TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Saturday, 04 April 2026
2008
In a raid on the FLDS's YFZ Ranch in Texas, 401 children and 133 women are taken into state custody.
2007
15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
2002
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
1996
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
1994
Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
1991
Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1988
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
1984
President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1983
Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
1979
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
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