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| APRIL is . . . Grass Month, Pets Are Wonderful Month, Uh-huh Month, Cancer Control Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Freedom Shrine Month, International Guitar Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, Listening Awareness Month, Mathematics Education Month, Multicultural Communication Month, National Anxiety Month, National Garden Month, National Home Improvement Month, National Humor Month, National Occupational Therapy Month, National Welding Month, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month, Sports Eye Safety Month, Boscov's Did-You-Boscov-Today Month, Philatelic Societies Month, VD Awareness Month, National Food Month, Stress Awareness Month, Alcohol Awareness Month, Holy Humor Month, International Amateur Radio Month, International Twit Award Month, Month of the Young Child, National Florida Tomato Month, Multicultural Communication Month, National Knuckles Down Month, National Sexually Transmitted Diseases Education and Awareness Month, National Woodworking Month, Sea Cadet Month, Thai Heritage Month, Sports Eye Safety Month, Community Services Month (California), Listening Awareness Month |
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| 1st Week | 2nd Week | ||
| Medic Alert Week Cherry Blossom Festival Publicity Stunt Week National Birthparents Week Week of the Young Child Cruelest Month Week (Fairy) Straw Hat Week National Bake Week (begins 1st Mon) Consider Christianity Week National Reading a Road Map Week Hate Week |
Be Kind to Animals Week Masters Golf Tournament National Medical Laboratory Week Private Property Week (10th-16th) National Library Week Harmony Week National Garden Week TV Turn-Off Week National Guitar Week National Building Safety Week National Home Safety Week | ||
| 3rd Week | 4th Week | Library Forgiveness Week National Police Week Lefty Awareness Week Boys and Girls Club Week Astronomy Week National Coin Week Bike Safety Week National Bubblegum Week Pan American Week National Week of the Ocean Crime Victims Week National Volunteer Week |
Forest Week National Lingerie Week Canada-US Goodwill Week Big Brothers/Sisters Appreciation Week Consumer Protection Week National TV-Free Week Jewish Heritage Week Grange Week Keep Amerca Beautiful Week National YMCA Week Professional Secretaries Week National Give-A-Sample Week Sky Awareness Week Intergenerational Week Reading Is Fun Week Week of the Young Child Egg Salad Week Teacher Appreciation Week (begins Last Mon) |
| A Week in April | |||
| Astronomy Week (determined by 1st Quarter Moon) | |||
| April Movable Daily Holidays | |||
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| Day | Holiday | ||
| 1st Sunday | Daylight Saving Time begins; turn your clock ahead at 2:00
a.m. Budoha Day (Hawaii) Wesak (Buddha's Birthday) Set-Your Clock-Forward-Day | ||
| 1st Saturday | Saturday Market Day (Oregon) | ||
| 1st Saturday before 5th | Tax Saturday (UK) | ||
| 1st Thursday | Glarus Festival (Switzerland) | ||
| 1st Friday | Student Government Day (Massachusetts) | ||
| Friday after 1st | Arbor Day (Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai; Arizona) | ||
| 2nd Friday | Audubon Day | ||
| 3rd Sunday & Monday | Sechselauten (Six Ringing Festival; Switzerland) | ||
| 3rd Monday | Patriot's Day (Maine, Massachusetts) Boston Marathon | ||
| Thursday between 19th & 26th | First Day of Summer (Iceland) | ||
| Saturday nearest St. George's Day (23rd) | Peppercorn Day (Bermuda) | ||
| Monday nearest Feast Day of St. George (23rd) | St. George's Day (Newfoundland) | ||
| Sunday after 1st full moon after vernal equinox following Passover | Lambri (Bright Day; Greece) | ||
| 3rd Monday | Patriots' Day (Maine, Massachusetts) | ||
| 4th Monday | Fast Day (New Hampshire) | ||
| 4th Thursday | Take Our Daughters to Work Day | ||
| 4th Weekend | Just Pray No weekend | ||
| Last Monday | Confederate Memorial Day (Alabama, Mississippi) | ||
| Last Friday | Arbor Day Bird Day | ||
| Wednesday of Last Full Week | Professional Secretaries Day | ||
| April Indeterminate Holidays The holidays in this table are either based on calendars other than the Gregorian Calendar or are keyed to natural events such as seasons or cosmological phenomena |
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| Time Period | Holiday |
| Full Moon Day of 6th Buddhist month (@ Apr/May) | Vesak |
| Sun enters Aries | Solar New Year (Southeast Asia) aka Thingyan (Burma) aka Songkran (Thailand) |
| 10th through 15th Day of 2nd lunar month | Paro Tsechu (Bhutan) |
| During planting season (@ Apr/May) | Tyi Wara (Mali) |
| Early April to late July (every 4 years) | Summer Olympics begin |
| Late April or May | Alp Aufzug (Switzerland) |
| Before 1st rainfall (@ Apr/May) | Bobo Masquerade (Burkina Faso) |
| Sometime in April | World Champioinship Cow Chip Throwing Contest |
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| 1 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Edmond Rostrand Sergei Rachmaninoff John Morton Otto Von Bismark Edwin Abbey Sung Hi Lee William Harvey Jimmy Cliff Scott Joplin Annette O'Toole John Ford Clara Hale Milan Kundera Shanna McCullough Wallace Beery Lon Chaney Gordon Jump Toshire Mifune Annette O'Toole Jane Powell Phil Niekro Ali McGraw Gil Scott-Heron Libby Riddles Debbie Reynolds William Manchester Ronnie Lane Don Hastings Jane Adams Clara McBride Hale Rusty Staub Eddie Duchin Rudolph Isley Billy Curie Magdelena Maleeva George Grizzard Kevin Duckworth Jim Ed Brown Bow Howdy |
April Fool's Day Intolerance Day Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman Women's Festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men) Loki's Day (Norse) Festival of Positive Threats Islamic Republic Day (Iran) EOKA Day (Greece) San Marino National Day One Cent Day All Fools' Day Festival of Irritating Jokes and Childish Japes Tater Days begin (Kentucky) St. Melito's Day Hebrew University Day Aspen/Snowmass Banana Season begins St. Lasarus' Day (patron of spring, love, Bulgaria) Alaska Dryrotta Day Gowkie Day (aka Gowkin' Day) St. Mary of Egypt's Day (Eastern) April Noddy Day Huntigowk Day St. Catherine of Palma's Day National Sourdough Bread Day St. Hugh of Grenoble's Day |
| April 1 Events | Great Cheese Scandal (UK) Berlin Airlift began (1948) Daredevil #1 published 1st Weather satellite sent into orbit (1960) US Air Force Academy founded (1954) 1st City College founded Cheaper By the Dozen premiered Automatic Record Changer invented Ford's assmbly line began rolling (1913) How the West Was Won premiered Battle of Okinawa began (WW 2; 1945) Adventures of Superman debuted Netscape established (1994 @) 1st Bridge in US built (1634) Last Chevrolet Corvair built (1969) Paris & London 1st linked by telephone (1891) Sandusky County, Ohio founded (1860) United Mine Workers' strike began (1946) Alley Oop stepped into the time machine (1939) Marvin Gaye shot by his father (1984) Defeat at Five Forks (Civil War; 1865) Automatic Record Changer introduced (1924) Exxon Alaskan oil spill (1989) Smilin' Jack comic strip ended (1973) 2-Cylinder Internal Combustion Engine patented (1826) Harry Hamlin married Lisa Rinna (1997) Jefferson Airplane's Somebody To Love released Failure Analysis Association founded (1967) Dennis Miller: The Rants published (1996) Brazos Brewing founded (Texas; 1995) Buckerfield Brewery founded (British Columbia; 1989) Captain Terry's Pizza & Pasta Emporium brewery founded (Ohio; 1993) Coophouse Brewery founded (Colorado; 1995) Dilworth Brewing Co. founded (North Carolina; 1989) Drytown Brewing Co. founded (New York; 1995) Dubuque Brewing founded (Washington; 1991) Genesee Brewing Co. founded (New York; 1933) Granite Brewery founded (Nova Scotia; 1985) Highlands Brewery founded (Florida; 1994) Horseshoe Bay Brewing Co. founded (British Columbia; 1988) Lonetree Brewing Ltd founded (Colorado; 1993) Marin Brewing Co. founded (California; 1989) Maui Beer Company founded (Hawaii; 1994) Murphys Creek Brewing Co. founded (California; 1993) Nelson Brewing Co. founded (British Columbia; 1991) Oasis Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1995) Old City Brewing Co. founded (Texas; 1988) Old Colorado Brewing Co. founded (Colorado; 1989) Old Peconic Brewing Co. founded (New York; 1993) Old World Pub & Brewery founded (Oregon; 1995) Rochester Brewpub founded (New York; 1988) Star Brewing Co. founded (Oregon; 1993) Stoddard's Brewhouse & Eatery founded (California; 1993) Swans Brewpub founded (British Columbia; 1989) Thunder Bay Brewing Co. founded (California; 1993) |
