One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan. Date: April 20, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing at least 193 people and injuring thousands. Date: April 20, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland. Date: April 20, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)
For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war. Date: April 20, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin: Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota. Date: April 20, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day…
SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight. Date: April 20, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world. Date: April 19, 1903 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1903 📅 On This Day (Today)
Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club. Date: April 19, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex. Date: April 19, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Date: April 19, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)