10 years ago today (1st April 2001)
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested in Belgrade for corruption, embezzlement and genocide
25 years ago today (7th April 1986)
British home computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair sold his entire computer product range and the Sinclair brand name to Amstrad
20 years ago today (9th April 1991)
Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union
30 years ago today (11th April 1981)
Brixton riot, London. Approximately 5,000 youths rampaged through the streets, attacking police officers, damaging buildings, looting shops and setting cars alight
50 years ago today (12th April 1961)
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth
80 years ago today (14th April 1931)
The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. King Alfonso XIII left Spain and went into exile in Rome, Italy
25 years ago today (14th April 1986)
The USA launched major bombing raids on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya, killing 60 people. (Libya responded by blowing up a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988)
50 years ago today (17th April 1961)
Bay of Pigs invasion, Cuba. Approximately 1,500 Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro’s regime attempted an invasion, financed and directed by the USA. The invasion failed
75 years ago today (19th April 1936)
The Arab Revolt (also known as the Great Uprising) began in Palestine, with a general strike that lasted until October
40 years ago today (21st April 1971)
Death of François Duvalier, (‘Papa Doc’), President of Haiti (1957-71)
25 years ago today (24th April 1986)
Death of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor, American wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII
25 years ago today (26th April 1986)
The world’s worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, Soviet Union
30 years ago today (27th April 1981)
The Xerox 8010 Star was released. It was the first commercial computer system to feature a graphical user interface, windows, icons and a mouse
60 years ago today (29th April 1951)
Death of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, commonly regarded as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century
20 years ago today (29th April 1991)
Bangladesh was hit by one of the deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded. 140,000 people were killed and 10 million were left homeless
75 years ago today (30th April 1936)
Death of A. E. Housman, British scholar and poet

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