New York says it will no longer prosecute prostitution.
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753 BC Romulus and Remus, supposedly suckled by a she-wolf, found Rome.
1506 The Lisbon Massacre – in which more than 1,900 Jews are killed – comes to an end.
1806 While cruising off Natal, a French frigate escapes larger British forces during the Napoleonic Wars through superior seamanship.
1836 Sam Houston and General Santa Anna’s troops clash at the Battle of San Jacinto, with the Texans decisively defeating the Mexicans and securing independence.
1844 Jahleel Brenton, South African artist and marine officer after whom two islands in Algoa Bay are named, is born in Warwick, England.
1858 Explorer David Livingstone arrives at the Cape to begin his expedition into Africa’s interior.
1918 The Red Baron, Germany’s leading World War I fighter ace, Manfred von Richthofen, is shot down and killed over France.
1934 The Surgeon’s Photograph, the most famous image of the Loch Ness Monster, is published in Britain’s Daily Mail.
1960 Brasília is inaugurated, replacing Rio de Janeiro as Brazil’s capital city.
1964 A satellite fails to reach orbit and, on re-entry, disperses 1kg of radioactive plutonium into the atmosphere.
1966 Around 100,000 Rastafari gather in Kingston, Jamaica, to see Ethiopia’s Haile Selassie, whom they regard as divine, boosting the movement’s global profile.
2019 Terror attacks on churches and hotels in three Sri Lankan cities on Easter Sunday kill at least 253 people and injure hundreds.
2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa announces a R500-billion Covid-19 aid package and plans for a gradual reopening of the economy as cases reach 3,465 with 58 deaths.
2021 The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York says it will no longer prosecute prostitution, dismissing 914 open cases as part of a broader policy shift.
2021 The Indonesian submarine RI Nanggala sinks off Bali, with all 53 people on board lost despite international rescue efforts.
2025 Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church since 2013, dies and is succeeded by Pope Leo XIV.
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