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| 2 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| William Holman Hunt Charlemagne Hans Christian Anderson Giacomo Casanova Max Ernst Emile Zola Frederic Auguste Barrholdi Alec Guinness Penelope Keith Jack Webb Herbert Mills Arnie Herber Charles White Harold Lloyd Don Sutton Marvin Gaye Francesco Grimbaldi Emmylou Harris Walter P. Chrysler Buddy Epsen Frederic "Ellery Queen" Dannay Katia Garanina Jack Brabham Reggie Jackson Arnie Herber Leon Russell Dana Carvey Linda Hunt Sgt. Joe Friday Debralee Scott Len Jenkin Camille Paglia Luke Appling |
Green Day International Children's Book Day Feast of Acan (Mayan God of Wine) St. Francis of Paloa's Day (patron of sailors, naval officers, seafarers) Trivia Bowl Pascua Florida Day National Holiday (Argentina) St. Mary of Egypt's Day (Western) Taily Day (Kirkcaldy, Fife) Spring Fever and Medical Aid Appeal (Fairy) National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day St. Urban of Langres' Day (patron of barrel makers, drunkards, vintners; against blight, frost) |
| April 2 Events | Beethoven's 1st Symphony premiered 1st Easter Egg Hunt (1877) Beatles '65-'70 released 1st Movie Theatre opened (L.A.; 1902) US Mint established (1792) 1st Human Cannonball stunt performed Falkland Islands seized by Argentina (1982) Ponce de Leon discovered Florida (1513) New York State 1st required license plates (1901) 1st Italian Parliament met (1860) American Farmer journal 1st published (1819) Eire County, New York founded (1821) 1st Golf Tourament held Spanish Civil War ended (1938) Napoleon Bonaparte married Marie Louise (1810) Battle of Copenhagen (1801) Khmer Rouge genocide discovered (1979) USSR Coal Miners' strike held (1991) Woodrow Wilson makes his "world must be made safe for democracy" speech (1917) |
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| 3 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Washington Irving Edward Everett Hale Danielle Henry van de Velde John Burroughs Doris Day Aeschylus Marlon Brando Richard Thompson Donny Anderson Alec Baldwin Marsha Mason Eddie Murphy Leslie Howard Sally Rand Jennie Garth Wes Berggren David Hyde Pierce Henry Luce George Jessel Bruno Hauptmann Pak Tai Jim Parker Miyoshi Umeki Jan Berry Boss Tweed Wayne Newton Jan Berry Sebastian Bach Max Frankel Lyle Alzado Tony Orlando Sptima Poinsette Clark Don Gibson Billy Joe Royal Helmut Kohl Philip III |
National Find-A-Rainbow Day American Creed Day Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day Festival of Min (Ancient Egypt) Sizdar-Bedah (Unlucky to stay indoors; Iran) Tweed Day Corrupt Society Day Shower Dance (Fairy) Armenian Appreciation Day St. Richard of Chichester's Day (patron of coachmen National Chocolate Mousse Day St. Irene's Day (patron of peace) Chicken Little Awards (@) |
| April 3 Events | 1st US Navy Medal of Honor awarded Jesse James killed (1882) Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde premiered Sibelius' 4th Symphony premiered 1st US Ambassador appointed (1893) Brixton Riots began (1981) Marcels' Blue Moon reached No. 1 (1961) Pony Express established (1860) Bruno Hauptmann executed (1936) Jim Morrison arrested for flashing (1969) Hat Blocking Machine patented (1866) Wash Tubbs comic strip began (1924) F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald kicked out of bridal suite (1920) Largest single swarm of tornadoes (@148) descended on US midwest (1974) Hooterville Barn & Repertory Co.'s production of Who premiered (on Green Acres; 1968) Bishop Desmond Tutu appointed President of Peace & Reconcilliation Session (South Africa; 1995) Supreme Court ruled blacks eligible to vote in primary elections (Texas tried to exclude them; 1944) |
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| 4 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Richard Sherwood Muddy Waters Tris Speaker Maya Angelou Linus Yale Elmer Bernstein Robert Downey Jr. Nancy McKeon Jim Moore IV Dorothea Dix Anthony Perkins Tom Byron Ava Fabian (Pb 8/86) Ted Wolny Pierre-Paul Prud'hon Gil Hodges Arthur Murray Edward Hicks Pierre Montreux Hugh Masekela William Manchester Richard Lugar John Hannah Trevor Griffiths Hope Olson (Pb 10/76) Karl Wilhelm Siemens John Cameron Swayze Thaddeus Stevens Isoroku Yamamoto Christine Lahti Jim Fregosi Kitty Kelley Cloris Leachman |
Tell-A-Lie Day Art Deco Day National Reading a Roadmap Day Senegal Independence Day Magna Mater begins (aka Megalesia; Great Mother Festival) St. Benedict the Moor's Day (patron of Palermo, North American blacks) Festival of the Magna Mater of Phrygia (Ancient Rome) Liberation Day (Hungary) Victims of Violence Holy Day St. Isidore of Seville's Day Bonza Bottler Day National Cordon Bleu Day Swedish-American Friendship Day Hanover Fair (Germany) St. Ambrose's Day |
| April 4 Events | Vitamin C discovered 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered NATO established (1949) 1st Home Phone installed (1877) Gandalf visited Bilbo (Hobbit) Bye Bye Birdie premiered 1st Theatrical Newspaper Announcement published Star Trek cancelled Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated (1968) 1st artificial human heart implanted (1969) Los Angeles incorporated Mormon Church founded Gold discovered in the Yukon (1896) Chicago's Make Me Smile released New Hampshire 1st required license plates (1905) Andy Kaufman wrestled a man Flag Act of 1888 passed The Saint premiered (1997) CBS cancelled Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1969) James II issued a Declaration of Indulgence (1687) US Congress restored US Flag to 13 stars & stripes (1818) Winston Smith writes "Down with Big Brother" in his diary (1984) UN International Civil Aviation Organization established (1947) Tiny Tim 1st appears on the Tonight Show (1968) Pennsylvania Mercury became 1st newspaper printed using American-made type (1775) |
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| 5 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Thomas Hobbes Plato Herbert Von Karajan Spencer Tracy Ludwig Spohr Joseph Lister Roger Corman Judith Resnik Colin Powell Jean-Honore Fragonard Algernon Charles Swinburne Booker T. Washington Mike McCready Elihu Yale Arthur Hailey Eric Burdon Albert Roussel Gale Storm Melvyn Douglas Frank Gorshin Gregory Peck Jane Asher Mitch Pileggi Bette Davis Gil Kane Benjamin Harrison Gianna Amore (Pb 8/89) Max Gail Chester Bowles Albert Roussel Michael Moriarty Alpheus Hyatt Ernestine Carey Fannie M. Cohn Nguyen Van Thieu Jimmy Osmond |
Fortuna (Festival of Good Luck) Tomb Sweeping Day (Taiwan) St. Juliana of Liege's Day Ching Ming Festival (China) Sunning of the Buddha (Tibet) Go For Broke Day Fringe Fairies' Welcome Party (Fairy) Tax Day (UK) Six Ringings Festival (Zurich, Switzerland) German-Americans Day National Raisin and Spice Bar Day St. Vincent Ferrer's Day (patron of builders) |
| April 5 Events | Noah's Ark grounded on Mt. Ararat 1st US Copyright issued Pocohantas married John Rolfe (1614) Battle of Nafels (Switzerland; 1388) UK Parliament passed Sugar Act (1764) Minnie Ripperton's Lovin' You reached No. 1 (1975) Winston Churchill resigned (1955) New York City's Central Park 1st proposed (1851) Easter Island discovered (1722) Polish Solidarity Pact signed (1989) Strauss' Die Fledermaus premiered (1874) Kurt Cobain commited suicide (1994) Nazi began deporting jews from Hungary (1944) Luminous Flying Ship spotted over Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1800) Plans approved for US Capital (1793) Major British Task Forces left for the Falkland Islands (1982) NFL penalty flags changed color from white to bright gold (1965) Earth made first contact with aliens (2063; Vulcans, according to Star Trek: First Contact) Milla Jovovich's album The Divine Comedy released (1994) Trial in Oscar Wilde's libel suit against Marquess of Queesberry began (1895) |
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| 6 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Raffaello Santi Raphael J.W. Waterhouse Gerry Mulligan Andre Previn Sterling Sharpe Lowell Thomas Walter Huston Michelle Phillips Butch Cassidy Marilu Henner James Mill Anthony Fokker Kimberly Paige (Pb 5/87) John Ratzenberger Gustave Moreau John Betjeman Peter Tosh Billy Dee Williams Joseph Medill Philip Henry Goose Janet Lynn Barry Levinson Lincoln Steffens James Watson Mickey Cochrane Ferruccio Lamborghini Roy Thinnes Bill Brooks Ernie Lombardi Rose Schneiderman Donald Wills Douglas Merle Haggard Bruce King Rik Aalbert |
