WHAT HAPPENED ON 20. APRIL
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English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech. (20. April 1968)

Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon. (20. April 1972)

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union. (20. April 1978)

Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested. (20. April 1980)

The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada. (20. April 1984)

The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas. (20. April 1985)

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years. (20. April 1986)

German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years. (20. April 1998)

Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. (20. April 1999)

Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself. (20. April 2007)

Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. (20. April 2008)

The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months. (20. April 2010)

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Japan last reactor is shut down at midnight. (20. April 2013)

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands. (20. April 2013)

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