1865 – Assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.
1929 – Hankyu Department Store opened in Umeda Station in Japan, as world’s first department store to open at a railway terminal.
1961 – United States attempts an invasion of Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion.
1986 – US launches a raid on Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi.
2002 – Israeli authorities arrest Member of Fatah Central Committee Marwan Barghouti.
Occasions:
Arirang Festival mass games display in Pyongyang , DPRK celebrating Kim Il Sung’s birthday.
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