# Today in History **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530 "2016-07-10T04:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 56
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1104 "2018-03-31T14:04:59Z")
\*\* March 31, 1943\*\* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma opens on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1105 "2018-03-31T15:01:42Z")
**March 31, 1914** : [The SS \*Southern Cross \*](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Southern_Cross_(1886)&ved=2ahUKEwijpaXS6JbaAhXmguAKHbnHDwUQFjAfegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw2MoVWgFWyY5G9gGSmeRNBC) disappears in a snowstorm with a loss of 174 lives. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1106 "2018-04-01T05:18:28Z")
**April 1, 1873** : [The SS \*Atlantic \* luxury ocean liner](http://www.ssatlantic.com/ssatlantic/history/) sinks off the coast of Nova Scotia. At least 562 are killed, including all women aboard and all children but 1. This was the deadliest ocean liner disaster in the North Atlantic prior to the _Titanic_. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1107 "2018-04-02T06:33:09Z")
**April 2, 2006** : [60+ confirmed tornadoes in the United States touch down](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2,_2006_Tornado_Outbreak) killing 29, mostly in Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1108 "2018-04-02T15:55:41Z")
**April 2, 1800:** Ludwig van Beethoven conducts the premiere of his First Symphony, in Vienna. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1109 "2018-04-03T04:14:20Z")
**April 3, 1956** : [The Hudsonville-Standale tornado](http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/04/tornado_outbreak_reliving_the.html) kills 17 in Michigan. This was an F5 tornado and part of an outbreak of tornadoes in the Upper Midwest that killed over 40. No F5 tornado has occurred in Michigan since. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1110 "2018-04-03T14:39:56Z")
**April 3, 1860:** The first successful Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1111 "2018-04-04T05:19:49Z")
**April 4, 1977** : [An F5 tornado in Birmingham, Alabama kills 22 and injures 130.](http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/04/post_291.html) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1112 "2018-04-05T05:15:43Z")
**April 5, 1972** : [An F3 tornado strikes Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington.](http://history.columbian.com/tornado-of-1972-2/) 6 are killed and 300 are injured. This is the deadliest tornado ever in the Pacific Northwest, and the strongest in the area since 1894. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1113 "2018-04-06T05:58:38Z")
**April 6, 1968** : [Explosions in downtown Richmond, Indiana](http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2015/04/05/scars-explosions-remain/25332743/) kill 41 and injure 150. More than 20 buildings are heavily damaged or destroyed. The cause is a natural gas leak. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1114 "2018-04-06T08:02:50Z")
**April 6, 1973:** The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1115 "2018-04-07T21:40:12Z")
**April 7, 1943:** In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1116 "2018-04-09T05:12:54Z")
\*\*April 9, 1945 \*\*: [The SS \*Charles Henderson \* ammunition ship explodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Charles_Henderson) while being unloaded of aircraft bombs at Bari, Italy. 542 are killed and almost 2000 are injured. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1117 "2018-04-10T16:18:26Z")
**April 10, 1979** : [The “Terrible Tuesday” tornadoes](http://www.texomashomepage.com/news/local-news/10-incredible-facts-about-the-terrible-tuesday-april-10-1979-tornado-outbreak/426092846) in Texas and Oklahoma kill at least 45. Many of them die in cars while trying to escape. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1118 "2018-04-11T22:18:06Z")
**April 11, 1954** : [The most boring day in history.](http://freakonomics.com/2011/04/11/april-11-the-most-boring-day-in-history/) ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1119 "2018-04-12T04:42:30Z")
**April 12, 1927** : [An F5 tornado destroys Rocksprings, Texas](https://www.ksat.com/weather/weather-101/surivor-of-1927-f5-tornado-in-rocksprings-recalls-harrowing-event), killing 72 and injuring over 200. 95% of the buildings in the Town are wiped out. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1120 "2018-04-13T16:15:28Z")
**April 13, 1873** : [The Colfax Massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_massacre) Somewhere between 60 and 150 black southerners are murdered by a group of armed white southerners in Alabama. The exact number of dead is unknown as many of the bodies were dumped in a river or buried in a mass grave. No one is held accountable for the murders. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1121 "2018-04-14T07:03:11Z")
**April 14, 1886** : [The Sauk Rapids tornado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Sauk_Rapids_tornado) in Minnesota kills 72 and injures over 200. This is the deadliest tornado in Minnesota history. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1122 "2018-04-15T04:57:13Z")
**April 15, 1989** : [The Hillsborough Soccer Stadium Disaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster) occurs in Sheffield, England. 96 people die and over 700 are injured in a human crush at a football match. This is Britain’s deadliest sports accident. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1123 "2018-04-15T08:57:56Z")
**April 15, 1970:** During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=57)