On April 26, 1986, a series of events led to the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl station, located in Pripyat, about 65 miles north of Kyiv in present-day Ukraine. The disaster […]
The Flint water crisis is one of the most significant public health and environmental disasters in modern American history. It began on April 25, 2014, when officials in Flint, Michigan, decided to switch the city’s […]
Haunting Forgotten Classic Cars Take a look at these forgotten classic cars resting in fields and barns, where time has turned elegance into something raw and haunting. The Broadway Theater Car A car left […]
On April 24, 1982, Jane Fonda released her first exercise video, titled Jane Fonda’s Workout, inspired by her best-selling book, Jane Fonda’s Workout Book. The workout video eventually sold 17 million copies, more than any […]
Weird TV product placements you totally missed (or thought were just furniture) The television series Chuck featured notorious product placement, including scenes where characters delivered enthusiastic monologues about Subway sandwiches that felt more like commercials […]
On April 23, 1985, Coca-Cola made a decision that would go down as one of the biggest marketing failures in history. For the first time in 99 years, the company announced it was changing its […]
On April 22, 1978, the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, hosted one of the most important concerts, known as the One Love Peace Concert. The concert was an attempt to end the political civil war […]
On the morning of April 21, 2016, Prince Rogers Nelson, known to millions simply as Prince, was found dead at his Paisley Park home and recording studio in Minnesota. He was only 57 years old. […]
On April 20, 1999, two students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, carrying weapons and explosives. In less than 20 minutes, 12 students and one teacher were killed, and 21 others were wounded. While […]
In April 1956, American movie star Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in what became known as the Wedding of the Century. Now, 70 years later, Monaco is revisiting this legendary romance with […]