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Monday, 20 April 2026

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Attention 30

What the most people looked up, ranked by Wikipedia pageviews for that day.

  1. 1,000,857views

    WrestleMania 42

    WrestleMania 42, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, was a 2026 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 42nd annual WrestleMania and took place as a two-night event on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April

  2. 969,909views

    Nahui Ollin

    Nahui Ollin is a 16th-century concept in Aztec/Mexica cosmology with a variety of meanings. Nahui translates to "four," and Ollin translates to "movement" or "motion." Ollin was primarily portrayed in Aztec codices as two interlaced lines, each portrayed with

  3. 148,355views

    Dhurandhar: The Revenge

    Dhurandhar: The Revenge is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language spy action-thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Dhar, Lokesh Dhar, and Jyoti Deshpande under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. It is a sequel to the 2025 film Dhurandhar and the

  4. 145,503views

    Bhooth Bangla

    Bhooth Bangla is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Akshay Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and Cape of Good Films. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Jisshu Sengupt

  5. 135,623views

    List of highest-grossing Indian films

    This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian films produced by Indian cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation. However, there is no of

  6. 131,121views

    Beef (TV series)

    Beef is an American comedy drama anthology television series created by Lee Sung Jin for Netflix. Season 1 stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as Danny Cho and Amy Lau, two strangers whose involvement in a road rage incident escalates into a prolonged feud. Appeari

  7. 129,840views

    Limonene

    Limonene is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon").

  8. 128,257views

    Neatsville, Kentucky

    Neatsville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 206 and Kentucky Route 76. Its elevation is 705 feet (215 m). For unknown reasons, the town's name was spelled as Neetsvil

  9. 126,948views

    Lee Cronin's The Mummy

    Lee Cronin's The Mummy is a 2026 supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. A reimagining of The Mummy franchise based around the Nasmaranian, an ancient Egyptian demon that possesses victims with exorcism themes, the film stars Jack Reynor,

  10. 122,163views

    Deaths in 2026

    The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality, what subject was

  11. 121,046views

    Paige (wrestler)

    Saraya-Jade Bevis is an English professional wrestler and actress. As of April 2026, she is signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Paige. She is also known for her tenure in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) from 2022 to 2025, where she performed under

  12. 120,195views

    2026 Bulgarian parliamentary election

    Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 April 2026 to elect 240 members of the National Assembly. The vote was triggered by the resignation of the Zhelyazkov government on 11 December 2025 following widespread anti-corruption protests. It marked th

  13. 106,015views

    Project Hail Mary (film)

    Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American science fiction film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film, as Ryland

  14. 100,412views

    Ranjana Kumari

    Ranjana Kumari is an Indian social activist, writer, and academic. She is the director of the Centre for Social Research in Delhi and chairwoman of Women Power Connect, a national organization of women's groups.

  15. 99,758views

    Diglyceride

    A diglyceride, or diacylglycerol (DAG), is a glyceride consisting of two fatty acid chains covalently bonded to a glycerol molecule through ester linkages. Two possible forms exist, 1,2-diacylglycerols and 1,3-diacylglycerols. Diglycerides are natural componen

  16. 96,590views

    Charlize Theron

    Charlize Theron is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, her accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three BAFTAs and two Emmy Awards.

  17. 95,495views

    John Alan Robinson

    John Alan Robinson was a philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist. He was a professor emeritus at Syracuse University.

  18. 90,151views

    Youth (2026 film)

    Youth is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language coming of age romantic comedy film written and directed by Ken Karunas, in his directorial debut, who also enacts the lead role. The cast also includes Suraj Venjaramoodu, Devadarshini, Anishma Anilkumar, Meenakshi Dinesh

  19. 89,952views

    Matt Fitzpatrick

    Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick is an English professional golfer. After winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur, he later won his first professional tournament at the 2015 British Masters. He has five wins on the PGA Tour as of 2026, including a major championship at the 20

  20. 83,531views

    Rayan Cherki

    Mathis Rayan Cherki is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Manchester City and the France national team.

  21. 74,729views

    Luke Kennard

    Luke Douglas Kennard is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 12th pick in the 2017 NB

  22. 73,775views

    Nadia Farès

    Nadia Farès was a Moroccan-French actress and singer.

  23. 72,967views

    Justin Bieber

    Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a prominent figure in contemporary popular music, he rose to fame in the late 2000s after being discovered by American talent manager Scooter Braun, who signed him to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG). Bieber

  24. 69,392views

    Akshaya Tritiya

    Akśaya Tṛtīyā, also known as Ākhā Tīja, is an annual Jaina and Hindu spring festival. It falls on the third tithi of the bright half of the Hindu month of Vaiśākha.

