Archive footage shows aftermath of explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere 37 years ago today. The long-term death toll is believed to number in the thousands.
Today is Wednesday, April 26, the 116th day of 2023. There are 249 days left in the year.On April 26, 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere. In 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Virginia, on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
In 1968, the United States exploded beneath the Nevada desert a 1.3 megaton nuclear device called “Boxcar.”In 1984, bandleader Count Basie, 79, died in Hollywood, Florida. In 2009, the United States declared a public health emergency as more possible cases of swine flu surfaced from Canada to New Zealand; officials in Mexico City closed everything from concerts to sports matches to churches in an effort to stem the spread of the virus.
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