Plan Your Epitaph Day Old Lady Day Come-See-Me Festival Dogwood Festival Cold Food Day (Korea) Edinburgh Folk Festival (@) Student Government Day Chakri Day (Thailand) Martyr's Day (Syria) Jump Over Things Day St. Notker Balbulus' Day (patron against stammering) Fete of the Little Boats (France) Army Day Sorting-Out of the Doggets Day (Fairy) Ching Minge Festival (Clear & Bright; China @) South Africa Founder's Day (aka Van Riebeeck Day) National Caramel Popcorn Day Sorry Charlie Day (in honor of those who have been rejected and lived through it) |
| April 6 Events | Animated Cartoon patented Modern Olympics began (1896) US Entered World War I (1917) Mormon Church founded (1830) Black Hawk War began (1832) Franz Lizst gave his 1st performance Richard I died on Crusades (1199) Perry reached the North Pole (1909) Battle of Charleston (1863) 1st Communication satellite sent into orbit Battle of Shiloh began (1862) 1st US Credit Union Law passed (1909) Napoleon abdicated (1814) 1st Milk Inspections held Breadbasket Bill passed (Germany) Early Bird satellite launched (1965) Howard Hughes died intestate (1976) Brigham Young's last marriage (his 27th) Women's Trade Union League established (1882) Rhode Island became final state to ratify US Constitution Jan van Riebeeck discovered the Cape of Good Hope (1652) Rwanda and Burundi's Presidents killed sparking tribal war (1994) US Major League Soccer's 1st game played (San Jose-1, DC-0; 1996) |
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| 7 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| El Greco William Wordsworth Billie Holliday Ole Kirk Christiansen Francis Ford Coppola Wayne Rogers Irene Castle Frederick Carl Frieseke David Frost Claudia De La Roca Donald Barthelme James Garner David Grandison Fairchild W.K. Kellogg Edmund "Jerry" Brown Walter Winchell Bronislaw Malinowski Francis C. Lowell Gabriela Mistral William Channing Jacques Loeb Spencer Dryden John McGraw Bobby Doerr Daniel Ellberg Francis Xavier Walter Camp Percy Faith William Rufus DeVane King Hodding Carter III John Oates Tony Dorsett Ravi Shankar Janis Ian |
Museum Day World Health Day No Housework Day Pure Brightness Festival (China) Buddha Day (Hawaii) Festival of Commodity Fetishism Women's Day (Mozambique) St. John Baptist de la Salle's Day (patron of teachers) National Teacher Appreciation Day Eggsibit St. Hegesippus' Day Mennonite Relief Sale (@) National Coffee Cake Day |
| April 7 Events | LSD invented (1943) Prince Valiant premiered Mount Vesuvius erupted (1906) 1st 7 US Astronauts selected (1959) In Harm's Way premiered Fashion Cafe opened (NYC; 1995) 1st TV Transmission (1927) Trouble With Angels premiered 1st POW Camp opened (WW 2) New York Harbor discovered 1st Camel Race held World Health Organization founded (1948) South Pacific premiered on broadway (1949) Battle of Shiloh (1862) Fashion Cafe opened (1995) Matches 1st for sale (1827) Shelley Fabares' Johnny Angel reached No. 1 (1962) 1st Televised Political Demonstration (1927) Highwayman Dick Turpin hanged (1739) UN World Health Organization established (1948) Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (3rd) premiered NFL made wearing Football Helmets mandatory (1943) Life Magazine published an article on UFO's entitled "Have We VIsitors From Outer Space" (1982) 1st Stamp issued featuring an African American (Booker T. Washington; 1940) Teapot Dome Scandal began (naval reserve leased by US Secretary of Interior to oilman; 1922) |
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| 8 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Gautama Buddha (563 BCE) Jerry Seinfeld Giuseppe Tartini Adrian Boult Robin Wright William D. Chase Ponce de Leon Mary Pickford Lewis Morris Jacques Brel Ey Harburg Harvey Cushing Gene Curtis Julian Lennon Gary Carter William Williams "Catfish" Hunter Paul Robeson Shecky Greene John Havlicek Edward Mulhare Steve Howe Carmen McRae Betty Ford Sonja Henie John B. Tucker Yip Harburg Terry Porter Seymour Hersch Ian Smith George Musso William Henry Welch O. Raymond Knight John Schneider Gary Carter Philip IV |
All Is Ours Day Buddha's Birthday (Japan, Thailand) Grand Ivy Day International Bird Day Peanuts-Kids-Baseball Day St. Walter of Pontnoise's Day (patron of POW's, prisoners, vintners) Hana Matsuri (Flower Festival; Japan) Invocation of Lumps and Cysts (Goblin) St. Agabus' Day (Eastern) National Empanada Day Cosmonaut's Day |
| April 8 Events | Time Magazine declared "God is Dead" Ponce de Leon landed in Florida (1513) Jesus Christ crucified (34 CE) From Russia With Love premiered 1st Firå Escape installed Twin Peaks debuted (1990) Hank Aaron hits home run #715 (1974) 1st Squash Tourament held Caligula assassinated (217 CE) 1st Punk band played in US (The Damned; 1977) Drury Lane Theatre opened Klaatu's debut album released (UK) 1st Shop opened with plate glass windows Jerry Brown and Linda Ronstadt went on an African Safari Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California (1986) Laura Palmer's dead body discovered wrapped in plastic (on Twin Peaks; 1990) Kurt Cobain's body found 3 days after he comitted suicide (1994) Ryan White died of AIDS (1990) Kathy Ficus died two days falling down a well (1949) House of Representatives 1st met; their 1st agenda, "how to raise money" (1789) |
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| 9 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Hugh Hefner Earl "Curly" Lambeau Tom Lehr W.C. Fields Charles Burchfield Edward Muybridge Charles Peter Baudelaire Francois Rabelais Victor Vasarely Paulina Porizkova Mary Pickford Antal Dorati Dennis Quaid Carl Perkins Paul Robeson Charles Steinmetz Steve Gadd Frank King Charles Baudelaire Avery Schreiber Paul Krassner Isambard Kingdom Brunel Marian Anderson Jean-Paul Belmondo Michael Learned Harvey Lichtenstein Kevin Martin Severiano Ballesteros Efrem Zimbalist Sr. Harris Wofford Keisha Knight Pulliam Margo Smith Hal Ketchum |
Name Yourself Day All Over Again Day Budget Day (UK) Churchill Day Fast & Prayer Day (Liberia) Martyr's Day (Tunisia) Bataan Day Glarus Festival (Switzerland) Jenkin's Ear Day Verruca Salt (Goblin) St. Casilda's Day (patron against bad luck, sterility) Wild Turkey Drive begins National Chinese Almond Cookie Day |
| April 9 Events | Academy Awards 1st held 1st Public Library opened National Gallery (London) opened (1838) Dried Milk patented 1st Art Exhibit held Golf Hall of Fame established Jesus Christ entombed (34 CE) 1st Athletic Club formed Tennessee named (1796) 1st Macadam Road finished Abba's Dancing Queen reached No. 1 (1977) US Civil War ended (Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox; 1865) 1st Single-seat Lotus race car built (1957) Mouth of the Mississippi discovered (1682) Beatles officially dissolved their partnership (1970) Nazi Germany invaded Denmark and Norway (1940) CORE "freedom riders" drove buses into the South (1947) Manuel Noriega convicted by US Federal Court (1992) US Congress granted citizenship to everybody but Native Americans (1866) Nature magazine publishes the longest-ever word scientific word (207,000 letters; 1981) 18-year old AIDS victim Ryan White died (1990) Marian Anderson gave a concert on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial (the DAR wouldn't let her inside nearby Constitution Hall because she was black; 1939) |
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| 10 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Paul Theroux Joseph Pulitzer Eva Herzigova Hugo Grotius Matthew "Commodore" Perry Joseph Pulitzer Brian Setzer Clark Hinkle Don Meredith Ben Nicholson Kenneth Noland Frances Perkins William Booth Bernard Gimbel Eric Knight Claudette Nevins Lew Wallace William Brewster Robert B. Woodward David Halberstam Max Von Sydow William Hazlitt Clare Boothe Luce John Madden Omar Sharif Harry Morgan Mel Blount Chuck Connors Frances Perkins Victor de Sabata Ken Griffey Sr. Babyface |
Humane Day Explosion of the Car (Florence, Italy) Golfer's Day St. Fulbert's Day National Cinnamon Crescent Day St. Hedda's Day |
