2008 Woodie Awards
This Week in History
Marsel Gray
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Online Headlines
April 14 2003: The Human Genome Project to fully map the human genome is successfully completed.
April 15 1941: German bombers hit Belfast, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard that built the Titanic, killing 700.
April 16 73: Roman troops breach the walls of Masada fortress to find the Jewish defenders have committed mass suicide.
April 17 1961: A US-backed invasion of Cuba, made up of anti-Fidel Castro exiles, is defeated at the Bay of Pigs.
April 18 1775: The American War of Independence begins with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The British win both.
April 15 1941: German bombers hit Belfast, including the Harland and Wolff shipyard that built the Titanic, killing 700.
April 16 73: Roman troops breach the walls of Masada fortress to find the Jewish defenders have committed mass suicide.
April 17 1961: A US-backed invasion of Cuba, made up of anti-Fidel Castro exiles, is defeated at the Bay of Pigs.
April 18 1775: The American War of Independence begins with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The British win both.
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