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Sunday, 12 April 2026

2010

A train derailed near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.

2007

A suicide bomber penetrated the Green Zone and detonated in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

2002

A female suicide bomber detonated at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.

1999

US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.

1998

An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.

1994

Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.

1992

The ''Euro Disney Resort'' officially opens with its theme park ''Euro Disneyland''. The resort and its park's name were subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.

1990

Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

1981

The first launch of a Space Shuttle: ''Columbia'' launches on the STS-1 mission. thumb launch: ''Columbia''.]]

1980

Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a ''coup d'état'', ending over 130 years of national democratic presidential succession.

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