, Jews ordered expelled from Spain

Today in History: March 30, Ronald Reagan shot and wounded

Today in History: March 29, US combat troops leave Vietnam