On this day

1625: Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland aswell as claiming the title King of France.

1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.

1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into lawon April 9.

1871: The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.

1886: Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the US Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.

1977: Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am).

1980: The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.

2002: Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.

2009: The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.

2015: Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.

LAST YEAR: A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.