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On This Day: April 22, 1970: The First Earth Day - A Turning Point for Environmental Awareness

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<div class="md"><p>SWANA History Month</p>
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OTD | April 22, 1948: The Battle of Haifa concludes, a final step in the Civil War of Mandatory Palestine (1947-1948). 🇵🇸

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) | Official Trailer | HBO

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OTD | April 22, 2017: The film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is released. 🎬🇺🇸

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On This Day: April 21, 2016: Remembering Prince - The Loss of a Music Icon

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OTD | April 21, 1802: The Wahhabi sack of Karbala was a raid conducted in retaliation against attacks on Hajj caravans by Iraqi tribes. ⚔️🇮🇶

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OTD | April 21, 2003: American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist, Nina Simone, passes away. 🪦🇺🇸

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Read contemporary and current sources on the death of The Red Baron on April 21, 1918

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On This Day: April 20, 2008: Danica Patrick Makes History in IndyCar Racing

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<div class="md"><p>Happy SWANA History Month! 🌍</p>
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OTD | April 20, 2020: The price of oil dropped below zero an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war. 🇷🇺 🇸🇦 

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Himmler presenting Hitler with a gift, 1939.









<div class="md"><p>Himmler presenting Hitler with a gift, 1939.</p>
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April, 1889 - Adolf Hitler is born

OTD | April 19, 531CE: Byzantine forces defeat invading Sasanian forces in their attempt to conquer Roman Syria in the Battle of Callinicum. ⚔️

OTD | April 19, 1866: Thousands of Black/African Americans celebrate the abolition of slavery in Washington D.C. 👥🇺🇸

On This Day: April 19: National Garlic Day: A Celebration of Flavor and Health

On This Day: April 18, 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake - A Day of Devastation

OTD | April 18, 1954: Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussain becomes the 31st Prime Minister of Egypt. 🇪🇬🌍

OTD | April 18, 1983: American author, Alice Walker, becomes the first non-White woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ✍🏾🇺🇸

Joe Louis vs. Jack Roper - (17.4.1939) Knockout Colorized

OTD | April 17, 1939: Black/African American boxer Joe Louis knocks out White American Jack Roper. 🥊🇺🇸

OTD | April 17, 1349: The death of Hasan II, King of Mazandaran, marks the end of the Bavandid dynasty in Iran.  🇮🇷 

On This Day: April 17, 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion - A Failed Attempt to Overthrow Castro

OTD | April 16, 1966: Bill Russell becomes the first Black/African American head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). 🏀🇺🇸

OTD | April 16, 1457 CE: Egyptian forces under Pharaoh Thutmose III battle a coalition of Canaanite forces under the command of the king of Kadesh. ⚔️

On This Day: April 16, 2007: Tragedy at Virginia Tech - A Reflection on Loss and Legacy

On this day, 16/04/1943 Albert Hofmann discovers the properties of LSD

OTD | April 15, 2016: American president Barack Obama, hosts a criminal justice reform meeting with community leaders at the White House. 🇺🇸

On This Day: April 15, 1912: The Titanic Sinks - A Night of Tragedy at Sea

OTD | April 15, 1936: Two Jewish Palestinians were killed in Anabta, British Mandatory Palestine. The next day, Jews of a neighboring community retaliated by killing two Arabs. This incident would serve as a precursor to the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Mandatory Palestine. 🇬🇧 🇵🇸 

On This Day: April 14, 1865: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln - A Dark Day in American History

OTD | April 14, 1395: The Battle of the Terek River, the last of the Tokhtamysh-Timur War, occurs. It would play a role in the decline of Mongol control over Russian principalities. ⚔️

OTD | April 14, 1952: American author Ralph Ellison’s book, Invisible Man is published. 📖🇺🇸

OTD | April 13, 1909: The Committee of Union and Progress successfully restored  the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire and ended the absolute rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. 🇹🇷

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<p>A few posting rules:</p>

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<p>Nothing personal. While you are certainly exceptional, this is not a place to post about your reddit cakeday, actual birthday, relative&#39;s passing, wedding anniversary, or the day you found your lucky penny.</p>

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OTD | April 22, 2017: The film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is released. 🎬🇺🇸

OTD | April 17, 1939: Black/African American boxer Joe Louis knocks out White American Jack Roper. 🥊🇺🇸