TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010

Today is Tuesday, April 20, the 110th day of 2010. There are 255 days left in the year.

1653 _ Cromwell routes English parliament to house

1841 _ First detective story (Poe's ``Murders in the Rue Morgue") published

1904 _ George Bernard Shaw's ``Candida", premieres in London

1917 _ Pravda (Lenin names Russia ``Free land of world")

1920 _ Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate

1974 _ Paul McCartney releases ``Band on the Run"

1986 _ Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game

1993 _ Uranus passes Neptune (this occurs once every 171 years)

1996 _ Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season

1999 _ Deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo., 13 killed, 23 wounded