| April 10 Events | ASPCA established (1866) Safety Pin patented (1849) US Patent Office established (1790) Beatles' Second Album released 1st Arbor Day observed (1872) Salvation Army founded Last entry in the Mayan calendar Stu Sutcliffe died of a brain hemorrage New York Tribune 1st published (1841) Reconstruction officially ended (1877) Bananas 1st for sale in UK (1633) Austria declared war on France (1809) Paul McCartney left the Beatles (1970) 1st Professional Golf Tournament held (1916) Bataan "Death March" began (WW2; 1942) US Civil Rights Bill passed (1960) Atomic Submarine USS Thresher sank (1963) Soviet Georgia declared independence (1991) Rob Reiner & Penny Marshall married (1971) 1st British settlers arrived in South Africa (1820) Emiliano Zapata ambushed (1919) Archduke Maximilian became Emperor of Mexico (1864) Sam Kinison killed in an automobile accident (1992) Buchenwald concentration camp liberated (1945) 1st American circumnavigates the earth (1790) Surfrider Foundation received the Rossi Award (1996) Martha & Jonathan Kent adopted Kal-El (they renamed him Clark) SNL" gave viewers the opportunity, via 900-number vote, to save or boil "Larry the Lobster." (He lived; 1982) 1st Symphony to call for an airplane propeller written (Ballet Mecanina by George Antheil) Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch founded (California; 1990) |
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| 11 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Chris Difford Edward Everett Peter Riegert Dean Acheson Oleg Cassini Lizzie "Lillie" Bliss Jane Matilda Bolin Bill Irwin Daniel Garber Charles Evans Hughes Hyman Bloom Freeman Crofts James Parkinson Charles Halle George Canning Lisa Stansfield Carla Ford Lou Holtz Adrian "Cap" Anson Christopher Smart Joel Grey Cameron MItchell Nigel Pulsford Dan Fortmann Mark Seay Percy Julian Nicholas Brady Louise Lasser Jim Lauderdale Donald Howard Menzel Ethel Kennedy Steve Azar Jean-Calude Servan-Schriber |
Festival of Unmediated Play Dandelion Day Liberation Day (Uganda) Heroes Day (Costa Rica) Barbershop Quartet Day Schmeckfest (German Food Festival) International Resistance Movement Day (Czechoslovakia) St. Stanislaus' Day (patron of Poland) 8-Track Tape Day Birthday of Ch'ang Lao (to honor elderly; China) St. Guthlac's Day Library Legislative Day St. Godberta's Day (patron against drought, plague) National Cheese Fondue Day St. Gemma Galgani's Day (patron of hospital pharmacists) |
| April 11 Events | Popeye 1st appeared (1929) Jackie Robinson played 1st game in Major League Apollo 13 lift off (1970) Stenotype patented Napoleon abdicated Jesus Christ ressurected? (34 CE) SPEBSQSA established Friday's debuted (1980) Bob Dylan's 1st concert, opening for John Lee Hooker (1961) William & Mary crowned King & Queen of England (1689) US Distinguished Service Medal authorized Beatles' Let It Be reached No. 1 (1970) Truman fired General MacArthur from Korea (1951) Adolf Eichmann's war crimes trial began (1961) US Civil Rights Act of 1968 passed (1968) English Soccer Clubs readmitted to European Cup (1989) Valerie Bertinelli & Eddie Van Halen married (1981) Gibralter and Newfoundland ceded to UK by France (1713) International Labor Organization esablished (1919) O.J. Prosecutor Marcia Clark got her haircut, and for some reason people cared (1995) Ballet Elite Syncopations, based on music by Scott Joplin, premiered in Germany with only 2 pianos, the rest of the orchestra refused to play music by a black person based on a 1937 Nazi law (1988) |
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| 12 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| David Letterman Lionel Hamption Samuel F.B. Morse Herbert Mills Robert Delaunay Lyman Hall Scott Turow Claire Danes Otto Meyerhof Ferdinand Lindemann Ann Miller Henry Clay Imogen Cunningham Charles Ludlum John Kay Alan Ayckbourn Herbie Hancock John Billings Maria Callas Francis P. Blair Lily Pons Bobby Moore Frederick G. Melcher David Cassidy Andrew Young Montserrat Caballe Jane Withers Vic Willis Tiny Tim |
Hate-the-Military Day Cerealia (Old Roman Goddess of Fruit) Hell Is A Democracy Day Egg & Dairy Festival Look Up At the Sky Day Thank You School Librarian Day Festival to Preserve Corn (Cochumatan Indians; Guatemala) Halifax Independence Day (North Carolina) St. Julius I's Day National Licorice Day St. Zeno's Day (patron of anglers) Anniversary of the Big Wind |
| April 12 Events | Swiss Army established 1st Space Shuttle launched (1981) Rubber Galashes 1st worn 1st Billiard Match played Baseball Catcher's Mask 1st worn Houston Astrodome opened Fire-Proof Safe patented 1st Manned Orbit in space (Yuri Gagarin; 1961) Comb-Cutting Machine patented Salk Vaccine announced (1955) The Tattler 1st published (1709) Battle of San Jacinto ARTS Channel established UK introduced Municipal Bus Service (1903) Portable Typewrite patented 1st Truancy Law enacted (1853) Abortion legalized in the US (1967) George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion premiered (1914) Zulus crushed by British Settlers at Battle of Tugela (1838) 4th Crusade sacked Constantinople (1204) Union Jack became official English flag (1606) 1st permanent settlement in Pacific Northwest founded (Ft. Astoria; 1811) Whining millionaires went on strike (Baseball strike; 1994) Ft. Sumter bombarded, kicking off the American Civil War (1861) 5th Dimension's Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In reached No. 1 (1969) Drew Barrymore flashes her naked breasts for David Letterman on his 49th birthday (1995) |
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| 13 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Thomas Jefferson Samuel Becket Gary Kasparov James Esnor Sherilyn Fenn Peter Davison Erich Von Daniken Paul Sorvino F.W. Woolworth Catherine de'Medici James Ensor Van Cliburn Madalyn O'Hair Vicki Witt (Pb 8/78) Lanford Wilson John Hanson Al Green Jack Casady Seamus Heaney Jacques Lacan Howard Keel Stanley Donen Josephine Butler Lester Chambers Harold Stassen Frederick North Bradford Dillman Eudora Welty Lyle Waggoner Saundra Santiago Max Weinberg Eudora Welty Bret Saberhagen Peabo Bryson Ricky Schroder |
Blame Somebody Else Day Songkran Festival (Water; Singapore) Libertas (Old Roman Goddess of Liberty) Huguenot Day (France) Feast of Rotten Endings Chad National Day Fisherman's Festival St. Martin I's Day Mule Day (Tennessee) Songkran Day (Thailand) International Special Librarians Day St. Ursus of Aosta's Day (patron against faintness, kidney disease) Runic half-month of Ehwaz ends Squashing of Moonhopper Day (Fairy) National Peach Cobbler Day |
| April 13 Events | Apollo 13 disabled by explosion in space Elephants 1st exhibited in US Jefferson Memorial dedicated (1943) Steam Power Brake patented (1869) 1st Military College opened 1st Riot in US Edict of Nantes issued (1598) Handel's Messiah premiered (1742) Pony Express delivered its first letters (1860) Royal Fyling Corps established (1912) Sidney Poitier became 1st black to win Best Actor Oscar (1964) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring published (1962) Eugene Debs imprisoned for opposing World War 1 (1919) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court premiered Elvis Presley's All Shook Up reached No. 1 (1957) USSR admitted to Katyn Massacre of 15,000 Polish Army Officers (1990) Longest Basketball Game began (102 hours; 1983) 1st Baseball strike ended (1972) Chicago flooded (1992) Anti-Semitic League founded in Prussia (1882) |
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| 14 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Steve Martin Arnold Toynbee Julie Christie Rod Steiger Sarah Michelle Gellar Frank Serpico John Gielgud Pete Rose Erich Von Daniken Anthony Michael Hall Bradford Dillman Loretta Lynn Stan Humphries Anne Mansfield Sullivan Christian Huygens Junius Spencer Morgan David Justice Ritchie Blackmore Antonio Coffman Duck of Portland Francis "Papa Doc" Duvalier Philip II |
Dreams of Reason Feast Day Sommarsblot (Norse) Pan American Day Meme Appreciation Day Runic half-month of Man (human being) begins St. Tiburtius' Day Celtic tree month of Fearn ends Feast of St. Justin Quadlings of Oz Convention St. Lydwina's Day (patron of skaters) Elfin Choir Congress (Fairy) National Pecan Day St. Peter Gonzalez's Day (patron of sailors) |