  25. 68,861views

    Deepika Padukone

    Deepika Prakash Padukone is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. Her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018 and awarded her the Time100 Impact Award in 2022.

  26. 67,407views

    Dexter Lawrence

    Dexter Lawrence II, nicknamed "Sexy Dexy", is an American professional football nose tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers and was selected by the New York Giants in the first

  27. 67,253views

    Stance (vehicle)

    The stance of a vehicle is a term that describes a vehicle's suspension height and the fitment of the wheels in the fender arches. It may refer to any vehicle, including sports cars, pickup trucks and off-road vehicles. However, it is mostly associated with lo

  28. 67,037views

    Euphoria (American TV series)

    Euphoria is an American psychological drama television series created and written by Sam Levinson for HBO. Based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem, the series stars Zendaya as drug-addicted teenager Rue Bennett, who also serves a

  29. 65,242views

    The Pitt

    The Pitt is an American medical drama television series created by R. Scott Gemmill and executive produced by John Wells and Noah Wyle. It is Gemmill, Wells, and Wyle's second collaboration; they previously worked together on ER (1994–2009). It stars Wyle, Tra

  30. 65,099views

    Roommates (2026 film)

    Roommates is a 2026 American black comedy film directed by Chandler Levack and written by Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan. The film stars Sadie Sandler and Chloe East.

Frontier 25

What the people building things argued about, from Hacker News.

  1. 2,177points

    John Ternus to become Apple CEO

    1,331 comments

  2. 1,446points

    All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

    1,268 comments

  3. 810points

    GitHub's fake star economy

    377 comments

  4. 710points

    Kimi K2.6: Advancing open-source coding

    372 comments

  5. 706points

    Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen

    483 comments

  6. 705points

    Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving

    377 comments

  7. 659points

    At long last, InfoWars is ours

    302 comments

  8. 627points

    Making RAM at Home [video]

    180 comments

  9. 604points

    Atlassian enables default data collection to train AI

    136 comments

  10. 544points

    Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans

    230 comments

  11. 485points

    NSA is using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist

    348 comments

  12. 452points

    ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL

    85 comments

  13. 448points

    Sauna effect on heart rate

    236 comments

  14. 388points

    AI Resistance: some recent anti-AI stuff that’s worth discussing

    419 comments

  15. 367points

    Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated

    389 comments

  16. 330points

    Not buying another Kindle

    275 comments

  17. 329points

    We accepted surveillance as default

    149 comments

  18. 326points

    Tesla concealed fatal accidents to continue testing autonomous driving

    204 comments

  19. 310points

    Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers

    33 comments

  20. 307points

    OpenClaw isn't fooling me. I remember MS-DOS

    333 comments

  21. 307points

    MNT Reform is an open hardware laptop, designed and assembled in Germany

    114 comments

  22. 307points

    Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys

    109 comments

  23. 303points

    OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”

    161 comments

  24. 303points

    The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

    154 comments

  25. 300points

    Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it

    209 comments

Research 25

Papers submitted to arXiv cs.AI that day.

  1. arXiv2110.07420

    Automatic Modeling of Social Concepts Evoked by Art Images as Multimodal Frames

    Social concepts referring to non-physical objects--such as revolution, violence, or friendship--are powerful tools to describe, index, and query the content of visual data, including ever-growing collections of art images from the Cultural Heritage (CH) field. While much progress has been made towards complete image understanding in computer vision, automatic detection of social concepts evoked by images is still a c

    Pandiani, Delfina Sol Martinez, Presutti, Valentina

  2. arXiv2305.10947

    Revisiting 16-bit Neural Network Training: A Practical Approach for Resource-Limited Learning

    With the increasing complexity of machine learning models, managing computational resources like memory and processing power has become a critical concern. Mixed precision techniques, which leverage different numerical precisions during model training and inference to optimize resource usage, have been widely adopted. However, access to hardware that supports lower precision formats (e.g., FP8 or FP4) remains limited

    Yun, Juyoung, Choi, Sol, Rameau, Francois, Kang, Byungkon et al.

