Events in History
Event of Interest
Apr 6 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win for theatrical achievements
Arthur Miller
- Apr 8 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
- Apr 9 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
- Apr 9 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
- Apr 10 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
- Apr 15 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
- Apr 16 -17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
- Apr 16 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
- Apr 16 Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
- Apr 19 AAU record for a 25-foot rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
- Apr 19 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
- Apr 20 Frederik IX becomes King of Denmark
- Apr 25 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins
Event of Interest
Apr 28 Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
Thor Heyerdahl
- Apr 30 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
Birthdays in History
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Apr 5 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines (2001-2010), born in San Juan
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Apr 6 Jan-Kees Wiebenga, Dutch politician (VVD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
- Apr 7 Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
- Apr 8 Hsiao-hsien Hou, Taiwanese direstor (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, The Puppetmaster), born in Mei County, China
- Apr 8 Tom DeLay, Laredo, Texas, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006)
- Apr 8 Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
- Apr 11 Michael Hindley, British politician, Member of the European Parliament, born in Blackburn, England
- Apr 11 Michael Wright, British academic, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
- Apr 11 Lev Bulat, Russian physicist, born in Chernovtsy, Ukraine
- Apr 12 Tom Clancy, American author (Rainbow Six, The Hunt for Red October), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2013)
- Apr 12 Antonin Kratochvil, Czech-American photojournalist (VII Photo Agency), born in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
- Apr 15 Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician, born in Uddevalla, Sweden
- Apr 15 George Marino, American Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer who worked with Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, born in Bronx, New York (d. 2012)
- Apr 18 David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
- Apr 18 Dorothy Lyman, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Apr 18 Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
- Apr 18 Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
- Apr 19 Frits Castricum, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA)
- Apr 19 Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
- Apr 20 Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author (The Best Little Boy in the World), born in NYC, New York
- Apr 21 Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
- Apr 23 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish political activist [or 1940]
- Apr 24 Josep Borrell, 22nd President of the European Parliament (2004-07), born in La Pobla de Segur, Lérida, Spain
- Apr 24 Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist (Nobel 2006), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Apr 26 Gervase Jackson-Stops, British architectural adviser to the National Trust (d. 1995)
- Apr 27 George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina, born in Wilson, North Carolina
- Apr 29 Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
- Apr 30 Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
- Apr 30 Mats Odell, Swedish politician
- Apr 30 Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach
Deaths in History
Henry Ford
Apr 7 Henry Ford, American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T), dies at 83
Henry Ford
- Apr 11 Louise Peete, American convicted serial killer, dies at 66
- Apr 12 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
- Apr 16 Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1900)
- Apr 18 Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic), dies at 59
- Apr 20 Christian X, King of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
- Apr 24 Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
- Apr 29 Irving Fisher, US economist, dies at 80