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SpaceX's 1st Starship launches on epic test flight, explodes in 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' A fully stacked Starship left the ground today (April 20) for the first time ever — and it came to an explosive end high in the Texas sky.

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The first launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket

20 April 2023: SpaceX's Starship rocket launched for the first time.

Several motors on the rocket failed, and it experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" (i.e. it exploded) four minutes into the flight. #History #Space

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Although, if I was forced to choose, I'd rather stand with the Vorlons. 😉

Chauvin taken into custody, bail revoked after jury finds him guilty of all charges in trial Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday was placed into police custody and had his bail revoked just moments after being found guilty on all charges brought agains…

20 April 2021: Former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota. #History #USA

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Photograph showing support vessels attempting to fight the fires aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

20 April 2010: The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

Eleven workers were killed. The explosion created an oil spill that would continue to pump oil into the Gulf for more than six months. #History #USA

Astronaut John Young pictured standing by the US flag and the Apollo 16 Lunar lander and rover.

20 April 1972: Apollo 16 landed on the moon. #History #Space #exploration

20 April 1968: Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Enoch Powell, gave his 'Rivers of Blood' speech, arguing against mass immigration. #History #UK

The Leader of the Opposition, Edward Heath, would dismiss Powell from the Shadow Cabinet the following day.

Portrait photograph of Robert E. Lee

20 April 1861: Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the United States Army to command the forces of the state of Virginia. #History #USA

20 April 1792: #France declared war against the King of Hungary and Bohemia, beginning the decade-long French Revolutionary Wars. #History

20 April 1775: The Siege of Boston by American rebel troops began. #History #USA

1893 drawing depicting the siege

20 April 1689: The Jacobite army of James II began the siege of #Derry. #History #Ireland

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell

20 April 1653: Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament. #History #England

The Ingenuity helicopter

19 April 2021: The Ingenuity helicopter became the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet. #History #Space #Exploration #Mars

Fidel Castro

19 April 2011: Fidel #Castro resigned as First Secretary of the Communist Party of #Cuba. He had held the title since July 1961. #History

Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI

19 April 2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected to the papacy. He became Pope Benedict XVI. #History

The German Bundestag building in Berlin

19 April 1999: The German Bundestag returned to Berlin. #History #Germany

The aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing

19 April 1995: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in #Oklahoma City, was bombed, killing 168 people. #History

Aerial photograph of the fire at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco.

19 April 1993: The FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in #Waco, Texas, ended when a fire broke out.

76 Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire. #History

Gun turret explosion on the USS Iowa

19 April 1989: A gun turret exploded on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors. #History #USN

The Simpsons, as they appeared on the Tracey Ullman Show

19 April 1987: The #Simpsons first appeared as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. #History #television

The Soviet space-station Salyut 1, as seen from the departing Soyuz 11.

19 April 1971: The USSR launched the world's first #space station - Salyut 1. #History #Exploration

Photograph of the wedding of Prince Rainier of Monaco and Grace Kelly.

19 April 1956: Prince Rainier of #Monaco married American actress Grace Kelly. #History

19 April 1943: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began when German troops entered the #Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews. #History #WW2

Contemporary reporting on the first Boston Marathon race.

19 April 1897: The first Boston Marathon was held. #History #BostonMarathon

Signatures and seals on the Treaty of London

19 April 1839: The Treaty of London established #Belgium as a kingdom and guaranteed its neutrality.

The treaty was signed and ratified by Austria, Belgium, France, the German Confederation, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United Kingdom. #History

19 April 1775: The American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. #History #USA

These battles would later often be referred to as the "shot heard round the world".

Portrait of Marie Antoinette

19 April 1770: Fourteen year old Marie Antoinette married the 15 year old Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding. #History #France

Portrait of Captain James Cook

19 April 1770: Lieutenant (and future Captain) James Cook sighted the eastern coast of what is now #Australia. #History #Exploration

Portrait of Sir Francis Drake

19 April 1587: Francis Drake's expedition sank the Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbour. #History #Tudor