On This Day On This Day April 2, 2005: John Paul II, the globetrotting pope, dies aged 84 after a 26-year reign
On This Day On This Day April 3, 1982: Parliament dispatches task force to fight for the Falkland Islands
On This Day On This Day April 4, 1968: Civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King assassinated aged 39
On This Day On This Day April 5, 1994: Kurt Cobain, Nirvana front man and the voice of a generation, commits suicide
On This Day On This Day April 8, 2013: Britain mourns – but some rejoice – as Baroness Thatcher dies aged 87
On This Day On This Day April 9, 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles at Windsor's Guildhall
On This Day On This Day April 10, 1970: The Beatles break up after Paul McCartney quits to promote solo album
On This Day On This Day April 12, 1961: Russians rejoice as Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space
On This Day On This Day April 13, 1992: Labour leader Neil Kinnock resigns after surprise election defeat
On This Day On This Day April 14, 1970: 'Houston, we've had a problem' - Lives of Apollo 13 crew hang in the balance
On This Day On This Day April 16, 1953: The Queen launches the Royal Yacht Britannia, her floating palace for 44 years
On This Day On This Day April 17, 1984: WPC Yvonne Fletcher shot and killed during Libyan Embassy protest
On This Day On This Day April 19, 1995: 168 die as Iraq War veterans bomb government building in Oklahoma City
On This Day On This Day April 21, 1934: Daily Mail prints photo of the Loch Ness Monster - but was it really Nessie?
On This Day On This Day April 22, 1983: German magazine to publish Hitler diaries as Sunday Times bids for UK rights
On This Day On This Day April 23, 1982: ZX Spectrum brings affordable - and colourful - computing into Britain’s homes
On This Day On This Day April 24, 1993: IRA’s Bishopsgate bomb devastates the heart of the City of London
On This Day On This Day April 25, 1953: Crick and Watson crack the code of life as paper reveals structure of DNA
On This Day On This Day April 26, 1986: Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl devastates region and contaminates Europe
On This Day On This Day April 27, 2005: Airbus A380, the world’s biggest passenger plane, takes to the skies
On This Day On This Day April 28, 1967: Muhammad Ali causes uproar by refusing to be drafted into US Army
On This Day On This Day April 29, 1992: LA hit by riots after officers accused of attacking Rodney King walk free
On This Day On This Day April 30, 1993: Internet revolution goes global as Cern makes World Wide Web free to everyone
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