Today is Friday, April 20, the 111th day of 2012. 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
1879 ― First mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus
1902 ― Marie & Pierre Curie isolate radioactive element radium
1904 ― George Bernard Shaw's ``Candida," premieres in London
1917 ― Lenin names Russia ``free land of world" (Pravda)
1920 ― Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
1940 ― First electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa.
1977 ― Woody Allen's film ``Annie Hall" premieres
1996 ― Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
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