April 30

George Washington inaugurated (1789); Aviator Bessie Coleman, first African American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, dies in a plane crash (1926); Blues musician Muddy Waters dies (1983); World Wide Web launches into public domain by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee (1993).

April 29

Jazz legend Duke Ellington born (1899); Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson born (1933); Film director Alfred Hitchcock dies (1980); Los Angeles riots begin following acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King (1992); Prince William and Kate Middleton get married (2011).

April 28

“To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee born (1926); Italian dictator Benito Mussolini executed (1945); US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan born (1960); Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France (1969); Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies (2021).

April 27

Explorer Ferdinand Magellan dies (1521); British author and women's advocate Mary Wollstonecraft born (1759); US President Ulysses S. Grant born (1822); UK House of Commons presided over for first time in 700-year history (1992).

NATIONAL BABE RUTH DAY

"On April 27, baseball fans worldwide honor one of baseball's all-time greatest players on National Babe Ruth Day."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-babe-ruth-day-april-27

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)

April 18

Paul Revere makes famous ride during American Revolution (1775); Yankee Stadium opens (1923); Albert Einstein dies (1955); Conan O'Brien born (1963); Dick Clark dies (2012).

April 17

Benjamin Franklin dies (1790); Bay of Pigs invasion begins in Cuba (1961); Apollo 13 returns safely to Earth (1970); Victoria Beckham born (1974); Former first lady Barbara Bush dies (2018).

April 16

Actor Charlie Chaplin born (1889); Harriet Quimby is first woman to fly across English Channel (1912); Basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar born (1947); Singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez born (1971); 32 die, 17 injured in Virginia Tech mass shooting (2007).

April 15

President Abraham Lincoln dies (1865); RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 (1912); Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier, becomes first Black major league baseball player (1947); Actress Emma Watson born (1990); Two bombs explode at Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 264 (2013).

April 14

"Webster’s Dictionary" is first published (1828); President Abraham Lincoln is mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth, dies the next day (1865); Marine biologist and environmentalist Rachel Carson dies (1964); Human Genome Project is completed (2003).

JACKIE ROBINSON DAY

"Each year on April 15, we honor Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/jackie-robinson-day-april-15?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17677024&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

April 13

Sikh religion is formalized (1699); Handel's "Messiah" makes its world premiere in Dublin (1742); Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded (1870); Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov born (1963); American novelist Eudora Welty born (1909); American astronomer Annie Jump Cannon dies (1941).

Thomas Jefferson

"Thomas Jefferson, a founding father of the United States, was born on April 13, 1743."

https://www.checkiday.com/9c115a2377b932f7951dd48995965774/thomas-jefferson-day#google_vignette

April 12

Patent for first portable typewriter issued in the US (1892); American Red Cross founder Clara Barton dies (1912); Franklin D. Roosevelt dies (1945); David Letterman born (1947); Yuri Gagarin becomes first person in space (1961); Boxing great Joe Louis dies (1981).

April 11

Ethel Kennedy, philanthropist and widow of Bobby Kennedy, born (1928); Civil Rights Act of 1968 is signed (1968); Apollo 13 launches (1970); American novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies (2007).

April 10

“The Great Gatsby” published (1925); Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta born (1930); Football personality John Madden born (1936); Paul McCartney leaves the Beatles (1970); Good Friday Agreement is signed (1998).

April 9

Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War (1865); Actor and activist Paul Robeson born (1898); Architect Frank Lloyd Wright dies (1959); Golfer and LPGA cofounder Marilynn Smith dies (2019).

NATIONAL WINSTON CHURCHILL DAY

"National Winston Churchill Day on April 9th commemorates the day he was made an honorary citizen of the United States."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-winston-churchill-day-april-9?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17593402&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

April 8

Actress Robin Wright born (1966); Pablo Picasso dies (1973); Frank Robinson becomes first Black manager of a Major League Baseball team (1975); Margaret Thatcher dies (2013).

April 7

English poet William Wordsworth born (1770); Jazz singer Billie Holiday born (1915); World Health Organization is established (1948); The US breaks diplomatic ties with Iran during Iran hostage crisis (1980); Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as the first Black female US Supreme Court justice (2022).

April 5

Booker T. Washington born (1856); Actress Bette Davis born (1908); Actor Gregory Peck born (1916); Former Secretary of State Colin Powell born (1937); Winston Churchill retires as UK Prime Minister (1955); Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain dies (1994)

April 6

First modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece (1896); US declares war on Germany in WWI (1917); First Tony Awards ceremony held in New York City (1947); Actor Paul Rudd born (1969); Science fiction writer Isaac Asimov dies (1992)

April 4

Ninth US President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, shortest presidency ever at 32 days (1841); American poet and activist Maya Angelou born (1928); NATO is created (1949); Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (1968)

April 2

Ludwig van Beethoven premieres his First Symphony (1800); Danish author Hans Christian Andersen born (1805); Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code, dies (1872); Singer Marvin Gaye born (1939); Pope John Paul II dies (2005)

April 1

Actress Debbie Reynolds born (1932); BBC's "Spaghetti Tree" hoax ... watch here (1957); Iran officially becomes an Islamic republic after the shah is overthrown (1979); Singer Marvin Gaye shot and killed by his father (1984).