April 7
Twelve years ago, NASA launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft on April 7th, 2001. It reached Mars in October and transmitted photos and other data back to scientists on Earth.
On this day in 1947, one of the most important if not the most important figure in the history of automobiles,American industrialist Henry Ford died in Dearborn, Michigan. Before his death he founded one of the biggest automobile companies in the world which is Ford Motors. Ford Motors is still operating till date with headquarters in the United States.
April 8
Practitioners of the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism, especially those in Japan, celebrate the birth of the Buddha on April 8 every year. Buddha lived in India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE and founded Buddhism.
On April 8, 1973, the legendary painter Pablo Picasso, perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, died in Mougins, France.
Picasso is the painterof Guernica, an anti-war art work, and it is probably his most popular work.
April 9
On April9, 2003,Baghdad fell to U.S.-led forces on this day in 2003, several weeks after the start of the Iraq War, a conflict begun to oust Iraqi Pres. Ṣaddām Ḥussein because of his supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.
April 11
On this day in 1814, during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, Napoleon was facing an invasion of France by forces bent on his overthrow and, pressed by his own officers, abdicated unconditionally at Fontainebleau.
April 12
On the 12th day of April, 1981, NASA launched the first space shuttle, Columbia, which was designed to orbit Earth, transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12, 1945.
April 13
On this day in 2002, the military coup that a day before had installed businessman Pedro Carmona Estanga as interim president of Venezuela collapsed this day, and the following morning Hugo Chávez was restored to the presidency.Hugo Chavez recently died at the age of 58.
On the same day in 1941, Japan concluded a neutrality pact with the Soviet Union in World War II.
[Credit: Encyclopaedia Britannica]
Twelve years ago, NASA launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft on April 7th, 2001. It reached Mars in October and transmitted photos and other data back to scientists on Earth.
On this day in 1947, one of the most important if not the most important figure in the history of automobiles,American industrialist Henry Ford died in Dearborn, Michigan. Before his death he founded one of the biggest automobile companies in the world which is Ford Motors. Ford Motors is still operating till date with headquarters in the United States.
April 8
Practitioners of the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism, especially those in Japan, celebrate the birth of the Buddha on April 8 every year. Buddha lived in India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE and founded Buddhism.
On April 8, 1973, the legendary painter Pablo Picasso, perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, died in Mougins, France.
Picasso is the painterof Guernica, an anti-war art work, and it is probably his most popular work.
April 9
On April9, 2003,Baghdad fell to U.S.-led forces on this day in 2003, several weeks after the start of the Iraq War, a conflict begun to oust Iraqi Pres. Ṣaddām Ḥussein because of his supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.
April 11
On this day in 1814, during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, Napoleon was facing an invasion of France by forces bent on his overthrow and, pressed by his own officers, abdicated unconditionally at Fontainebleau.
April 12
On the 12th day of April, 1981, NASA launched the first space shuttle, Columbia, which was designed to orbit Earth, transport people and cargo to and from orbiting spacecraft, and glide to a runway landing on its return to Earth.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12, 1945.
April 13
On this day in 2002, the military coup that a day before had installed businessman Pedro Carmona Estanga as interim president of Venezuela collapsed this day, and the following morning Hugo Chávez was restored to the presidency.Hugo Chavez recently died at the age of 58.
On the same day in 1941, Japan concluded a neutrality pact with the Soviet Union in World War II.
[Credit: Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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