by Matilda Cruz | Apr 14, 2023 | History
A devastating environmental disaster affected the Great Plains on April 14, 1935, becoming one of the U.S.’s most tragic historical events. The mighty Black Sunday storm swept through Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado with 300 million tons of topsoil. The...
by Matilda Cruz | Apr 13, 2023 | History
Just two days into NASA’s Apollo 13 mission, on April 13, 1970, a routine stirring of an oxygen tank aboard the spacecraft triggered a massive explosion. This explosion tore through the service module and severely compromised the ship’s ability to produce power and...
by Matilda Cruz | Apr 12, 2023 | History
The groundbreaking OncoMouse, the first genetically modified animal to be patented, received U.S. Patent 4,736,866 on April 12, 1988. The presence of an active cancer gene in these animals made them highly susceptible to developing cancer. This characteristic...
by Matilda Cruz | Apr 11, 2023 | History
On April 11, 2013, a team of paleontologists in China’s Guangdong Province unveiled a discovery that could only be described as extraordinary—a nest of fossilized dinosaur eggs housing exquisitely preserved embryos. These specimens, dating back 70 million years...
by Matilda Cruz | Apr 10, 2023 | History
Mount Tambora, situated on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, unleashed the most colossal eruption in recorded history on April 10, 1815. This awe-inspiring event claimed the lives of over 71,000 people and set off a global climate disaster—the infamous “Year Without a...
