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Wednesday, 15 April 2026

2010

Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.

2002

An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128.

1994

Representatives of 124 countries and the European Communities sign the Marrakesh Agreements revising the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and initiating the World Trade Organization (effective January 1, 1995).

1992

The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

1989

Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool F.C. fans.

Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People's Republic of China.

1986

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

1979

A disastrous earthquake (of M 7.1) occurs on Montenegro coast.

1970

During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong River into South Vietnam.

1958

Walter O'Malley's Los Angeles Dodgers host the first Major League Baseball game played on the West Coast of the United States.

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