Histories

April
10 Apr, 1815
1815 Mount Tambora explodes in one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded historyAt least 71,000 people were killed by the eruption. The explosion was heard up to 2000 km (1200 mi) away.
April
11 Apr, 2006
2006 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has enriched uraniumThe Iranian nuclear program has become a source of great controversy. Several countries, some of them possessing nuclear weapons themselves, accuse Tehran of developing an Iranian atom bomb.
April
11 Apr, 2006
2006 Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is arrestedProvenzano was one of Cosa Nostra's central figures. The mafioso was arrested near Corleone, Sicily after 40 years on the run.
April
11 Apr, 1979
1979 Uganda's dictator Idi Amin is overthrownThe despot's 8-year rule was characterized by extensive human rights abuse and repression. According to estimates, hundreds of thousands were killed as a result of his actions.
April
11 Apr, 1972
1972 The first episode of I'm sorry I haven't a clue is airedThe BBC's classic comedy show, which was chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton until his death in 2008, is one of the longest-running British radio shows of all time.
April
11 Apr, 1961
1961 The trial of Adolf Eichmann beginsThe ex-Nazi was one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, in which millions of people were slaughtered. He was hanged for war crimes in 1962.
April
12 Apr, 1988
1988 The Last Emperor receives nine Academy AwardsBernardo Bertolucci's biopic about Puyi, the last Emperor of China, was the first film to be awarded all the Oscars it was nominated for.
April
12 Apr, 1981
1981 The Space Shuttle blasts off into space for the first timeTwo astronauts took off for Space Shuttle Columbia's first orbital test flight.
April
12 Apr, 1961
1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in spaceThe Soviet Cosmonaut orbited the Earth aboard the Vostok-3KA spacecraft (Vostok 1 mission). The first human spaceflight took 108 minutes from launch to landing.
April
12 Apr, 1937
1937 The first aircraft jet engine is successfully testedSir Frank Whittle invented and tested the engine, only a few months before German engineer Hans von Ohain ran his jet engine, which was to power the first ever all-jet aircraft.
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