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Wednesday, 01 April 2026
2005 Volna booster rocket carrying the inaugural light sail spacecraft (a joint Russian-United States project) failed 83 seconds after its launch, destroying the spacecraft. 
2012 Moody's downgrades 15 major banks in the UK, US, Canada and Europe.
2013 15 people are killed and 20 are injured after a suicide bomber attacks a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan
2017 Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu outed after losing no-confidence vote 241-7
2017 In this year, In landmark case Israeli woman claims sexism case against airline El Al after asked to change seat away from a man.
2017 The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraq, is destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2018 EU imposes tariffs on US goods worth $3.2 billion in response to US tariffs
2018 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden is recorded as becoming the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter
2018 Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , is charged with fraud
2019 UK police called to house of leader contender Boris Johnson over alleged altercation with his girlfriend.
2020 Kurt Cobain 's guitar during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged show sells for a record $6 million.
2020 An annular solar eclipse occurs
