Events in History
- Apr 1 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
- Apr 1 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
- Apr 2 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
- Apr 3 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
- Apr 4 The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
- Apr 5 Lava Lamp Day celebrated
- Apr 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 6 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite launched
- Apr 7 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ v Pakistan
- Apr 8 India & Pakistan forces engage in a border fight
- Apr 11 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000
- Apr 13 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits
- Apr 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 16 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket
- Apr 19 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in NYC) begins operating
- Apr 19 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die
- Apr 19 T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
- Apr 20 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
- Apr 21 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
- Apr 23 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
- Apr 24 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic
- Apr 27 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper
- Apr 28 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
- Apr 28 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
- Apr 28 William F. Raborn Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA
- Apr 29 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
- Apr 29 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
- Apr 29 Malta becomes 18th member of Council of Europe
Birthdays in History
Rodney King (1965-2012)
Apr 2 African American motorist beaten by Los Angeles police officers, born in Sacramento, California
- Apr 7 Alison Lapper, British artist
- Apr 9 Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted mass murderer (d. 2002)
- Apr 10 Diébédo Francis Kéré, Burkina Faso architect (Gando Primary School), born in Gando, Burkina Faso
- Apr 10 Tim Alexander, American funk metal drummer (Primus-Pork soda), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
- Apr 13 Patricio Pouchulu, Argentine architect, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Apr 15 Soichi Noguchi, japanese astronaut, born in Yokohama, Japan
- Apr 17 Yoshiki Kuroda, Japanese urban planner and Sayako Kuroda's husband, born in Tokyo
- Apr 18 Rob Stenders, Dutch radio discjockey (Stenders Latevermaak & RobRadio), born in Oisterwijk, Netherlands
- Apr 20 Adrian Fernández, Mexican racing driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team, born in Mexico City
- Apr 20 Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician (New Democracy Party), born in Rethymno, Greece
- Apr 21 Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic
- Apr 23 Leni Robredo (née Gerona), Filipina lawyer, social activist, and politician (Vice President of the Philippines, 2016-present), born in Naga, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Deaths in History
Harry Crerar (1888-1965)
Apr 1 Canadian WWI and WWII general (First Canadian Army), dies at 76
- Apr 1 Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 92
- Apr 3 Ernst Kirchweger, Austrian communist and resistance fighter (born 1897 or 1898)
- Apr 8 Erik A. Blomberg, Swedish art historian, poet and author, dies at 70
- Apr 14 Perry Edward Smith, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged at 36
- Apr 14 Robert Hickok, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged at 33
- Apr 18 Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor, dies at 48
- Apr 21 Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
- Apr 28 Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer & writer (Character), dies at 80
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