| April 14 Events | 1st Peep Show (NYC; 1894) Ripley's Believe It Or Not 1st published Videotape 1st demonstrated (1956) Cordless Telephone introduced (1983) Battle of Barnet (War of the Roses; 1471) Titanic struck an iceberg (1912) 1st Abolition Society established Non-Skid Tire patented 1st Rock Music Video released on videocassette Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth (1865) LSD production halted (1966) American Medical Corps established Babes in Arms premiered Andy Capp comic strip (1958) 1st US President opened baseball season (Taft; 1910) Kinetoscope 1st demonstrated by Edison (1894) US Bombed Libya (1988) 1st US Pilot became an ACE (WW1; 1918) Typhus Vaccine discovered (1903) UK Highway Codes established (1931) Drawing made aboard the Titanic (1912; in James Cameron film Titannic 1997) Fort Sumter captured by Confederate forces (1860) Doobie Brothers' What a Fool Believes reached No. 1 (1979) |
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| 15 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Leonardo Da Vinci Charles Willson Peale Seka Filippo Brunelleschi Henry James Neville Marriner Bessie Smith Wilhelm Busch Emma Thompson Tonio K. Joleen Gallagher Lynne Austin (Pb 7/86) Samantha Fox Evelyn Ashford John Lothrop Motley Dave Edmunds Thomas Hart Benton Billy DeBeck Nanak Harold Washington Johannes Stark Heloise Cruse Evans Alexander Bumstead John M. Longyear Alfred Bloomingdale Wallace Beery Elizabeth Montgomery James Clark Ross Amy Wright Ed O'Brien Leonard Euler Roy Clark Claudia Cardinale Willie Davis DeDe Lind (Pb 8/67) Michael Ansara Jimmy Breslin Michael Cooper Catherine I |
Remembrance Day Tellus Mater (Old Roman Mother Earth Festival) Good Roads Day (Illinois) National Griper's Day Celtic tree month of Saille (Willow) begins Fordicidia (Old Roman Cow Sacrifice) Malta Award Day Tax Resistor's Day African Freedom Day Rubber Eraser Day Feast of the Ransom (Leek Festival; WV) Indian Day (Bridgeport, Alabama) Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo (Monaco) St. Aristarchus' Day Bija Mangala (Field Cultivation Festival) St. Pudus' Day (Eastern) National Glazed Ham Day St. Trophimus of Ephesus' Day US Income Tax due St. Hunna's Day (patron of laundresses) |
| April 15 Events | Insulin discovered Samuel Johnson's Dictionary published (1753) 1st Wool Mill opened McDonald's Restaurant 1st opened (San Bernadino, CA; 1955) Titanic Sank (1912) 12 Angry Men premiered AT&T founded 1st Credit Card issued (1952) Mutiny at Spithead (1797) Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel opened HMS Britannia launched (1953) Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh (1975) Shelby AC Cobra introduced (1962) Fivers (5 pound notes) 1st issued (UK; 1793) Abraham Lincoln died (1865) Disneyland Tokyo opened (Japan; 1983) Jackie Robinson became the 1st black man to play baseball in the major league (1947) Looted Nazi art treasures found in Austrian mine shaft (1945) Belsen Concentration Camp liberated by British (WW2; 1945) 95 Died in UK's worst soccer disaster (Sheffield; 1989) London declared "city of the decade" by Time magazine (1966) 200,000 marched against Vietnam War (NYC; 1967) Catholic Mass banned (Zurich; 1515) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed (SNCC; 1960) Fine Young Cannibal's She Drives Me Crazy reached No. 1 (1989) 2 Females prevented from going through their high school graduation ceremony because they wore pants under their commencement robes (US; 1997) Creemore Springs Brewery founded (Ontario; 1987) Dubuque Brewing & Bottling Co. founded (Iowa; 1991) Duster's Microbrewery founded (Michigan; 1941) Medicine Bow Brewing Co. founded (Wyoming; 1951) Santa Rosa Brewing Co. founded (California; 1993) Taylor Brewing Co. founded (Illinois; 1941) Village Brewery founded (Texas; 1941) |
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| 16 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Aristotle Ford Madox Brown Anatole France Hsu Chi Charlie Chaplin Patrick Stirrat Giovanni Batista Tiepolo Elisabeth Louise Vigee Lebrun Kingsley Amis Wilbur Wright A.B. Dick Peter Ustinov Bill Spooner Jon Cryer Lily Pons Jose De Diego Henry Mancini John Bentley Herbie Mann John Synge Hans Sloane Kareen Abdul-Jabbar Lucas Haas Dusty Springfield Herbert Baxter Adams Dick "Night Train" Lane Paul Waner Gerry Rafferty Jules Hardouin-Mansart Merce Cunningham David Pirner Ellen Barkin Martin Lawrence Spike Milligan Barry Nelson Edie Adams Bobby Vinton Jimmy Osmond Arran Reynolds (invented ATM) Queen Margrethe II of Denmark |
Royalty Day National Stress Awareness Day St. Bernadette's Day (Shrine of Lourdes; patron of sherpherds) Carhegie Foundation Day St. Padarn's Day (Celtic Weeding Day) De Diego Day (Puerto Rico) New Year's Day (Burma) St. Benedict Labre's Day (patron of beggars, homeless, pilgrims) National Eggs Benedict Day Day of Mushroom Encouragement (Fairy) St. Magnus of Orkney (patron of fismongers, Norway) Liberating the Rainbow Lost in White Light Festival St. Drogo's Day (patron of coffeehouse owners; protector against hernias, gravel in the urine) |
| April 16 Events | British Royal Society founded Mr. Belvedere Goes To College premiered Book of the Month Club established (1926) 1st Test Tube baby born (Cleveland, Ohio; 1986) Panda Bears 1st shown in US 1st Mass Production Factory opened Self Lighting Cigars patented Walter Cronkite became anchor of CBS Evening News (1962) 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) incorporated (1901) Slavery Abolished in Washington, DC (1862) 1st American-themed play produced (1787) Lucy stomped grapes in Rome (on I Love Lucy; 1956) Brewer Henry Weinhard 1st arrived in Oregon (1856) Ambassador Duke tried to call in an air strike on China (Doonesbury) CIA Agent Aldrich Ames began selling secrets to USSR (1985) 1st Velvet Jones' "The Exercises of Love" ad aired (SNL; 1983) Sky over Brazil became inexplicably dark without a cloud in the sky & Venus visible (1860) |
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| 17 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Thornton Wilder Liz Phair Samuel Chase Gregor Piatigorsky Leonard Woolley Paul Thomas Isak Dinesen John Ford Harry Reasoner Nadine Chanz (Pb 10/96) Theresa Needham Isabel Barrows Don Kirshner William Holden Giambattista Riccioli Olivia Hussey Arhtur Schnabel Cynthia Ozick Virgin Exner Jr. Monique Van Vooren J.P. Morgan Benjamin Tucker Walter Camp Roy Gallant Anna Marie Holmes Pete Shelley Lindsay Anderson James Last Boomer Esiason Lela Rochon Jan Hammer Carol Willis (Pb 7/70) Sirimavo Bandaranaike Nikita Khrushchev Joseph Foss |
Feast of Random Walks American Academy of Arts and Letters Charter Day Children's Protection Day (Japan) Syrian Arab Republic Independence Day Flag Day (American Samoa) National Cheeseball Day St. Stephen Harding's Day Verrazano Day Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) St. Agapetus' Day (Eastern) Nimble Fairies' Scattering (Fairy) Goddess Month of Columbina ends St. Rudolph of Berne |
| April 17 Events | Pineapple Cheese patented Doolittle raided Tokyo (WW 2) Bay of Pigs fiasco Apollo 13 safely returned to earth (1970) Horses 1st arrived in US Ford Mustang introduced (1964) An Unexpected Party arrived (Hobbit) Verrazano discovered New York Harbor (1524) Bay of Pigs debacle (1961) Lowell Observatory opened (1894) 1st Civilian Conservation Corps established (1933) Martin Luther's trial at Worms (1521) United Artists founded (1919) Beatles played their 1st gig in Hamburg, Germany (1960) Dort Dike breaks, killing 100,000 (Holland; 1421) Columbus granted a commission in the Spanish Navy Rollings Stone's 1st album released (1964) Johnny Cash performed at the White House for Richard Nixon (1970) Virginia seceded from the Union (1861) Rhodesia became Zimbabwe (1980) Polish Solidarity legalized (1982) Daffy Duck debuted in Warner Bros. cartoon (1937) Three Dog Night' Joy to the World reached No. 1 (1971) |
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| 18 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Clarence Darrow Mohammed Franz Von Suppe Max Weber Hayley Mills Leopold Stokowski Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Susan Faludi James Woods Conan O'Brien Richard Harding Davis Malcolm Marshall Ernie Pyle Lucrezia Borgia Sam Crawford Nate Archibald Ed Garvey John James Dorothy Lyman Clive Revill Eric Roberts Barbara Hale Skip Spence |
International Juggler's Day Goddess Month of Maia begins Look-Alike Day St. Aya's Day (patron against lawsuits) Third World Day National CPA's Goof Off Day Pet Owners Independence Day National Youth Service Day Zimbabwe Republic Day Third World Day Constitution Day (Canada) St. Mme Acarie's Day National Animal Crackers Day |
