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April 20: First day of Ridván (Baháʼí Faith, 2024); 420 (cannabis culture)

Vädersolstavlan

1535 – Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the painting Vädersolstavlan (depicted), the oldest coloured depiction of the city.
1818 – Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.
1942 – World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.
1968 – South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.
2010 – An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history.

Peter Bartholomew (d. 1099)
Allegra Byron (d. 1822)
Toller Cranston (b. 1949)

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