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{{*mp|April 6}} '''[[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]]''', the 1976 [[Nobel Prize for Medicine]] winner and discoverer of the first vaccine for [[Hepatitis B]], dies at the age of 85. |
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{{*mp|April 6}} '''[[2011 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck|A shipwreck]]''' off the coast of [[Lampedusa]], [[Italy]], leaves at least 20 people dead and more than 100 missing. |
{{*mp|April 6}} '''[[2011 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck|A shipwreck]]''' off the coast of [[Lampedusa]], [[Italy]], leaves at least 20 people dead and more than 100 missing. |
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{{*mp|April 5}} Scientists '''[[Ozone depletion#Arctic ozone hole|observe]]''' the highest level of [[Arctic]] [[ozone layer]] depletion on record, attributed to colder temperatures in the [[stratosphere]]. |
{{*mp|April 5}} Scientists '''[[Ozone depletion#Arctic ozone hole|observe]]''' the highest level of [[Arctic]] [[ozone layer]] depletion on record, attributed to colder temperatures in the [[stratosphere]]. |
Revision as of 21:38, 7 April 2011
- Baruch Samuel Blumberg, the 1976 Nobel Prize for Medicine winner and discoverer of the first vaccine for Hepatitis B, dies at the age of 85.
- A shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, leaves at least 20 people dead and more than 100 missing.
- Scientists observe the highest level of Arctic ozone layer depletion on record, attributed to colder temperatures in the stratosphere.
- The Democrats for Andorra, led by Antoni Martí, win an absolute majority in a parliamentary election.
- In United States college basketball, the Connecticut Huskies (head coach Jim Calhoun pictured) defeat the Butler Bulldogs to win the men's NCAA Championship.
- A United Nations aircraft crashes in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 32 of the 33 people on board.
- Paleontologists announce the discovery of Zhuchengtyrannus magnus, a carnivorous dinosaur almost as large as Tyrannosaurus rex, in eastern China.
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