10 years ago today (1st April 2001)
\nFormer Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested in Belgrade for corruption, embezzlement and genocide
\n25 years ago today (7th April 1986)
\nBritish home computer pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair sold his entire computer product range and the Sinclair brand name to Amstrad
\n20 years ago today (9th April 1991)
\nGeorgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union
\n30 years ago today (11th April 1981)
\nBrixton riot, London. Approximately 5,000 youths rampaged through the streets, attacking police officers, damaging buildings, looting shops and setting cars alight
\n50 years ago today (12th April 1961)
\nSoviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth
\n80 years ago today (14th April 1931)
\nThe Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed. King Alfonso XIII left Spain and went into exile in Rome, Italy
\n25 years ago today (14th April 1986)
\nThe USA launched major bombing raids on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya, killing 60 people. (Libya responded by blowing up a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988)
\n50 years ago today (17th April 1961)
\nBay of Pigs invasion, Cuba. Approximately 1,500 Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro\u2019s regime attempted an invasion, financed and directed by the USA. The invasion failed
\n75 years ago today (19th April 1936)
\nThe Arab Revolt (also known as the Great Uprising) began in Palestine, with a general strike that lasted until October
\n40 years ago today (21st April 1971)
\nDeath of Fran\u00e7ois Duvalier, (\u2018Papa Doc\u2019), President of Haiti (1957-71)
\n25 years ago today (24th April 1986)
\nDeath of Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor, American wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII
\n25 years ago today (26th April 1986)
\nThe world\u2019s worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine, Soviet Union
\n30 years ago today (27th April 1981)
\nThe Xerox 8010 Star was released. It was the first commercial computer system to feature a graphical user interface, windows, icons and a mouse
\n60 years ago today (29th April 1951)
\nDeath of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born British philosopher, commonly regarded as the greatest philosopher of the 20th century
\n20 years ago today (29th April 1991)
\nBangladesh was hit by one of the deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded. 140,000 people were killed and 10 million were left homeless
\n75 years ago today (30th April 1936)
\nDeath of A. E. Housman, British scholar and poet<\/p>\n