This week marks the anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 28, 1986. Unfortunately, Ukraine has been in the news again the last few months for the horrible things happening in their country. How did the incident in Chernobyl affect the world and what else was being reported on the same day it made headlines around the globe?

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“Advertisement: Waiola Estates.” The Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii), April 28, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

“Al Capone.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 18, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone.

Associated Press. “Child Fine after 4-Story Fall.” The Post-Star (Glen Falls, New York), April 29, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Witnesses Attacked In Boston.” Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), April 26, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Witnesses Beaten, Harassed after Sentencing.” Springfield Leader and Press (Springfield, Missouri), April 26, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

“Baby, Thrown from Window, Caught.” The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee), April 28, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

Boorstin, Robert O. “Infant Is Tossed from 4th Floor, but It Is Caught.” The New York Times. The New York Times, April 28, 1986. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/28/nyregion/infant-is-tossed-from-4th-floor-but-it-is-caught.html.

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Kennedy, John H. “Man Gets 7-10 Years in Racial Attack.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), April 17, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

Learish, Jessica. “Horrifying Photos of Chernobyl and Its Aftermath.” CBS News. CBS Interactive, March 11, 2022. https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/horrifying-photos-of-chernobyl-and-its-aftermath/5/.

“Lexington Hotel.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 21, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington_Hotel.

“The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, December 25, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Al_Capone%27s_Vaults.

Quill, Ed. “Civil Rights Violator Loses His Appeal.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), December 3, 1987. www.newspapers.com.

Williams, Carol J. “Accident Reported At Soviet Nuclear Plant.” Daily Sitka Sentinel (Sitka, Alaska), April 28, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

Wishart, Bob. “Gang War Declared over Capone Show.” The Modesto Bee (Modesto, California), April 28, 1986. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.