Today is Sunday, April 20, on 110 of 2025. There are 255 days left in the year. Today is Easter.
Today in history:
On April 20, 1999, two students fired and killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded another 23 before taking their lives in Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado.
Also on this date:
In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 72, becoming the first vice president of that while he was in office.
In 1912, the Boston Park, now the oldest active stadium of the major baseball leagues, organized its first official baseball game to the front or an estimated 27,000 spectators. (The Red Sox defeated the New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11 entries).
In 1914, the members of the militia and the National Guard of Militia y Colorado opened fire against a coal miners on strike and their families in Ludlow, Colorado; At least 19 people in the camp, including 12 children, and a member of the National Guard were killed in the “Ludlow Massacre”.
In 1971, the Supreme Court unanimously confirmed the use of transport to achieve racial graduation in schools.
In 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar module, which has astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., landed on the moon.
In 1986, after an absence or about six decades, the pianist born in Russian Vladimir Horowitz returned to the Soviet Union to perform a concert in the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased by BP, killed 11 workers and considers a burst that began throwing approximately 200 million gallons (757 million liters) or crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. (The well was finally limited almost three months later).
In 2021, former Minneapolis Derek Chauvin policeman was convicted of murder and involuntary homicide for the murder of George Floyd; Chauvin was sentenced later at 22 and a half years in prison.
Today’s birthday:
- Actor George Takei is 88 years old.
- The actor Jessica Lange is 76 years old.
- Actor Clint Howard has 66.
- The former first base of the MLB, Don Mattingly, is 64 years old.
- The actor Crispin Glover is 61.
- Actor Andy Serkis is 61 years old.
- Actor Shemar Moore is 55 years old.
- The actor model Carmen Electra is 53.
- Reggae Stephen Marley musician is 53 years old.
- Rapper Killer Mike is 50 years old.
- Actor Joey Lawrence is 49 years old.
- Miranda Kerr model is 42.
- The former NFL supporter Luke Kuechly is 34 years old.
