Events in History
- Apr 4 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
- Apr 5 Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins
Event of Interest
Apr 6 John Foster Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Acheson
John Foster Dulles
- Apr 9 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party & South Pacific win
Event of Interest
Apr 11 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
Rainier III
- Apr 11 US B-29 bomber shot down over Latvia
- Apr 14 1st edition of British comic "Eagle"
- Apr 14 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
- Apr 18 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
- Apr 18 Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations
- Apr 23 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
- Apr 24 Independent republic of South Molukkas declared
- Apr 24 US President Harry Truman denies there are communists in the US government
- Apr 24 Jordan formally annexes the West Bank
- Apr 25 Republik Maluku Selatan (also known as the Republic of the South Moluccas) declared on Ambon
- Apr 27 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
Birthdays in History
- Apr 1 Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
- Apr 1 Leonard van Spirit, Dutch-British food magnate
- Apr 1 Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (2006-), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Apr 5 Franklin Chang-Diaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American NASA astronaut (STS 61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91), born in San José, Costa Rica
- Apr 6 Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
- Apr 9 Kenneth Cockrell, American astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80), born in Austin, Texas
- Apr 10 Barry M. Riemer, American author (The Great American Con Machine)
- Apr 12 Kari Palaste, Finnish architect, born in Kajaani, Finland
- Apr 12 Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman and F1 team principal (Renault F1), born in Verzuolo, Italy
- Apr 12 Joyce Banda, President of Malawi (2012-2014), born in Malemia, Nyasaland
- Apr 14 Francis Collins, American scientist who led the Human Genome Project, born in Staunton, Virgibia
- Apr 18 Bill Sudderth III, American trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
- Apr 20 Itumeleng J. Mosala, South African president (Azanian People's Org)
- Apr 20 Steve Erickson, American novelist (American Nomad), born in Santa Monica, California
- Apr 20 Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, born in Naravaripalli, India
- Apr 22 Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
- Apr 29 Debbie Stabenow, American politician
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Apr 28 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand marries Mon Rajawongse Sirikit at Sra Pathum Palace after a quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland July 19, 1949.
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Deaths in History
Charles R. Drew
Apr 1 Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon who pioneered blood plasma research and developed the blood bank concept, dies in a car crash at 45
Charles R. Drew
- Apr 3 Carter G. Woodson, American historian (African American studies), dies at 74
- Apr 8 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
- Apr 14 Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (b. 1879)
- Apr 22 Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer & architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
- Apr 26 G. Murray Hulbert, American politician, dies at 68