Histories

April
26 Apr, 1925
1925 Franz Kafka publishes his landmark novel The TrialThe text, which was initially published as Der Process, is a nightmarish account of a man being arrested and prosecuted by a faceless authority for an unknown crime.
April
27 Apr, 2005
2005 The Airbus A380 takes to the skies for the first timeThe double-deck airliner is the world's largest commercial jet.
April
27 Apr, 1994
1994 South African citizens of all races are allowed to vote in a general election for the first timeThe 1994 general election was held precisely 44 years after Apartheid was formalized by the government with the passing of the Group...
April
27 Apr, 1992
1992 For the first time in its 700-year history, the British House of Commons is presided over by a female SpeakerBetty Boothroyd served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000.
April
27 Apr, 1961
1961 Sierra Leone becomes an independent republicThe West African country's first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, ended over 150 years of British colonial rule.
April
27 Apr, 1810
1810 Ludwig van Beethoven composes “Für Elise”“Bagatelle No. 25” for solo piano is one of the German composer's most popular works and one of the most recognized melodies in the history of music.
April
28 Apr, 2004
2004 The first Abu Ghraib torture pictures are publishedThe images aired in a 60 Minutes II report showed gross human rights violations, including torture and murder, committed by U.S. soldiers and CIA personnel in the Baghdad prison.
April
28 Apr, 2001
2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist in historyA Russian rocket transported the Californian billionaire to the International Space Station (ISS).
April
28 Apr, 1994
1994 Former CIA officer Aldrich Ames admits he forwarded U.S. secrets to the Soviet UnionAmes was sentenced to life imprisonment for his activities which amounted to one of the most damaging spy cases in U.S. history.
April
28 Apr, 1969
1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of FranceDe Gaulle founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and became its first President a year later.
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