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• ...that the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park (logo pictured) is the first national tribute to home front American women?
• ...that 18th century prostitute Sally Salisbury was sent to prison after a riot but was released by a judge who was infatuated with her?
• ...that the city of Mysore, in the Indian state of Karnataka, has been called the "Cultural Capital of Karnataka"?
• ...that Neil McLean persuaded the British government not to recognise the Yemen Arab Republic takeover of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen during the North Yemen Civil War?
• ...the 1765 cookery book The Frugal Housewife, or, Complete woman cook by English author Susannah Carter was republished in Boston in 1772, illustrated with engravings by Paul Revere?
• ...the AT&T Corporate Center is the tallest building built in Chicago in the last quarter of the 20th century?
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• Two passengers remain unaccounted for after the Greek cruise ship M/S Sea Diamond (pictured) ran aground off Santorini in the Aegean Sea and sank.
• The 15 Royal Navy personnel accused of trespassing into Iranian waters return to the United Kingdom after a two-week detention.
• TGV POS trainset number 4402 sets a new world speed record for railed vehicles at 574.8 km/h (357 mph) during test runs conducted in Champagne, France.
• Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dissolves the parliament and calls for an early parliamentary election, a move denounced by the parliament as unconstitutional.
• A tsunami triggered by an earthquake strikes the Solomon Islands, killing at least 20, destroying around 900 homes and leaving thousands homeless.
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April 10:

• 1815 - Mount Tambora in Indonesia began the most violent volcanic eruption in recorded history.
• 1919 - Mexican Revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (pictured) was shot to his death near Ciudad Ayala, Morelos.
• 1941 - World War II: The Independent State of Croatia was established, with Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić as head of the puppet government.
• 1959 - Crown Prince Akihito, the future Emperor of Japan, wedded Michiko, the first commoner to marry into the Japanese imperial family.
• 1998 - The Good Friday Agreement, a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process, was signed.

• Recent days: April 9 – April 8 – April 7

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