| April 18 Events | Paul Revere made his "midnight ride" (1775) Crossword Puzzle Book 1st published San Francisco earthquake began (1906) 1st Laudromat opened (Ft. Worth, TX; 1934) Public Baths 1st opened in NYC Baseball Umpires 1st wear hats San Francisco earthquake (1906) Dorr's Rebellion (Rhode Island; 1842) Surrender at Durham Station, NC (Civil War; 1865) Ezra Pound released from Asylum (1958) Real People debuted (1979) 1st Game played in Yankee Stadium (1923) Legend premiered Republic of Ireland Act operational (1949) Grace Kelly married Monaco's Prince Rainier (1956) President Neguib of Egypt resigned (1954) American Revolutionary War began (1775) Man in Eagle River, Wisconsin traded hairy aliens a jug of water for 4 pancakes (1961) London Bridge bought for 1 million dollars by US tycoon, who confused it with Tower Bridge (1968) Anchor's Liberty Ale 1st brewed to commemorate 200th Anniversary of Paul Revere's ride (1975) Amsterdam Brewing Co. founded (Ontario; 1988) Flat Branch Brewing Co. founded (Missouri; 1994) |
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| 19 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Fernando Botero Roger Sherman Danelle Marie Folta (Pb 4/95) Benjamin Disraeli Jayne Mansfield (Pb 2/55) Gertrude Whitney Elliot Ness Murray Perahia Richard Hughes Alan Price Hugh O'Brian James Mollison Don Adams Mark Volman Frank John Viola Jr. Thomas Hopkinson Dudley Moore "Kenneth" Everette Battelle |
Garlic Day Day of the Indian (Venezuela) St. James Duckett's Day (patron of booksellers, publishers) Parker Day Festival of Fabulous Wildmen Sierra Leone Republic Day Patriot's Day St. Alphege's Day National Amaretto Day St. Expidutus' Day (patron of emergenices; against procrastination) Primrose Day Bandages and Lozenge-Sucking Competition (Fairy) Snakes Return to Ireland Day Aries zodiac sign ends St. Leo IX's Day |
| April 19 Events | 1st Miss World Contest held Battle of Lexington & Concord (1775) 1st Bloodshed in American Civil War (1861) Sunbeam Tiger introduced (1964) Gluck's Iphiginie En Audlibe premiered Successful treatment of syphillis 1st announced Prince's Kiss reached No. 1 (1986) USS Iowa exploded (1989) Dalai Lama fled Tibet (1959) 1st Plutonium Bomb tested (1948) Simpsons debuted on the Tracy Ullman Show (1987) Broom-Hilda comic strip began (1970) Oklahoma City federal building bombed (1995) US Embassy in Beirut destroyed by car bomb (1983) FBI raided Branch Davidian Complex in Waco, Texas (1995) Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco (1956) Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie premiered (1996) New York Central's Lakeshore Limited train jumped the track (1940) Oldest continuously peaceful alliance made by US (with Netherlands; 1782) Brooke Shields & Andre Agassi married (1997) US Supreme Court struck down a 1935 prohibiting brewers from stating alcohol content on the label (1995) Paul Revere & William Dawes intercepted by the British, but Samuel Prescott manages to warn the patriots that the British were coming (1775) |
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| 20 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Marcus Aurelius Joan Miro Bram Stoker George Takei Johannes Agricola Harold Lloyd Jamie Gillis Daniel Chester French John Paul Stevens Mirei Kuroda (1978) Odilon Redon Jessica Lange Ryan O'Neal Dave Bancroft John Muir Peter Frampton Craig Frost Nina Foch Don Mattingly Luthor Vandross Ernie Stautner W.H. Davies Tito Puente Holland "Howling Mad" Smith "Buttermilk Tommy" Dowd Louis-Napoleon Napoleon III Adolph Hitler |
Astronomy Day Cucko Day Secretary Day Festival of Fabulous Wildwomen National Pot Smoking Day Taurus zodiac sign begins Rice Planting Day (Thailand) Maple Sugar Festival Radium Day St. Peter Martyr's Day (patron of inquisitors) National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day Anniversary of Something That Happened So Long Ago Everyone Has Forgotten What It Was (Fairy) |
| April 20 Events | Electron Microscope invented Cook reached the North Pole (1908) People's Park founded (Berkeley, California; 1969) Easter Rising; Irish 1st rebelled against English rule La Dolce Vita premiered El Capitan march premiered 1st Automobile Race held (Paris; 1887) Soap last episode aired McCartney's album Paul McCartney released 1st State Board of Education established (Massachusetts; 1837) Barbara Walters became 1st female network news anchor (1976) Jimmy Carter attacked by a "killer rabbit" Christopher Columbus reported on his 1st voyage to the Spanish Court (1493) Worst recorded Hailstorm killed 246 in India (1888) 1st Interracial rock concert held (Brooklyn Paladium; 1955) Virginia Company chartered by King James (1606) Gene Roddenberry and Timothy Leary's ashes, along with 22 others, sent into space (1997) Joanie Caucus accepted to law school at Boston U. after 300 students signed a petition; she later chose to go to Berkeley's Boalt Hall (Doonesbury; 1974) |
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| 21 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Mohammed (571 CE) John Muir Groucho Marx Alfred Maurer Shannen Doherty Charlotte Bronte Anthony Quinn Charles Grodin Karen Foster (Pb 10/89) Norman Parkinson Lawrence Gowing Friedrich Froebel Alexander Anderson Fredrik Bajer Rollo May Elaine May Iggy Pop Tony Danza Patti Lu Pone David Boren Steve Owen Ken Caminiti Jan van Riebeeck Vincenzo Arrichiello Fabrizio Elizabeth II of England |
Festival of Sacred Groves Birthday of Rome Kindergarten Day Parilia (Old Roman Shepherd's Festival) Blessing of the Animals Kartini Day (Indonesia) Tiradentes Day (Brazil) St. Anselm's Day Brasilia Day (Brazil) San Jacinto Day Feast of Ridvan begins (Baha'i) St. Bueno's Day (patron against cattle diseases) Birthday of Ch'un T'i (Queen of Heaven; China) National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day Alfred G. Packer Day (Colorado) St. Anastasius' Day (Eastern) Homecoming of Elves (Singing; Fairy) Muster (Texas A&M) St. Januarius' Day (Eastern) World Cow Chip Throwing Tournament |
| April 21 Events | Rome founded (753 BCE) Saint debuted in UK Webster's Dictionary published (1828) 1st $64,000 Question asked Dragnet premiered Red Baron shot down (1918) Natural Gas discovered Henry VIII crowned King of England (1509) Battle of San Jacinto (1836) Prokofiev's Classical Symphony premiered Railroad 1st crossed the Mississippi River 1st Artifical Heart built BBC-2 1st aired Seattle's Space Needle opened (1962) Toleration Act passed (Maryland; 1649) Brasilia dedicated as capitol of Brazil (1960) 1st Bridge across the Mississippi River opened (1856) Largest Shark caught (2,664 lbs.) Annie premiered on Broadway (1977) Over 10,000 congregate in Tienanmen Square (China; 1989) Weird Al Yankovic 1st appeared on network TV (1981) 3 small strips removed Shroud of Turin for radiocarbon dating (1988) Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U reached No. 1 (1990) Pacific Hop Exchange founded (California; 1993) |
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| 22 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Bettie Page (Pb 1/55) Immanuel Kant Jack Nicholson Vladimir Nabokov J. Robert Oppenheimer Henry Fielding Charles Mingus George Jetson Paul Carrack John Waters Richard Diebenkorn Giuseppe Torelli J. Sterling Morton Henri-Marie Lafontaine Sidney Nolan Alphonse Bertillon Yehudi Menuhin Chris Makepeace James Hall Eddie Albert Robert Katims Peter Frampton Charlotte Rae Glen Campbell Bryan "Moose" Haas Ace Frehley Isabella of Castille Jason Miller Valery Pilipenko Joseph Bottoms Heath Wright Daniel Johns Cleve Francis Nikolai Lenin |
Earth Day Festival of Fabulous Androgynes Sniff-the-Breeze Day (Egypt) Arbor Day (Nebraska) Oklahoma Day Girl Scout Leader's Day National Jelly Bean Day St. Alexander's Day (Coptic) Tour de Cure begins (@) National Headache Foundation Fundraiser (@) St. Theodore of Sykeon's Day (patron for/against rain) |
