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16:07 Apr 26 2005
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Apr 26 1986



44 seconds into a late-night experiment at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, reactor number four sustains two large explosions. A plume of dangerous radioactivity looms three kilometers high, making it the worst catastrophe in the history of nuclear power. The Soviet news agency TASS holds off reporting the incident for almost 48 hours.





N.B. We have had a few of those kids stay with different people in our village and its all for free, i cant remember the name of the charity but they have raffles and coffee mornings to let the kids spend 3 weeks here every year or so, By staying her for those 3 weeks its said that they will live on average an extra 6 months.

14:29 Apr 25 2005
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Apr 25 1792





French highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier is beheaded by the guillotine,making him its first victim.

Busy day is April 15th
18:13 Apr 15 2005
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Apr 15 1792





The guillotine is first tested on human corpses.





Apr 15 1912





Unsinkable ship Titanic sinks after being torn by iceberg, with a loss of 1493 passengers.







Apr 15 1955



The first McDonalds franchise opens in Des Plains, a suburb of Chicago. Because it is the first one launched by Ray Kroc, he names it "McDonald's #1" despite the fact that the McDonald brothers had already opened eight of their chain restaurants before they began accepting licensees. Kroc's unfortunate numbering system guarantees perpetual confusion for amateur fast food historians the world over.





Apr 15 1999



Dutch airlines KLM issues an apology for shredding 400 ground squirrels at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. The squirrels did not have proper importation papers, and thus were forced to meet their fate of grinding steel rotary blades. A public outcry forced KLM's apology.

April 11th
19:03 Apr 11 2005
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April 11 1890



Death of John Merrick, the Elephant man.





April 11 1459





Vlad The Impaler concludes a banquet of the nobility by impaling nearly 200 of his startled guests.

17:35 Apr 03 2005
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Apr 3 1882



Notorious outlaw Jesse James is shot and killed in his own home for a $5,000 reward. The assailants are Charles and Robert Ford, both members of the James gang.

16:14 Apr 02 2005
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Apr 2 1459





Vlad the Impaler impales thousands of merchants and burghers of the town of Brasov, in Transylvania. Some estimate as many as 30,000 impalements, but it was probably more on the order of 2,000.