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1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. [7]1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in continental North America, is dedicated. [8]1812 – Czar Alexander I, the Russian Emperor and the Grand Duke of Finland, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki.
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1973 – In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board. 2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of a black hole (depicted) , located at the center of the galaxy M87 .
Scroll down for a look at famous people born in 1974 and celebrating a milestone birthday this year. Celebrities Turning 50 in 2024. ... FAMOUS. April 28, 1974. Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.
Star-Spangled Birthdays: 31 Famous Americans Born on the Fourth of July. Mia Taylor. July 1, 2023 at 7:10 AM ... One of the most successful playwrights in American history, Neil Simon was born in ...
1949 - Birth of Horst Ludwig Störmer, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate; 1961 - Death of Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870) 1963 - Death of Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897) 1965 - Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in ...
1 April 1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp at perihelion; 12 April 1633 – Galileo Galilei's trial starts; 15 April 1707 – Leonhard Euler's birthday; 18 April 1955 – Albert Einstein's death; 22 April 1904 – J. Robert Oppenheimer's birthday; 23 April 1858 – Max Planck's birthday; 24 April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope launched
Born: Han Aiping, Chinese badminton player and 1985 and 1987 women's world champion (d. 2019); in Wuhan Died: Vera Reynolds , 62, American film actress [ 92 ] April 23 , 1962 (Monday)