Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving
from 1969 to 1974.
On April 22, 1994, the former president died after suffering a
stroke four days earlier.
Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving
from 1969 to 1974.
On April 22, 1994, the former president died after suffering a
stroke four days earlier.
On April 21, 1865, a train carrying the coffin of assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln left Washington, D.C. on its way
to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4.
President Lincoln’s Funeral Train, Interior – Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper Drawing.
Millions of Americans bade farewell to the assassinated president as his body made a 1,700-mile journey home.
An authentic replica of the coffin President Abraham Lincoln
was buried in sits on display at the Barboursville Public
Library in 2019.
On April 20, 2008, then a 26-year-old Danica Patrick (42) won
the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan,
making her the first female winner in IndyCar racing history.
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Soviet aircraft forced a Korean Air Lines passenger jet to land
in the Soviet Union after the jet veers into Russian airspace.
Two people were killed and several others injured when the jet
made a rough landing on a frozen lake about 300 miles south
of Murmansk.
The jet was on a flight from Paris to Seoul when the incident
occurred.