  3. arXiv2308.10562

    Seeing the Intangible: Survey of Image Classification into High-Level and Abstract Categories

    The field of Computer Vision (CV) is increasingly shifting towards ``high-level'' visual sensemaking tasks, yet the exact nature of these tasks remains unclear and tacit. This survey paper addresses this ambiguity by systematically reviewing research on high-level visual understanding, focusing particularly on Abstract Concepts (ACs) in automatic image classification. Our survey contributes in three main ways

    Pandiani, Delfina Sol Martinez, Presutti, Valentina

  4. arXiv2311.00656

    Adaptive Spatio-temporal Estimation on the Graph Edges via Line Graph Transformation

    Spatial-temporal estimation of signals on graph edges is challenging because most conventional Graph Signal Processing techniques are defined on the graph nodes. Leveraging the Line Graph transform, the Line Graph Least Mean Square (LGLMS) algorithm unifies the Line Graph transformation with classical adaptive filters, reinterpreting online estimation techniques for time-varying signals on graph edges. LGLMS leverage

    Yan, Yi, Kuruoglu, Ercan Engin

  5. arXiv2402.01720

    Deep Learning Based Amharic Chatbot for FAQs in Universities

    University students often spend a considerable amount of time seeking answers to common questions from administrators or teachers. This can become tedious for both parties, leading to a need for a solution. In response, this paper proposes a chatbot model that utilizes natural language processing and deep learning techniques to answer frequently asked questions (FAQs) in the Amharic language. Chatbots are computer pr

    Hailu, Goitom Ybrah, Hailu, Hadush, Welay, Shishay

  6. arXiv2402.03038

    Automatic Combination of Sample Selection Strategies for Few-Shot Learning

    In few-shot learning, the selection of samples has a significant impact on the performance of the model. While effective sample selection strategies are well-established in supervised settings, research on large language models largely overlooks them, favouring strategies specifically tailored to individual in-context learning settings. In this paper, we propose a new method for Automatic Combination of SamplE Select

    Pecher, Branislav, Srba, Ivan, Bielikova, Maria, Vanschoren, Joaquin

  7. arXiv2402.19339

    Stitching Gaps: Fusing Situated Perceptual Knowledge with Vision Transformers for High-Level Image Classification

    The increasing demand for automatic high-level image understanding, particularly in detecting abstract concepts (AC) within images, underscores the necessity for innovative and more interpretable approaches. These approaches need to harmonize traditional deep vision methods with the nuanced, context-dependent knowledge humans employ to interpret images at intricate semantic levels. In this work, we leverage situated

    Pandiani, Delfina Sol Martinez, Lazzari, Nicolas, Presutti, Valentina

  8. arXiv2405.07762

    A method for supervoxel-wise association studies of age and other non-imaging variables from coronary computed tomography angiograms

    The study of associations between an individual's age and imaging and non-imaging data is an active research area that attempts to aid understanding of the effects and patterns of aging. In this work we have conducted a supervoxel-wise association study between both volumetric and tissue density features in coronary computed tomography angiograms and the chronological age of a subject, to understand the localized

    Öfverstedt, Johan, Lundström, Elin, Bergström, Göran, Kullberg, Joel et al.

  9. arXiv2406.07353

    Toxic Memes: A Survey of Computational Perspectives on the Detection and Explanation of Meme Toxicities

    Internet memes, channels for humor, social commentary, and cultural expression, are increasingly used to spread toxic messages. Studies on the computational analyses of toxic memes have significantly grown over the past five years, and the only three surveys on computational toxic meme analysis cover only work published until 2022, leading to inconsistent terminology and unexplored trends. Our work fills this gap by

    Pandiani, Delfina Sol Martinez, Sang, Erik Tjong Kim, Ceolin, Davide

  10. arXiv2406.15809

    LaMSUM: Amplifying Voices Against Harassment through LLM Guided Extractive Summarization of User Incident Reports

    Citizen reporting platforms help the public and authorities stay informed about sexual harassment incidents. However, the high volume of data shared on these platforms makes reviewing each individual case challenging. Therefore, a summarization algorithm capable of processing and understanding various code-mixed languages is essential. In recent years, Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown exceptional performance i

    Chhikara, Garima, Sharma, Anurag, Gurucharan, V., Ghosh, Kripabandhu et al.

  11. arXiv2408.15549

    WildFeedback: Aligning LLMs With In-situ User Interactions And Feedback

    As large language models (LLMs) continue to advance, aligning these models with human preferences has emerged as a critical challenge. Traditional alignment methods, relying on human or LLM annotated datasets, are limited by their resource-intensive nature, inherent subjectivity, misalignment with real-world user preferences, and the risk of feedback loops that amplify model biases. To overcome these limitations, we

    Shi, Taiwei, Wang, Zhuoer, Yang, Longqi, Lin, Ying-Chun et al.

