April
"Nothing is worth more than this
day." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
April is the fourth month of the year having 30 days. Name
comes from the Latin (mensis) Avril, the second month of the Roman
year. April's birthstone is diamond and its flower is sweet pea.
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1
April Fools' Day (All Fools' Day)
Youth Day in Benin
2
Malvinas Day in Argentina
Pascua Florida Day in Florida
Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C.,
1939
3
IBM 701 introduced, 1953
4
Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9
stores)
Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis,
Tennessee, 1968
NATO established, 1949
Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong
Liberation Day in Hungary
National Day in Senegal
Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born
in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, 1915
5
Arbor Day in South Korea
Tomb Sweeping Day in Taiwan
6
Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church, 1830
Chakri Memorial Day in Thailand
Victory Day in Ethiopia
7
IBM announces System/360, 1964
Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD in Switzerland,
1943
Alewives run, Cape Cod
8
Fast and Prayer Day in Liberia
9
ENIAC Project begun, 1943
RLee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse,
1865
Martyrs' Day in Tunisia
Paul Robeson born, 1898
10
Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting
the Beatles, 1970
11
National Heroes Day in Costa Rica
12
Columbia launched, 1981
Confederate troops fire first shots of Civil
War at Fort Sumter, 1861
Space Shuttle Columbia launched, 1981
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space,
1961
13
New Year (3 days) in Laos
National Day in Chad
Songkron Day in Thailand
14
Titanic hits iceberg and sinks, 1912
Day of the Americas in Honduras
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
is born, 1945
15
Ray Kroc opens first McDonalds in Des Plaines,
Illinois, 1955
Bengali New Year in Bangladesh
16
Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes
Booth, 1865
De Diego's Birthday (celebrated in Puerto
Rico)
Holy Week (5 days) in Venezuela
Tourist Week (5 days) in Uruguay
17
Bay of Pigs invasion crushed by Castro forces,
1961
Burmese New Year in Burma
18
Albert Einstein passes away, 1955
First laundromat opens, Fort Worth, Texas,
1934
San Francisco earthquake, 1906
Independence Day in Chile, Zimbabwe
Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981
19
Landing of the "33" in Uruguay
Warsaw Ghetto uprising, 1943
Declaration of Independence in Venezuela
Republic Day in Sierra Leone
20
Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor
of busing, 1971
21
Lyrid meteor shower
San Jacinto Day in Texas
Tiradentes in Brazil
Lyrid meteor shower
22
Arbor Day in Nebraska and Delaware
Oklahoma Day in Oklahoma
23
Hank Aaron hits his first home run, 1954
24
Victory Day in Togo
25
Anniversary of the Revolution in Portugal
Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925
Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918
Anzac Day in Australia, New Zealand, Tonga,
Western Samoa
Liberation Day in Italy
National Flag Day in Swaziland
26
William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon,
England, 1564
Confederate Memorial Day in Florida and Georgia
Union Day in Tanzania
Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas,
1933
27
Magellan killed in Philippines, 1521
Independence Day in Togo
28
Zilog Z-80 introduced
29
Zipper is patented by Gideon Sindback, 1913
"Hair" opens on Broadway, 1968
30
Queen's Birthday in Netherlands and Netherlands
Antilles
Workers' Day in Uruguay
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