How Many Days Until April 5?

This day in history: April 5

1. 1998

   The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, then the world's longest suspension bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe in Japan, opened to traffic.

2. 2000

   Fan violence broke out before a UEFA Cup semifinal in Istanbul, Turkey, resulting in two Leeds United supporters being stabbed to death and Galatasaray supporters being banned from attending the second leg in England.

3. 2002

   In the first reported data breach, 250,000 social security numbers collected by the State of California were stolen from a data center.

4. 2009

   The North Korean satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 was launched from the Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground and passed over Japan, sparking concerns it may have been a trial run of technology that could be used to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles.

5. 2010

   An explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners in the United States' worst mining disaster in 40 years.

6. 2010

   Two bombings in Pakistan killed up to 50 people and injured around 100 others.

7. 2018

   Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S.

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