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April 26, 2003 (2003-04-26) (Saturday)
  • Unknown assailants fire incendiary devices on an ammunition dump in suburban Baghdad, triggering hours of explosions. American sources put the casualties at six dead and four wounded; Iraqi sources state 25 wounded. U.S Army 3rd Infantry Division the 11th Engineer Battalion Charlie Co. ASP(Ammo Security Point)89 tons of confiscated munitions exploded after an enemy attack.[1]
  • Winnie Mandela is sentenced to four years in prison (five years, less one-year suspended) for theft and fraud.[2]
  • Hiker and mountain climber Aron Ralston is stuck for five days in Blue John Canyon after an 800-pound rock falls on his right arm, pinning it to the canyon wall.
  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2017-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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