Ammonium nitrate explosion at chemical storage facility in Oppau, Germany, 561 killed.
Happend on 05. April 1942
Second World War: Japanese Navy attacks Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
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