April 22, 1904: Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the atomic bomb, was born.
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April 21, 1972: Apollo 17
Apollo 17, the last Apollo mission, lands on the Moon.
April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, was born.
April 19, 1958: SF Giants and LA Dodgers
The San Francisco Giants faced the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time in major league baseball.
April 18, 1906: San Francisco Earthquake
An 8.3 magnitude earthquake hit SF at 5:12 am on April 18, 1906. This quake left over 3,000 people dead and many others homeless. Businesses were temporarily relocated to Oakland. However, two years later, San Francisco was rapidly recovering as reconstruction was being done at a furious rate.
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