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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010

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  • Published Apr 6, 2010 6:45 pm KST
  • Updated Apr 6, 2010 6:45 pm KST

Today is Wednesday, April 7, the 97th day of 2010. There are 268 days left in the year.

1805 _ Premiere of Beethoven's ``Eroica" (conducted by himself)

1923 _ Workers Party of America (NYC) becomes official communist party

1933 _ Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment

1934 _ In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspends his campaign of civil disobedience

1945 _ U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide mission; super-battleship Yamato and four destroyers are sunk

1948 _ World Health Organization established by U.N.

1954 _ President Dwight Eisenhower fears ``domino-effect" in Indo-China

1976 _ Chinese Politburo fires Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping

1980 _ Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis

1988 _ Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan