Today In History

Thu., April 20, 2000

1902: Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.

1945: During World War II, allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

1971: The Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

1972: The manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon.

1978: A Korean Air Lines Boeing 707 crash-landed in northwestern Russia after entering Soviet airspace and being fired on. Two passengers died.

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