On this day :
1980 Castro announces Mariel Boatlift, 1777 New York adopts state constitution, 2008 Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win Indy race, 1861 Lee resigns from US Army, 1978 Korean Air Lines jet forced down over Soviet Union, 1999 A massacre at Columbine High School, 2010 Massive oil spill begins in Gulf of Mexico, 1689 Siege of Londonderry begins, 1871 Ku Klux Act passed by Congress, 1902 Curies isolate radium, 1999 Columbine High School massacre, 1926 New sound process for films announced, 1841 First detective story is published, 1923 Mambo King Tito Puente is born, 1914 Militia slaughters strikers at Ludlow Colorado, 1898 McKinley asks for declaration of war with Spain, 1986 Jordan scores 63 points in playoff game, 1970 Nixon announces more troop withdrawals, 1971 Fragging on the rise in US units, 1917 Nivelle Offensive ends in failure, 1945 Operation Corncob is launched while Hitler celebrates his birthday,
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