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372 Episoade

1. 1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt

   Publicat: 01.05.2025
2. 30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France

   Publicat: 30.04.2025
3. 29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard

   Publicat: 29.04.2025
4. 28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army

   Publicat: 28.04.2025
5. 27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy

   Publicat: 27.04.2025
6. 26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender

   Publicat: 26.04.2025
7. 25th April 1859: Construction begins on the Suez Canal at the northern Egyptian port town of Port Said

   Publicat: 25.04.2025
8. 24th April 1932: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District protests against limited access to open countryside

   Publicat: 24.04.2025
9. 23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria

   Publicat: 23.04.2025
10. 22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres

    Publicat: 22.04.2025
11. 21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty

    Publicat: 21.04.2025
12. 20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun

    Publicat: 20.04.2025
13. 19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War

    Publicat: 19.04.2025
14. 18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland

    Publicat: 18.04.2025
15. 17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

    Publicat: 17.04.2025
16. 16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

    Publicat: 16.04.2025
17. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

    Publicat: 15.04.2025
18. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

    Publicat: 14.04.2025
19. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

    Publicat: 13.04.2025
20. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

    Publicat: 12.04.2025