# 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:** 57
**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 16, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1124 "2018-04-16T04:42:14Z")
**April 16, 1951** : [The HMS _Affray_ submarine](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378345/HMS-Affray-Mutiny-sabotage-New-book-offers-explanation-subs-disappearance.html) disappears in the English Channel. It is not found for over two months, and the cause of the sinking is still unknown today. Any raising of the sub is determined to be too dangerous and too expensive. 75 lives are lost. ---
**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 18, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1125 "2018-04-18T04:14:37Z")
**April 18, 1880** : [Marshfield, Missouri is devastated by a tornado.](https://devastatingdisasters.com/marshfield-tornado-missouri-april-18-1880/) 99 are killed. This storm is part of a widespread tornado outbreak in Missouri that day that kills over 150. ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1126 "2018-04-19T04:50:31Z")
**April 19, 1940** : [The Lake Shore Limited derails](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-local/amp/Haunting-echoes-of-horrific-1940-Little-Falls-6264809.php&ved=2ahUKEwjshM-iw8XaAhXHTd8KHe-WBHAQFjACegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw2aH_MjhSEX5sVJQvH-UtKe&cf=1) on the dangerous Gulf Curve near Little Falls, New York. 31 are killed and 140 injured. ---
**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 19, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1127 "2018-04-19T22:16:38Z")
**April 19, 1927:** Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play “Sex.” ---
**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 20, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1128 "2018-04-20T04:25:57Z")
**April 20, 1944** : [The ST _Voorbode,_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST_Voorbode) a Dutch fishing boat confiscated by the Germans for troop and explosive transport, blows up at a pier in Bergen, Norway. The blast kills 160 and injures thousands. A tsunami caused by the explosion destroys 5000 homes. ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1129 "2018-04-21T07:55:56Z")
**April, 21, 1967:** [The Belvidere, Illinois tornado kills 24.](https://addins.wrex.com/blogs/weather/2011/04/remembering-the-1967-belvidere-tornado) This was one of ten tornadoes in the area that day that killed over 50 people and injured a thousand. ---
**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 21, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1130 "2018-04-21T23:28:05Z")
**April 21, 1989:** In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. ---
**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 22, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1131 "2018-04-22T05:35:01Z")
\*\*April 22, 1916 \*\*: [The Chinese transport ship SS \*Hsin-Yu \*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Hsin-Yu) collides with the cruiser \*Hai Yung \* and sinks south of the Chusan Islands. Over 1000 are killed in the disaster. ---
**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 23, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1132 "2018-04-23T04:56:13Z")
**April 23, 1564** : William Shakespeare is born. ---
**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 23, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1133 "2018-04-23T21:29:37Z")
**April 23, 1985:** Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. ---
**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 24, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1134 "2018-04-24T04:59:15Z")
**April 24, 2013** : [The Rana Plaza Collapse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Savar_building_collapse) in Bangladesh kills 1134. Most of the dead are garment workers. The previous day the factory had been evacuated when cracks in the building were discovered. But management declared the building safe and demanded that the workers return. There were over 3000 inside when the structure crumbled. ---
**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 24, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1135 "2018-04-24T22:35:56Z")
**April 24, 1967:** Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. ---
**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 25, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1136 "2018-04-25T06:56:11Z")
**April 25, 2015** : Over 9000 are killed in an earthquake in Nepal. ---
**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 25, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1137 "2018-04-25T23:18:33Z")
**April 25, 1901:** New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. ---
**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 26, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1138 "2018-04-26T04:43:16Z")
**April 26, 1986** : [Chernobyl](http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/europe/inside-the-tragic-town-of-pripyat-which-is-too-unsafe-for-people-to-live/news-story/16ee0eae0d65b78b03294c4c4432eadb) ---
**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 27, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1139 "2018-04-27T04:30:16Z")
**April 27, 2011** : [The second deadliest tornado day in U.S. history.](https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/stormblog/remembering-the-tornado-outbreak-of-4272011/46284119) 317 are killed and nearly 3000 are injured. There were 216 reported tornadoes in the United States that day, including 4 tornadoes rated F5. ---
**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 28, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1140 "2018-04-28T04:57:27Z")
**April 28, 1914** : [The Eccles Mine Disaster](http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1995) kills 183 miners in West Virginia ---
**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 29, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1141 "2018-04-29T06:14:18Z")
**April 29, 1909** : [An outbreak of violent tornadoes across Middle Tennessee](https://www.weather.gov/ohx/19090429) kills at least 62 and injures hundreds. ---
**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 30, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1142 "2018-04-30T06:22:04Z")
\*\*April 30, 1927 \*\*: [An explosion at the Everettville mine in West Virginia kills 111 men.](https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2214) ---
**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:** [May 1, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/1143 "2018-05-01T07:05:22Z")
**May 1, 1952** : [Mr. Potato Head is born.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Potato_Head) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530.md?page=58)