On This Day for April 20 - Explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Adolf Hitler is featured, and more

Created: 2020-04-20 10:02 Updated: 2020-04-20 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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April 20

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Adolf Hitler

FEATURED EVENT

2010

Explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2008: American race car driver Danica Patrick won the IndyCar 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar championship event. [Test your knowledge of sports.]

Three teenagers at a vigil service in Denver to honour the victims of the shooting spree at Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado, April 1999.

1999: Two disgruntled and heavily armed students entered Columbine High School in Littleton , Colorado, and murdered 13 people before killing themselves.

1968: Pierre Elliott Trudeau of the Liberal Party became prime minister of Canada ; in that post, he discouraged the French separatist movement, oversaw the formation of a new constitution, and established relations with China. [Sort fact from fiction in our Canada quiz.]

1949: American actress Jessica Lange, who was known for her versatility and intelligent performances, was born. [Take our actors and acting quiz.]

1924: Finalizing the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey's Grand National Assembly voted to adopt a full republican constitution, with General Mustafa Kemal , who had first proclaimed the Turkish republic about six months earlier, becoming the first president of the republic. [Learn more about Turkey.]