Historical Events
Film Premier
"Avengers: Age of Ultron", directed by Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner, premieres in Los Angeles
- Migrant ship carrying around 550 sinks off the Libyan coast, about 400 drown
Famous Deaths
- Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and writer, dies at 74
Günter Grass
Günter Grass, German writer (The Tin Drum) and playwright and Nobel Prize laureate (1999), dies at 87
Günter Grass