2020
President Donald Trump suggested a dangerous theory that injecting disinfectant could cure the Coronavirus.
In his press conference, he said: “And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?”
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2005
The first video was uploaded to YouTube.
The video was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim and was titled “Me at the zoo.”
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1995
President Bill Clinton declared this day as the National Day of Mourning.
This was to mourn the 168 lives lost during the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City on April 19.
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1985
Coca-Cola launched their ill-fated new formula known unofficially as “New Coke.”
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1969
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for killing Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan’s sentence was commuted to life in prison, and he has been denied parole many times.
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1968
Bishop Reuben H. Mueller founded the United Methodist Church.
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1967
The Soviet Union launched the first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1.
The mission was to rendezvous with the Soyuz 2 in orbit to exchange cosmonauts. Vladimir Komarov was the sole cosmonaut aboard Soyuz 1, with Yuri Gagarin as a backup. The Soyuz 1 couldn’t rendezvous with the Soyuz 2 as the latter couldn’t be launched due to thunderstorms. The Soyuz 1’s descent module failed to operate correctly upon its return to Earth, and the parachute didn’t open fully. Komarov perished, becoming the first in-flight fatality in spaceflight history.
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1942
German bombers attacked the English city of Exeter, beginning the Baedeker Blitz.
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1920
The Ottoman Empire was abolished.
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1851
The first Canadian postage stamp went into circulation.
The postage stamp became the world’s first to feature an animal and not a human leader.
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1702
Queen Anne was coronated Queen at the Westminster Abbey, London.
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1616
English poet William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
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1516
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria enacted The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), strictly regulating beer making.
The law meant that only three ingredients were permitted in Bavaria beer; water, barley, and hops.
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1348
The First English order of knighthood was instituted.
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