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On the night of 14–15 April 2014: 276 Chibok Girls were Kidnapped
276, female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Boko Haram, an extremist and terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria. 57 of the schoolgirls managed to escape over the next few months and some have described their capture in appearances at international human rights conferences.
A group of militants attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They broke into the school, pretending to be guards, telling the girls to get out and come with them. A large number of students were taken away in trucks, possibly into the Konduga area of the Sambisa Forest where Boko Haram were known to have their fortified camps. Houses in Chibok were also burned down in the incident.
The school had been closed for four weeks prior to the attack due to the deteriorating security situation, but students from multiple schools had been called in to take final exams in physics.
1912: Sinking of the Titanic
On this day in 1912, the British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank en route to New York City from Southampton, Hampshire, England, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage; some 1,500 people died.
2019: Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire
The historic Notre-Dame de Paris caught fire during a restoration campaign, and the blaze destroyed most of the cathedral’s roof, the 19th-century spire, and some of the rib vaulting.
2013: two homemade bombs detonatednearBostonMarathon finish line
Near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two homemade bombs were detonated in the crowd of spectators; 3 people were killed and more than 260 were wounded in the terrorist attack.
2003: President George W. Bush declared the government of Saddam Hussein in Iraq had fallen
U.S. President George W. Bush declared that the government of Saddam Hussein in Iraq had fallen as a result of the Iraq War and the following day asked the United Nations to lift sanctions against Iraq.
2000: President Bill Clinton established the Giant Sequoia National Monument
U.S. President Bill Clinton established the Giant Sequoia National Monument, a preserve near Sequoia National Park covering more than 500 square miles (1,300 square km) of Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada of California.
1989: Tragedy occurred at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England
Tragedy occurred at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England when a crush of football (soccer) fans resulted in 96 deaths and hundreds of injuries; police mistakes were later blamed for the incident.
1980: French novelist and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre died
French novelist and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre, who was a leading exponent of existentialism, died at age 74.
1955: first McDonald’s franchise was launched
American fast-food pioneer Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s franchise, launching an enterprise that would eventually become the world’s largest fast-food chain, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1947: Jackie Robinson, played his first major league
Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball‘s racial barrier, played in his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
1926: Robertson Aircraft flew its first mail route
Robertson Aircraft, one of the companies that later developed into American Airlines, flew its first mail route, between Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri, with Charles A. Lindbergh as the pilot.
1924: Rand McNally Auto Chum was released
The Rand McNally Auto Chum was released; it was the American publishing company‘s first road atlas.
1920: Murder that led to the Sacco-Vanzetti case
Two men were murdered in South Braintree, Massachusetts, leading to the Sacco-Vanzetti case and the still-controversial conviction of the two Italian immigrants.
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