April 1st, 2001, Slobodan Milosevic is arrested after a standoff outside his Belgrade villa. The former Yugoslav leader is soon transported to the Netherlands to face charges before a UN war crimes tribunal. Milosevic dies in custody five years later, while still on trial. 1945 American forces invade the Japanese island of Okinawa during the final months of World War 2. the US secures the island after nearly 12 weeks of fighting. That’s among the war’s fiercest in the Pacific. 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecuting Jews with a boycott of Jewish owned businesses. Discrimination and violence against Jews increases under Nazi rule, culminating in the Holocaust 2003 At this point she is safe. She’s been retrieved and some brave souls put their lives on the line to make this happen. American troops rescue Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nazareth, Iraq. That’s where Lynch had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed 9 days earlier and 1984. What’s going on? What’s going on? What’s going on? What’s going on? Soul singer Marvin Gaye is shocked to death by his father in Los Angeles. He was 45 years old. Today in history, April first. Mike Grassia, The Associated Press.
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