The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 26 April 1607English trading company
The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 24 April 2004Financial penalties applied by nations
The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that permitted the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 22 April 1864Bicameral legislature of the United States
The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being📜 CITIES🌍 SOUTH AFRICA🗓️ 18 April 1980Country in Southeastern Africa
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 INDIA🗓️ 16 April 1853Railway company in British India (1849–1951)
The General Electric Company is formed.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 15 April 1892American multinational conglomerate (1892–2024)
Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 15 April 1994April 1994 international free trade agreement signed in Marrakech, Morocco