April 26

John Wilkes Booth killed 12 days after assassinating President Lincoln (1865); First lady Melania Trump born (1970); The worst nuclear disaster in history occurs in Chernobyl (1986); Lucille Ball dies (1989); Deadliest tornado in history kills 1,300 in Bangladesh (1989).

April 25

Workers break ground on Suez Canal (1859); The US declares war on Spain to begin Spanish-American War (1898); Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald born (1917); Al Pacino born (1940); Singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte dies (2023).

April 24

US Library of Congress founded (1800); Easter Rising begins (1916); Barbra Streisand born (1942); Hubble Space Telescope launched (1990); Estée Lauder dies (2004).

April 22

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Ellen Glasgow born (1873); Earth Day first celebrated in the US (1970); Photographer Ansel Adams dies (1984); President Richard Nixon dies (1994); Former NFL football player Pat Tillman killed during the war in Afghanistan (2004). 

April 21

John Adams becomes the first US vice president (1789); American author Mark Twain dies (1910); Queen Elizabeth II born (1926); Musical "Annie" debuts on Broadway (1977); Singer-songwriter Nina Simone dies (2003); Musician Prince dies (2016).

April 19

Battles of Lexington and Concord begin the American Revolutionary War (1775); Charles Darwin dies (1882); Boston Marathon held for first time (1897); Indian business mogul and billionaire Mukesh Ambani born (1957); Actress Ashley Judd born (1968); Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 (1995).

April 20

"Dracula" author Bram Stoker dies (1912); "Star Trek" actor George Takei born (1937); Columbine High School massacre kills 12 students and one teacher (1999); Danica Patrick becomes the first woman to win an IndyCar Series race, watch here (2008)