On This Day in History April 20, 2018

Historical Events 1862  First pasteurization test completed by Frenchmen Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard 1902  Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium chloride 1920  Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate 1968  British politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech 1974  'The Troubles', the Northern Ireland conflict between republican and loyalist paramilitaries, British security forces, and civil rights groups, claims its 1000th victim 1980  Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria sees hundreds of Berber political activists arrested 1999  Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado 2010  The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes, killing 11 and causing the rig to sink, causing a massive oil discharge into the Gulf of Mexico and an environmental diaster More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945) Carmen Electra 45th Birthday George Takei 81st Birthday Jessica Lange 69th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912) Dorothy Height (1912 - 2010) More Famous Deaths April 20th: World's First Motor Race It was hardly the stuff of today's adrenalin-pumping Formula 1 match ups, but on this day two men climbed aboard their machine for "the world’s first motor race”. Read the Article