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Noel Park in north London is a planned community designed by Rowland Plumbe in the late 19th century, consisting of 2,200 model dwellings. It was developed in open countryside to the north of London between the historic villages of Highgate and Tottenham by the Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company. One of the earliest garden suburbs in the world, it provided affordable housing for working-class families wishing to leave the inner city. Every property had a front and rear garden, and it was close enough to the rail network to allow its residents to commute to work. In line with the principles of the company's founder, William Austin, it had no pubs, and there are still none today. As a result of London's rapid expansion during the early 20th century, and particularly after the London Underground was extended to the area in 1932, Noel Park was surrounded by later developments. In 1965, it was incorporated into the newly created London Borough of Haringey. Despite damage during World War II and demolition work during the construction of Wood Green Shopping City in the 1970s, it remains largely architecturally intact. (Full article...)

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At least 45 people are killed and 136 others injured when two Egyptian Coptic Orthodox churches are attacked on Palm Sunday by suicide bombers.
The Basque separatist militant group ETA disarms itself.
A stolen truck is driven through crowds and into a department store in downtown Stockholm, killing 4 people and injuring 15 others.
The United States attacks a Syrian air base in response to a chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun that killed more than 70 people.
Tim Berners-Lee (pictured) wins the Turing Award for inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the protocols and algorithms that allow the Web to scale.

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April 10:

F. Scott Fitzgerald

1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition began when Austria invaded Bavaria.
1858 – Big Ben, the bell in the Palace of Westminster's clock tower in London, was cast after the original bell had cracked during testing.
1925 – The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (pictured) was first published.
1944 – The Holocaust: Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz; their report was one of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the mass killings in the camp.
1992 – Nagorno-Karabakh War: At least 40 Armenian civilians were massacred in Maraga, Azerbaijan.

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Shannen Doherty

American actress Shannen Doherty has appeared in numerous television programs and motion pictures. Landing her first major role in the dramatic western television series Little House on the Prairie, Doherty had her breakthrough role as Brenda Walsh in the teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210. She was later removed from the series due to backstage issues. She starred in television films in the early and mid-1990s in an attempt to rebuild her career. Doherty enjoyed a resurgence in popularity while playing the witch Prue Halliwell on the supernatural drama Charmed. Following disagreements with Spelling and co-star Alyssa Milano, Doherty left the series in its third season. While acting in a string of television films, Doherty has also participated in five reality television shows. (Full list...)

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Schönbrunn Palace is a former imperial summer residence located in Vienna, Austria. The 1,441-room Baroque palace, with a history that spans more than 300 years, is a World Heritage Site and a major tourist attraction.

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