| April 22 Events | Peace Symbol created 1st Global Cycling Tour began Brazil discovered (1500) 1st Woodcut Engraving made Rough Riders organized (1898) 1st US Orchestra to tour Europe left New York World's Fair opened (1964) Madonna's Like a Prayer reached No. 1 (1980) Oklahoma Land Rush began (1889) 1st Earth Day observed (1970) Dennis Miller Show debuted on HBO (1994) Baseball's National League formed (1876) One Pound Coins introduced (UK; 1983) Pennsylvania abolished capital punishment except for murder (1894) 1st Steamer crossed Atlantic Ocean (1838) Babe Ruth pitched his 1st pro baseball game (1914) "In God We Trust" 1st printed on US coins (1864) President Jimmy Carter attacked by a "Killer Swamp Rabbit" (1979) Ginsburg v. US ruled variable obscenity standard leading to "Adults Only" signs (1965) 1st Row Boat completed Pacific Ocean jorney (1972) Poison Gas 1st used in warfare (by Germany; 1915) AIDS identified and announced by American Dr. Robert Gallo even though it had been discovered earlier in France (1984) |
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| 23 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| James Buchanan William Shakespeare Sergei Prokofiev Valerie Bertinelli Joseph M.W. Turner Vladimir Nabakov Max Planck Shirley Temple Virgil "Gus" Grissom J.P. Donleavy Sandra Dee Warren Spahn Roy Orbison Judy Davis Granville T. Woods Ngaio Marsh Boris Goudnov Lee Majors Halston Bernadette Devlin McAlisky Jim Fixx David Birney Phil Esposito Steve Clark Joyce DeWitt Herve Villechaize Edwin Markham Jim Bottomly Lester Pearson |
St. George's Day (patron of England, Boy Scouts,
cavalry, equestrians, farmers, horses, Portugal; against leprosy,
syphilis) Picnic Day Book Day & Lover's Day (Spain) Festival of Jupiter and Venus (Old Roman) Blue Day World Laboratory Animals Day Emaishen (Luxembourg) Chance Day (Fairy) Green George (Corinthia) Ewe's Day (Bulgaria) Sigurd the Dragonslayer's Day (aka Siegfried; Northern Europe) Children's Day (Turkey) Industry Day Fast Day (New Hampshire) Georgemas St. Adalbert's Day (patron of Prussia) National Cherry Cheesecake Day Peppercorn Ceremony (Bermuda) National Sovereignty Day (Turkey) |
| April 23 Events | Order of the Garter established (1348) Conch Republic seceded from Florida (1982) State of the Union premiered 1st Public Movie shown (1896) Commercial Railroad Service began in US Ford Maverick introduced (1969) Samwise and Rose married (Hobbit) Charles II crowned King of England (1661) Dagwood made his 1st Dagwood Sandwich (1968) Moscow Underground railway system opened (1935) 1st Regular Atlantic Ocean Steamship crossing began US Hostage Robert Polhill freed by Libya after 39 months (1990) German Magazine Stern announced discovery of Hitler diaries (1983) 1st Decimal coins appeared in UK (1968) Congress adopted Jefferson's proposal to extend US west of Appalachians (1784) Marquis De Sade's Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue published (1791) Formula for Coke changed, New Coke introduced (1985) COBE satellite findings showed structure in background radiation, supporting Big Bang Theory (1992) |
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| 24 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Robert B. Thomas Giovanni Martini William de Kooning John Russell Pope Sterling Holloway George N. Bascom Edmund Cartwright Anthony Trollope Tricia Lange (Pb 6/84) Eric Bogosian Jill Ireland Stanley J. Kauffmann Robert Penn Warren Benjamin Lee Whorf John Graunt Shirley MacLaine Eric Balfour Mike Michalske Vince Ferragamo Rudy Tomjanovich William III "of Orange" Barbra Streisand |
National Rembrance of Man's Inhumanity To Man
Day Professional Secretary's Day Birthday of the Sun (China) Rattlesnake Day (Magnum, Oklahoma) Native Son Day (Alton, Illinois) Feast of the 3 Holy Maries Armenian Martyr's Day Hostage Heroes Day Children's Day (Iceland) St. Egbert's Day National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day Plumber's Day Happenstance and Coincidence Evening (Fairy) St. Mellitus' Day National PC/Typing Contest begins (@) St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen's Day |
| April 24 Events | Trojan Horse worked; Greeks sacked Troy ending Trojan
War Library of Congress established (1800) Jules and Jim premiered Soda Fountain patented (1833) Pipeless Organ invented Spain declared War on US (1898) Pink Panther premiered Haydn's Seasons premiered Public Enemy premiered New Big Ben bell cast (1858) Irish Nationalists seized General Post Office in Dublin (1916) Fort Moore established at Los Angeles (1847) Woolworth Building dedicated (Chicago; 1913) 1st Cars on Prince Edward Island (1913) China sent up its 1st satellite (1970) Actuary Society of America formed (1890) Tampa Bay Buccaneers became 27th NFL team (1974) Del Shannon's Runaway reached No. 1 (1961) 1st sailing around-the-world solo trip began (1895) Tehren fisaco failed to rescue 53 hostages and 8 US soldiers died (1980) |
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| 25 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Ella Fitzgerald Meadowlark Lemon Edward R. Murrow Oliver Cromwell Karel Appel Guglielmo Marconi Stephen Beaumont Flannery O'Connor Nicole Hollander Bridget Riley Hank Azaria Al Pacino Paul Mazursky Albert King Talia Shire Anthony Lucas John "Pop" Lloyd William Brennan Kevin Fagan Charles F. Dowd Anita Bjorak Earl Bostic Melissa Hayden Wolfgang Pauli Stu Cook Bjorn Ulvaeus Eric Avery Andy Bell Randy Cross Edward II Vassar Clements Louis IX |
Anti-Nuclear Day Cuckoo Day St. Mark's Day (patron of cattle breeders, Egypt, notaries; against fly bites) Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American) Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand) Robigalia (Old Roman Wheat Festival) St. Louis' Day Portugal's Liberty Day Sinai Day (Egypt) Adonia (women's festival; Greece) Robigalia (Ancient Rome; God of Mildew) Swaziland National Flag Day World YMCA Day Running of the Rodents National Zucchini Bread Day St. Phaebadius' Day |
| April 25 Events | New World named America (1507) DNA discovery announced (1953) St. Lawrence Seaway opened (1959) 1st Round the World Telephone Call made Hubble Telescope sent into orbit (1990) LSD discovered (1943) Battle of Gallipoli began (1915) Robinson Crusoe 1st published (1719) 1st Internal Combustion Engine Solar Battery invented Worst Mine Disaster occured Farragut captured New Orleans (1862) Construction of Suez Canal began (1859) Jane Fonda Workout videotape released (1982) Puccini's Turandot premiered, with Toscanini conducting (1926) UK Parliament voted to restore monarchy (1660) Elvis Presley's Stuck on You reached No. 1 (1960) Head of Little Mermaid statute stolen (Copenhagen, Denmark; 1964) Kingston Brewing Co. founded (Ontario; 1986) |
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| 26 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| David Hume Eugene Delacroix John James Audubon Ludwig Wittgenstein Bruce Jay Friedman Charles F. Richter Daniel Defoe Edmund Charles Tarbell Gracie Allen Frederick Law Olmstead Bambi Lin Ma Rainey I.M. Pei Pete Hamm Mary Godwin Bobby Rydell Michael Fokine Esek Hopkins Jean Vigo Carol Burnett Alfred Krupp Duane Eddy Anita Loos Maurice Williams Giancarlo Espisito Roger Taylor Michael Damian Owen Williams Richardson Syngman Rhee Gary Wright Charlotte Rae Lewis "Hack" Wilson Rudolf Hess |
National Pretzel Day Festival of Individual Sovereignty Read Me Day Fairy Laughter Convention (Fairy) Union Day (Tanzania) Cape Henry Day (Virginia) Richter Scale Day Static Cling Day Hug An Australian Day Shuffleboard Day International Azalea Festival Confederate Memorial Day (Georgia) Secretary's Tea Day Running of the Rodents (Louisville, Kentucky) St. Marcellinus' Day Remember Your First Kiss Day Buccaneer Days Festival begins (@) |
| April 26 Events | Virginia Colonists sighted land (1607) Odd Fellows Lodge founded 1st Weather Forecast made on the radio Guernica Masacre (1937) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver married Salk Polio Vaccine tested Hindenburg elected President of Germany Chernobyl nuclear disaster occured (1986) US Holocaust Museum opened (1993) John Wilkes Booth shot dead (1865) Art Term "Impressionism" 1st used (1874) Ottawa Fire left 12,000 homeless (Canada; 1900) National Party for Apartheid took power (South Africa; 1948) Arnold Schwarzenegger married Maria Shriver (1986) Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner married (1996) UN World Intellectual Property Organization established (1970) Brazilian-rhythms dancer Carla Perez insured her butt for $10 million (1997) Emigrant Aid Society formed to encourage slavery opponents to relocate in Kansas to vote against slavery (1854) B.J. Thomas' (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song reached No. 1 (1975) |