  12. arXiv2409.01794

    Estimating Joint Interventional Distributions from Marginal Interventional Data

    In this paper we show how to exploit interventional data to acquire the joint conditional distribution of all the variables using the Maximum Entropy principle. To this end, we extend the Causal Maximum Entropy method to make use of interventional data in addition to observational data. Using Lagrange duality, we prove that the solution to the Causal Maximum Entropy problem with interventional constraints lies in the

    Mejia, Sergio Hernan Garrido, Kirschbaum, Elke, Kekić, Armin, Schölkopf, Bernhard et al.

  13. arXiv2409.15182

    Goal-based Neural Physics Vehicle Trajectory Prediction Model

    Vehicle trajectory prediction plays a vital role in intelligent transportation systems and autonomous driving, as it significantly affects vehicle behavior planning and control, thereby influencing traffic safety and efficiency. Numerous studies have been conducted to predict short-term vehicle trajectories in the immediate future. However, long-term trajectory prediction remains a major challenge due to accumulated

    Gan, Rui, Shi, Haotian, Li, Pei, Wu, Keshu et al.

  14. arXiv2410.01252

    Resource-efficient equivariant quantum convolutional neural networks

    Equivariant quantum neural networks (QNNs) are promising variational models that exploit symmetries to improve machine learning capabilities. Despite theoretical developments in equivariant QNNs, their implementation on near-term quantum devices remains challenging due to limited computational resources. This study proposes a resource-efficient model of equivariant quantum convolutional neural networks (QCNNs) called

    Chinzei, Koki, Tran, Quoc Hoan, Endo, Yasuhiro, Oshima, Hirotaka

  15. arXiv2411.09355

    Prices, Bids, Values: One ML-Powered Combinatorial Auction to Rule Them All

    We study the design of iterative combinatorial auctions (ICAs). The main challenge in this domain is that the bundle space grows exponentially in the number of items. To address this, recent work has proposed machine learning (ML)-based preference elicitation algorithms that aim to elicit only the most critical information from bidders to maximize efficiency. However, while the SOTA ML-based algorithms elicit bidders

    Soumalias, Ermis, Heiss, Jakob, Weissteiner, Jakob, Seuken, Sven

  16. arXiv2411.10446

    VeriGraph: Scene Graphs for Execution Verifiable Robot Planning

    Recent progress in vision-language models (VLMs) has opened new possibilities for robot task planning, but these models often produce incorrect action sequences. To address these limitations, we propose VeriGraph, a novel framework that integrates VLMs for robotic planning while verifying action feasibility. VeriGraph uses scene graphs as an intermediate representation to capture key objects and spatial relationships

    Ekpo, Daniel, Levy, Mara, Suri, Saksham, Huynh, Chuong et al.

  17. arXiv2411.12502

    Transformer Neural Processes - Kernel Regression

    Neural Processes (NPs) are a rapidly evolving class of models designed to directly model the posterior predictive distribution of stochastic processes. Originally developed as a scalable alternative to Gaussian Processes (GPs), which are limited by $O(n^3)$ runtime complexity, the most accurate modern NPs can often rival GPs but still suffer from an $O(n^2)$ bottleneck due to their attention mechanism. We introduce t

    Jenson, Daniel, Navott, Jhonathan, Zhang, Mengyan, Sharma, Makkunda et al.

  18. arXiv2411.18328

    EventCrab: Harnessing Frame and Point Synergy for Event-based Action Recognition and Beyond

    Event-based Action Recognition (EAR) possesses the advantages of high-temporal resolution capturing and privacy preservation compared with traditional action recognition. Current leading EAR solutions typically follow two regimes: project unconstructed event streams into dense constructed event frames and adopt powerful frame-specific networks, or employ lightweight point-specific networks to handle sparse unconstruc

    Cao, Meiqi, Shu, Xiangbo, Zhang, Jiachao, Yan, Rui et al.

  19. arXiv2412.04300

    T2I-FactualBench: Benchmarking the Factuality of Text-to-Image Models with Knowledge-Intensive Concepts

    Evaluating the quality of synthesized images remains a significant challenge in the development of text-to-image (T2I) generation. Most existing studies in this area primarily focus on evaluating text-image alignment, image quality, and object composition capabilities, with comparatively fewer studies addressing the evaluation of the factuality of T2I models, particularly when the concepts involved are knowledge-inte

    Huang, Ziwei, He, Wanggui, Long, Quanyu, Wang, Yandi et al.

