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April 21Happy Birthday to American singer-songwriter and punk rock pioneer Iggy Pop (1947). In 1992, the first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. |
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April 22In 1998, Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida. In 1977, optical fiber is used for the first time to carry live telephone traffic. |
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April 23In 1971, the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers is released. It is the band’s first release on the band’s own Rolling Stones Records label. In 1985, Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months. |
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April 24In 2005, the world’s first cloned dog, named Snuppy, is born in South Korea. In 1970, the first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched. |
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April 25Birthday wishes go out to a veteran American actor and director Al Pacino (1940). In 1981, more than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan. |
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April 26In 1977, Studio 54, at the time one of the world’s most famous and popular nightclubs, opens in New York City. In 1803, thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies at L'Aigle, France, convincing European scientists that meteors exist. |
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April 27Today is the last day at Kathmandu Photo Gallery on Pan Road to see Lost in Paradise, an exhibition inspired by rural workers who have come to live and work in Bangkok by local photographer Lek Kiatsirikajorn. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 234 6700. In 1993, the Zambia national football team is killed in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar to play a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal. |
