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Home On This Day On This Day in History – 20 Tháng tư

What Happened on 20 Tháng tư?2010 – The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodesThe 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 massacreA 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 reconstructed for the first timeRomanian surgeon Dan Gavriliu used a section of the stomach to bypass the esophagus.1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie discover the radioactive element radiumIn 1903, the French couple received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering research.

Births on 20 Tháng tư1969 – Felix BaumgartnerAustrian skydiver1939 – Gro Harlem BrundtlandNorwegian physician, politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway1893 – Joan MiróSpanish painter1889 – Adolf HitlerAustrian/German politician, Chancellor of Germany1808 – Napoleon IIIFrench politician, 1st President of France

Deaths on 20 Tháng tư1993 – CantinflasMexican actor, screenwriter, producer1991 – Don SiegelAmerican film director1991 – Steve MarriottEnglish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actor1918 – Karl Ferdinand BraunGerman/American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate1521 – Zhengde Emperor of ChinaChange Date:
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- Armenian Feast of the Annunciation, Israel
- Boston Marathon, United States
- Day off for Birthday of King Mswati III, Eswatini
- Memorial Day, Moldova
- Patriots' Day, United States

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