EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
April 20
Monday, April 20, 2026
Day 109 of 2026 | Week 17 | 250 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight.
State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin: Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota.
For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing at least 193 people and injuring thousands.
One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that lasted six months.
Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips barricades himself with a handgun in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
The Nicoll Highway in Singapore collapsed, killing four workers.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
British children's television personality (Show Me Show Me
Austrian daredevil and the first skydiver to break the sound barrier
Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
Irish soccer midfielder (42 caps Rep of Ireland; Swindon Town
American TV host (Fun House)
American actress (Samantha-Gimme a Break)
American drummer (Dream Theater)
Dutch darts player (PDC World C'ship 2007; BDO World C'ship 1998
Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist
Mexican racing driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team
Greek politician (New Democracy Party)
English actor (Gollum in Lord of the Rings)
American actor (Back to the Future
French-American symphonic and opera conductor
American football placekicker (Super Bowl XLIV NO Saints; First-team All-Pro & NFL scoring leader 1994; Pro Bowl 1994
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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