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1 day ago · 1988: Persian Gulf: Operation Praying Mantis was the April 18, 1988, action waged by U.S. naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to an American warship.
2 days ago · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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- May 8, 1884, Lamar, Missouri, U.S.
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4 days ago · April 15, 1912: The RMS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people. April 18, 1906: The San Francisco earthquake struck, causing widespread destruction and fires that devastated the city.
14 hours ago · Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first Black baseball player in the major leagues. He played for one season 63 years before Robinson took the field on that April day. Ray Kroc began the McDonald’s chain of fast-food restaurants on April 15, 1955. On April 15, 2011, a replica of Elvis Presley’s home Graceland opened in Randers, Denmark.
5 days ago · Sputnik 2 launched Laika as the first animal in space and the first animal to orbit the earth, which took place on November 3, 1957. It has been revealed that Laika died during the Fourth orbit due to overheating. The spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry on April 14, 1958 five months later after 2,570 orbits of the earth.
1 day ago · On 25 April 1950, an independent Republic of South Maluku (RMS) was proclaimed in Ambon but this was suppressed by Republican troops during a campaign from July to November. With the state of East Sumatra now being the only federal state remaining, it too folded and fell in line with the unitary Republic.
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