Historical Events for 20th April 2024

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1818 - Napoleon Bonaparte bids emotional farewell to his old guard at Palace of Fontainebleau
1896 - John Philip Sousa's operetta "El Capitan" premieres on Broadway at Broadway Theatre, NYC
1912 - Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5
1936 - 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown in 2:33:40.8
1982 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode bombs in Belfast, Derry, Armagh, Ballymena, Bessbrook and Magherafelt; 2 civilians are killed and 12 injured
1987 - US deports Karl Linnas to USSR, charged with Nazi war crimes
1997 - "Gin Game" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
2004 - In Iraq, 12 mortars are fired on Abu Ghraib Prison by insurgents, killing 22 detainees and wounding 92.
2007 - Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
2023 - Colombian President Gustavo Petro meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington

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