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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a></b>: First day of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridv%C3%A1n" title="Ridván">Ridván</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, 2024); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)" title="420 (cannabis culture)">420</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_culture" title="Cannabis culture">cannabis culture</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1535" title="1535">1535</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog" title="Sun dog">Sun dogs</a> were observed over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, Sweden, inspiring the painting <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4dersolstavlan" title="Vädersolstavlan">Vädersolstavlan</a></b></i> <i>(depicted)</i>, the oldest coloured depiction of the city.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a> – Four days after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_(England)" title="Court of King's Bench (England)">Court of King's Bench</a> upheld an English murder suspect's right to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_by_combat" title="Trial by combat">trial by battle</a> in <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_v_Thornton" title="Ashford v Thornton">Ashford v Thornton</a></b></i>, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: German and Italian forces began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Trio" title="Operation Trio">a large-scale counter-insurgency operation</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" title="World War II in Yugoslavia">occupied Yugoslavia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_228" title="South African Airways Flight 228">South African Airways Flight 228</a></b> crashed shortly after take-off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windhoek" title="Windhoek">Windhoek</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_Africa" title="South West Africa">South West Africa</a>, resulting in 123 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion" title="Deepwater Horizon explosion">An explosion</a></b> on <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon" title="Deepwater Horizon">Deepwater Horizon</a></b></i>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_platform" title="Oil platform">offshore rig</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, resulted in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill" title="Deepwater Horizon oil spill">the largest marine oil spill in history</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bartholomew" title="Peter Bartholomew">Peter Bartholomew</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1099); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegra_Byron" title="Allegra Byron">Allegra Byron</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1822); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toller_Cranston" title="Toller Cranston">Toller Cranston</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1949)</p>
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