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Date: April 7, 2016 at 6:09:17 AM EDT
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Subject: 1994: Civil war erupts in Rwanda
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1994 Civil war erupts in Rwanda
On this day in 1994, Rwandan armed forces kill 10 Belgian peacekeeping officers in a successful effort to discourage international intervention in the genocide that had begun only hours earlier. In approximately three months, the Hutu extremists who controlled Rwanda brutally murdered an estimated 5... read more »
American Revolution 1776 U.S. Navy captures first British warship »
Automotive 1947 Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies »
Civil War 1862 Battle of Shiloh concludes »
Cold War 1954 Eisenhower gives famous "domino theory" speech »
Crime 1994 The Rwandan genocide »
Disaster 1990 Twin ferry accidents on opposite ends of world »
General Interest 1953 Hammarskjold elected U.N. head » 1963 Tito is made president for life » 2012 Longtime "60 Minutes" journalist Mike Wallace dies »
Hollywood 1970 John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar »
Literary 1770 William Wordsworth is born »
Music 1920 Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar is born »
Old West 1805 Lewis and Clark depart Fort Mandan »
Presidential 1961 JFK lobbies Congress to help save historic sites in Egypt »
Sports 1873 John McGraw, second all-time winningest baseball manager, is born »
Vietnam War 1975 North Vietnamese forces begin preparations for final offensive »
World War I 1918 Winston Churchill urges talks with Russia »
World War II 1939 Italy invades Albania » 1945 Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces »
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