This day in history.

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An interesting site filled with info.

This Day in History news and events on the day you were born in ...
Each day we feature between 1 and 3 videos that are related to that days news stories, using this format we believe we can provide an informative and ...
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April 20th What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History:eek:

1999 U.S.A. Columbine High School Shooting

20th April 1999 : Two students ( Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold ) wearing balaclavas go through Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, firing automatic weapons and throwing homemade bombs killing 13 people and wounded 24 others before the two students committed suicide. They had originally planted two home made bombs in the cafeteria and were planning ok murdering the students as they ran from the building , when the bombs failed to go off they went into the school and began the massacre.

1961 U.S.A. Texas Sales Tax Introduced

20th April 1961 : The House Members in Texas approved a bill for a general retail sales tax of 2 $ on all sales in Texas but all foods , medicines and Farm Machinery will be exempt.

1871 U.S.A. Third Force Act also known as the "Ku Klux Act" Passed

20th April 1871 : Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

1968 England Enoch Powell

20th April 1968 : The Conservative right winger, Enoch Powell, ( MP for Wolverhampton South West )makes a hard-hitting speech saying Britain had to be mad to allow in 50,000 dependents of immigrants each year and calling for an immediate reduction in immigration attacking the government's immigration policy at a Conservative association meeting in Birmingham.

Enoch Powell's so-called "Rivers of Blood" speech led to him being sacked from the shadow cabinet, but made him very popular with tabloids and thousands of workers who staged strikes and marches in support of his views and touched a nerve ending for many who thought the current Immigration laws should be tightened up.

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