04-20-2005, 05:06 AM
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April 20th
1653 ~ Oliver Cromwell disbanded Parliament.
1657 ~ Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City) granted freedom of religion.
1862 ~ The first pasteurization test completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.
1889 ~ Birthday of Adolf Hitler, German (Austrian-born) dictator, "Der Führer".
1912 ~ Death of Bram Stoker, Author.
1918 ~ Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) shot down his 79th and 80th victims - his final victories.
1945 ~ U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to cede the city to the U.S.S.R.
1968 ~ English politician Enoch Powell made his controversial Rivers of Blood Speech.
1972 ~ Apollo 16 landed on the Moon.
1999 ~ Columbine High School Massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves.
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