April 20th
Marie and Pierre Curie
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April 20th
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| 121 Marcus Aurelius 16th Roman emperor (161-80), philosopher was born | |
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| 295 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet | ||
| 1139 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome | ||
| 1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg | ||
| 1770 Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales | ||
| 1775 British begin siege of Boston | ||
| 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state | ||
| 1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia & Sardinia | ||
| 1809 Napolean I defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria | ||
| 1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue") published | ||
| 1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army | ||
| 1884 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" | ||
| 1888 246 reported killed by hail in Moradabad, India | ||
| 1889 Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria. | ||
| 1902 Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium | ||
| 1916 Wrigley Field in Chicago opens | ||
| 1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiers | ||
| 1980 The first Cubans sailing to the United States as part of the massive Mariel boatlift reached Florida | Marie and Pierre Curie |
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| 1986 Vladimir Horowitz performs in his Russian homeland | ||
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