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| 27 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Magellan Walter Lantz Samuel F.B. Morse Edward Gibbon Ulysses S. Grant Wallace Carothers Leon Bakst Rogers Hornsby Mary Wollstoncraft Cecil Day-Lewis Earl Anthony Anouk Aimee Sandy Dennis Herbert Spencer Jack Klugman Enos Slaughter Norman Bel Geddes Chuck Knox Sheena Easton Coretta Scott King Nicholas Slonimsky Coretta Scott King August Wilson Judy Carne |
Sleep Day New Beginning Festival Tell A Story Day Festival of Art Sabotage Take Our Daughters To Work Day National D.J. Day Furze Hopping Event (Fairy) Saur Revolution Day (Afghanistan) Togo Independence Day Mule Day St. Zita's Day (patron of housemaids, finding lost keys) Babe Ruth Day 2nd Republic Day (Austria) Soupstock National Prime Rib Day Sierra Leone Independence Day Write An Old Friend Today Day American Checkered Giant Rabbit Club Annual Show |
| April 27 Events | Social Security Act established 1st Appendix taken out Steamship Sultana exploded (2,000 died; 1865) Mazda cars 1st arrived in US (1970) Golden Gate Bridge completed (1937) Muhammed Ali refused to fight . . . in the US Army (1967) Ringo Starr & Barbara Bach married (1981) Saur Revolution began (Afghanistan) London Zoological Gardens opened (1828) Magellan killed by Philippine islanders (1521) Babe Ruth given a standing ovation Food Not Bombs established (1980) Little Peggy March's I Will Follow Him reached No. 1 (1963) Thor Heyerdahl made a Pacific Ocean journey on the Kon-Tiki (1947) Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone's vault, finding nothing inside (1986) Philly radio station WWSH had a "No Michael Jackson Weekend" (1984) Kramer began scuplting with pasta, resulting in "Fusilli Jerry" (Seinfeld; 1995) |
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| 28 April | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| James Monroe Kurt Godel Harper Lee Emile Bernard Monique Noel (Pb 5/89) Ann-Margret Jan Oort Carolyn Jones Jay Leno Mifflin Wistler Gibbs Lionel Barrymore Mary McDonnell Kim Gordon Charles Sturt Kenneth Kaunda Marcia Strassman Robert Anderson Frank "Dreamy" Scanlan Jinky the Fruit Bat Rowland Evans Barry Louis Larkin Francis Baily Tobias Asser Chris Young Melissa Joan Hart Too Short Big Gipp Edward IV James A. Baker III Saddam Hussein |
Kiss-Your-Mate Day Floralia (Old Roman Goddess of Flowers) National Day of Mourning (Canada) Great Poetry Reading Day Costume Day Nabonassar New Year Runic half-month of Man ends Texas Wildflower Day St. Peter Chanel's Day (patron of Oceania) Fireman's Fun Festival Chicken-Tickling Day (Leprechauns; Fairy) Santa Fe Trail Day Worker's Memorial Day National Blueberry Pie Day St. Vitalis and Valeria's Day |
| April 28 Events | Crew of the HMS Bounty mutineed (1789) 1st Abortion Clinic opened Maryland became the 7th state (1788) 1st Parachute Jump Captain Cook landed at Botany Bay (1770) 1st Animated Electric Sign built Blondie's Heart of Glass reached No. 1 (1979) Rush-Bagot Treaty made Great Lakes neutral waters (1818) Dim-out in force along US Atlantic Coast (WW2; 1942) 1st Killer Whale born in captivity Japan given self-government after WW2 (1953) 1st Woman conducted Royal Opera House (1988) German Baader-Meinhof Terrorists sentenced to life imprisonment (1977) Mussolini executed (1945) Guernica massacre took place (Spain; 1937) Aloha Airlines jet survived having its roof blown off (1988) Jason Lee founded Methodist Mission in Oregon Territory, spending $250,000 over 11 years to convert not one person (1834) |
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| 29 April | |
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| Duke Ellington Jerry Seinfeld Oliver Ellsworth Uma Thurman Lorado Taft Malcolm Sargent Thomas Beechum Jules Poincare William Randolph Hearst Michelle Pfeiffer Daniel Day-Lewis Andre Agassi Frank Auerbach Tommy James Klauss Voorman Donald Mills Tom Ewell Celeste Holm Fred Zinnemann Melanie Rudolf Schwarz Luis Aparicio Kate Mulgrew Rachel Williams Mike Hogan Tad Dorgan George Allen Celeste Holm Eve Plumb Phil King Carnie Wilson Danny Davis Lonnie Donegan Keith Baxter Lane Smith Zubin Mehta Rod McKuen Carl Gardner Jim Hart Duane Allen Zane Carney James Bonamy Harold Urey Duke of Wellington Alexander I Emperor Hirohito of Japan |
Feast of the Secret Masters Holocaust Day (Israel) Runic half-month of Lagu (flowing water) begins St. Catherine of Siena's Day (patron of Italy; against fire) Fish Cleaning Night (David Letterman) Greenery Day (Japan) St. Robert's Day National Shrimp Scampi Day St. Hugh of Cluny's Day Marriage of Father Divine To His Spotless Virgin Bride St. Peter Martyr's Day Milk-Curdling Sunday (Gremlins; not always a Sunday) |
| April 29 Events | Zipper invented (1913) 1st TV Interview given Rubber patented 1st Cancer Laboratory opened Casino Royale premiered Hair premiered on Broadway (1968) American Indian Movement founded (Minneapolis; 1968) Saigon fell 1st Fraternity established Ford made its 50 millionth car (1959) Women allowed at Oxford (1885) Corn Act passed (UK; 1842) Telephone service established between UK and Australia (1930) Dachau Concentration Camp liberated (WW 2; 1945) Societe Anonyme founded by Dreier, Man Ray, Duchamp (1920) 41 Bands played all-night Rave in London (1967) Trade Unions legalized again in Spain (1977) Botany Bay discovered (Australia; 1770) Peter de la Mare took office as 1st Speaker of House of Commons (1376) Unbelievably, 4 L.A. policeman found not guilty in Rodney King beating (1992) Milestown Brewing Co. founded (Montana; 1992) |
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| Edouard Manet Alice B. Toklas Franz Lehar Paul Carrack Jane Campion Deanna Brooks (Pb 5/98) William Lilly Jill Clayburgh Gale Sayers Robert Shaw Daniel Thompson Jaroslav Hasek Perry King Karl Friedrich Gauss Eve Arden Isiah Thomas Hosea Ballou Jaroslav Hasek Willie Nelson Gary Collins Cloris Leachman Lawton Chiles Bea Wain Rev. Gary Davis Sheldon Harnick Burt Young Tom Pesak Bobby Vee Merrill Osmond Julianna, former Queen of the Netherlands King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
National Honesty Day Beltane (Celtic) Raisin Day Maitag Vorabend (May Day Eve; Switzerland) Vappu Day (Finland) UHF Day St. St. James the Great's Day (Eastern) Fairy Queen's Birthday (Netherlands; Fairy) Walpurgisnacht (aka Walpurgis Night; Europe) Salus (Festival of the Dead; Portugal, Spain) Night of Demons St. Wolfhard's Day (patron of saddlers; against gallstones) Feast of Valborg (Sweden) St. Pius V's Day National Oatmeal Cookie Day Roodmas (re: X-Files; Witch's Sabbath) St. Adjutor's Day (patron of swimmers, yachtsmen; against drowning) |
| April 30 Events | Birth Control Pill patented Vietnam War ended (1975) Life Jacket 1st used Moscow founded Louisiana became the 18th state (1812) 1st US National Holiday declared (1889) Washington inaugurated as 1st US President (1789) New York World's Fair opened Casey Jones' train, the Cannonball Express, derailed (1900) TV 1st Publicly broadcast (NBC; 1939) Charlie Parker recorded his 1st record (1941) Dial Weighing Machine patented (1772) X-15 1st flew Dial Washing Machine patented 1st Modern Submarine built Rusty Nail sank (Doonesbury) Palm Beach County, Florida founded (1909) Willie Mays hit 4 home runs (1961) Bob Dylan's 1st Tour began (1965) Saigon fell to communists (1975) US purchased Louisiana & New Orleans from France (1803) Republic of Hawaii ceded itself to US (1900) St. Louis Exposition opened (1904) Last Cosby Show aired (1992) 1st Land Rover exhibited (1948) Mohawks made peace with the French (1622) Bringing Up Father comic strip began (1918) Young Rascals' Good Lovin' reached No. 1 (1965) Egypt reopened Suez Canal (1957) Frankie Lymon died of heorin overdose (1968) Official G.E. Handshake Logo introduced on David Letterman (1986) G.E. Voodoo Doll introduced on David Letterman (1991) Spain appointed Chistopher Columbus "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" (1492) Ellen Degeneres became the 1st network TV star to have her character come out of the closet (1997) Muhammed Ali stripped of Heavyweight Boxing Title for refusing to kill people in Vietnam (1967) Hitler commited suicide (probably; 1945) During L.A. Riots, Katey Sagal's push-up bra & Madonna's bustier were stolen from Frederick's (1992) |
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