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398 Épisodes

1. 17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

   Publié: 17/04/2025
2. 16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745

   Publié: 16/04/2025
3. 15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

   Publié: 15/04/2025
4. 14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem

   Publié: 14/04/2025
5. 13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA

   Publié: 13/04/2025
6. 12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge

   Publié: 12/04/2025
7. 11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

   Publié: 11/04/2025
8. 10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy

   Publié: 10/04/2025
9. 9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph

   Publié: 09/04/2025
10. 8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name

    Publié: 08/04/2025
11. 7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft

    Publié: 07/04/2025
12. 6th April 1917: The USA declares war on Germany in WW1

    Publié: 06/04/2025
13. 5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England from the settlement at Plymouth, having carried the Pilgrim fathers to America

    Publié: 05/04/2025
14. 4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history

    Publié: 04/04/2025
15. 3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford

    Publié: 03/04/2025
16. 2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London

    Publié: 02/04/2025
17. 1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service

    Publié: 01/04/2025
18. 31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle

    Publié: 31/03/2025
19. 30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

    Publié: 30/03/2025
20. 29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam

    Publié: 29/03/2025