A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested. Date: April 23, 2018 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 2018 📅 On This Day (Today)
The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead. Date: April 23, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Date: April 23, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens. Date: April 22, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. Date: April 22, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. Date: April 22, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. Date: April 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station. Date: April 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater. Date: April 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅…
World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army. Date: April 22, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)