Today in History - 20th of April

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What Happened On This Day – 20 April

• 2010 The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes

  The explosion of the British Petroleum (BP) platform operated by Transocean killed 11 workers and led to the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.

• 1999 15 die in the Columbine High School massacre

  A further 24 victims were injured when two teenagers opened fire on students and teachers in the high school south of Denver.

• 1978 Soviet air defense shoots down Korean Air Lines Flight 902

  The Boeing 707's crew had miscalculated their route, taking them into Soviet airspace at the height of the Cold War. The jet made an emergency landing on a frozen lake. Two passengers were killed in the incident.

• 1951 A human organ is surgically replaced for the first time

  Romanian surgeon Dan Gavriliu used a section of the stomach to bypass the esophagus.

• 1902 Pierre and Marie Curie discover the radioactive element radium

  In 1903, the French couple received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering research

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Births On This Day – 20 April

• 1969 Felix Baumgartner

  Austrian skydiver

• 1939 Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Norwegian physician, politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway

• 1893 Joan Miró

  Spanish painter

• 1889 Adolf Hitler

  Austrian/German politician, Chancellor of Germany

• 1808 Napoleon III

  French politician, 1st President of France
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