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Today in History
Tuesday, 07 April 2026
2009
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.
2003
U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
2001
Mars Odyssey is launched.
1999
The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
1994
Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
Auburn Calloway attempts to hijack FedEx Flight 705 and crash it to insure his family with his life insurance policy. The crew subdues him and lands the aircraft safely.
1992
Republika Srpska announces its independence.
1990
Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
1989
Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
1985
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declares a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe.
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