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Today in History

Monday, 20 April 2026

2010

Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion kills 11 and causes rig to sink, initiating a massive oil discharge in the Gulf of Mexico.

2008

Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.

2007

Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.

1999

Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.

1998

German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.

1986

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years.

Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game with 63 against the Boston Celtics.

1985

ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas.

1984

The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada.

1980

Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested.

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