  20. arXiv2412.04497

    Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models for Low-Resource Languages in Humanities Research

    Low-resource languages serve as invaluable repositories of human history, embodying cultural evolution and intellectual diversity. Despite their significance, these languages face critical challenges, including data scarcity and technological limitations, which hinder their comprehensive study and preservation. Recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) offer transformative opportunities for addressing these

    Zhong, Tianyang, Yang, Zhenyuan, Liu, Zhengliang, Zhang, Ruidong et al.

  21. arXiv2412.19363

    Large Language Models for Market Research: A Data-augmentation Approach

    Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed artificial intelligence by excelling in complex natural language processing tasks. Their ability to generate human-like text has opened new possibilities for market research, particularly in conjoint analysis, where understanding consumer preferences is essential but often resource-intensive. Traditional survey-based methods face limitations in scalability and cost, makin

    Wang, Mengxin, Zhang, Dennis J., Zhang, Heng

  22. arXiv2501.05281

    Comparison Study: Glacier Calving Front Delineation in Synthetic Aperture Radar Images With Deep Learning

    Continuous monitoring of glacier calving fronts is essential for sea level rise projections. This study benchmarks Deep Learning systems for front delineation in Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery. While Deep Learning systems exhibit errors up to 221 m, human annotators deviate by only 38 m, underscoring the need for further research.

    Gourmelon, Nora, Heidler, Konrad, Loebel, Erik, Cheng, Daniel et al.

  23. arXiv2502.06915

    Analytic Personalized Federated Meta-Learning

    Analytic Federated Learning (AFL) is an enhanced gradient-free federated learning (FL) paradigm designed to accelerate training by updating the global model in a single step with closed-form least-square (LS) solutions. However, the obtained global model suffers performance degradation across clients with heterogeneous data distribution. Meta-learning is a common approach to tackle this problem by delivering personal

    Gu, Shunxian, You, Chaoqun, Guo, Deke, Qu, Zhihao et al.

  24. arXiv2502.15972

    When Cultures Meet: Multicultural Text-to-Image Generation

    Text-to-image generation models have achieved strong performance in culturally homogeneous settings, yet their ability to generate multicultural scenes, where people and landmarks originate from different cultures, remains largely unexplored. We introduce multicultural text-to-image generation as a new task and present the first benchmark designed to study this setting. Our dataset contains 9,000 images spanning five

    Bhalerao, Parth, Yalamarty, Mounika, Trinh, Brian, Ignat, Oana

  25. arXiv2502.19312

    FSPO: Few-Shot Optimization of Synthetic Preferences Personalizes to Real Users

    Effective personalization of LLMs is critical for a broad range of user-interfacing applications such as virtual assistants and content curation. Inspired by the strong in-context capabilities of LLMs, we propose few-shot preference optimization (FSPO), an algorithm for LLM personalization that reframes reward modeling as a meta-learning problem. Under FSPO, an LLM learns to quickly infer a personalized reward functi

    Singh, Anikait, Hsu, Sheryl, Hsu, Kyle, Mitchell, Eric et al.

On this calendar day 18

Notable events recorded on this day and month across all years.

  1. 2023year

    SpaceX's Starship launched for the first time before exploding four minutes into flight.

  2. 2021year

    Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota court.

  3. 2010year

    An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history.

  4. 2008year

    American racing driver Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar auto race.

  5. 2008year

    Fernando Lugo became the first candidate not from the Colorado Party candidate to be elected President of Paraguay in 61 years.

  6. 2004year

    An incomplete tunnel leading to the Nicoll Highway MRT station in Singapore collapsed, resulting in four deaths and the station's relocation.

  7. 1999year

    Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committing suicide.

  8. 1985year

    The Animal Liberation Front raided a laboratory at the University of California, Riverside, rescuing 467 animals and causing $700,000 in damage.

  9. 1978year

    Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace and was forced to make an emergency landing.

  10. 1968year

    Enoch Powell, a British Conservative member of Parliament, made a controversial speech in opposition to immigration and anti-discrimination legislation, resulting in his removal from the shadow cabinet.

  11. 1968year

    Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada, succeeding Lester B. Pearson.

  12. 1968year

    South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.

  13. 1942year

    World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.

  14. 1939year

    Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany.

  15. 1939year

    Billie Holiday (pictured) recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement.

  16. 1922year

    The Soviet government created the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

  17. 1914year

    A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Massacre.

  18. 1828year

    French explorer René Caillié reached Timbuktu in present-day Mali, and later received a 9,000-franc prize from the Société de Géographie for being the first European to return with a description of the city.