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1025 – Bolesław I Chrobry became the first Pola Cyning. | refimprove section, unreferenced section |
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott began a "midnight ride" from Boston to Lexington to warn residents about the impending arrival of British troops. | Dawes tagged refimprove and it seems unfair to exclude him |
1961 – The Soviet Pluton planetary radar performed the world's first successful radiolocation of the planet Venus. | stub |
1983 – A suicide bomber destroyed the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing over 60 people with a car bomb. | needs more footnotes |
1988 – Iran–Iraq War: U.S. naval forces attacked Iranian forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to the American frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts. | refimprove section |
1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolted against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allied with Ahmad Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. | Need to verify date – Dostum's article says 18 Apr, but Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992) makes it seem like he defected earlier |
1996 – Israeli forces shelled Qana, Lebanon, during Operation Grapes of Wrath, killing over 100 civilians and injuring over 110 others at a UN compound. | unreferenced section |
18. dæg Eastermonðes: Sundorrīcesdæg on Simbabƿum (1980)
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