Nicosia, Cyprus. A range of significant events occurred on April 20 across the 20th and early 21st centuries, including political upheavals, attacks, and notable milestones.
1912: Death of Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker, the Dublin-born author of “Dracula,” died.
1943: Warsaw Ghetto uprising massacre begins
The massacre of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising began during World War Two.
1998: Red Army Faction disbands
Germany’s Red Army Faction, a guerrilla group responsible for bombings and assassinations in the 1970s and 1980s, said it had disbanded.
1999: Columbine High School shooting
Two teenagers went on a rampage at Columbine High School in a suburb of Denver, Colorado, shooting 13 dead before taking their own lives.
2000: China expels Cheng Kejie
China’s Communist Party expelled senior lawmaker Cheng Kejie, accusing him of taking bribes.
2004: Rocket belt flight record
Stuntman Eric Scott set a world record for the highest human flight with a rocket belt.
2005: Ecuador parliament fires President Lucio Gutierrez
Ecuador’s parliament fired President Lucio Gutierrez after thousands of demonstrators called for the former army colonel to quit for meddling with the country’s top court.
2007: Glass string instruments demonstrated
The world’s first series of glass string instruments was demonstrated in Hong Kong.
2010: Deepwater Horizon explosion
An explosion occurred on the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
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