April 1995 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Apr 19 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. including 19 children, and injuring 500

Apr 21 FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case; He is indicted on 160 state offenses and 11 federal offenses, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction [1]
Apr 22 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby

Event of Interest

Apr 23 President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City

Apr 24 Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98
Apr 24 Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B Murray
Apr 26 Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings
Apr 28 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
Apr 28 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die
Apr 29 Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario
Apr 30 After 120 years the last 15 A & S department stores close

Deaths in History

Apr 1 H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer (Alpine Club President 1954-58; editor American Alpine Journal 1960-95), dies at 80
Apr 1 Lucie Rie, Austrian-born British potter, dies at 93
Apr 2 Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
Apr 3 David Herbert, British writer and raconteur, dies at 86
Apr 4 Jo Sinclair [Ruth Seid], American writer (Wasteland), dies at 81
Apr 5 Christian Pineau, French politician, dies
Apr 6 Vieno J Sukselainen, Prime Minister of Finland (1959-61), dies
Apr 7 Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at 68
Apr 9 Jim Bullock, English colliery manager, unionist and mine pit reformist, dies at 92 [1]
Apr 10 Betty Askwith, British writer and biographer, dies at 85
Apr 10 Chen Yun, Chinese political leader during and after the Chinese Civil War, considered one of the Eight Elders of the Communist Party of China, dies at 89
Apr 10 Glyn Jones, Welsh writer, dies at 90
Apr 10 Gunter Guillaume, German politician, dies
Apr 10 Morarji Desai, Indian politician and activist, 4th Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies at 99
Apr 13 Edward Henderson, British diplomat, dies at 77
Apr 14 Brian Coffey, Irish poet (Advent), dies at 89

Apr 14 Michael Scott Montague Fordham, English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, dies at 89
Apr 15 Harry Shoulberg, American expressionist painter, dies at 91
Apr 16 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
Apr 16 Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982)
Apr 17 Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (Philip Morris USA), dies at 66
Apr 17 Nancy Mayhew Youngman, English painter and educationalist, dies at 88
Apr 18 Arturo Frondizi, 35th President of Argentina (1958-62), dies at 86
Apr 19 Igor Hajek, Czech translator and writer, dies at 64
Apr 19 J. Peter Grace, American businessman and industrialist,, dies from cancer at 81
Apr 19 Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70

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Apr 20 Yugoslavian politician and writer (The New Class), dies at 83

Apr 20 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
Apr 20 Tessie O'Shea, Welsh stage and screen entertainer, dies at 81
Apr 22 Maggie Kuhn, American activist & co-founder (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
Apr 26 Hugh Morton, Baron Morton of Shuna, Scottish lawyer & judge, dies at 65
Apr 27 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid; The Darkroom of Damocles), dies at 73
Apr 28 Henry C. Rogers, American publicist, dies at 81
Apr 29 Angier Biddle Duke, American diplomat and the youngest American ambassador in history, dies at 79
Apr 29 Robert Gibb, British zoo and theme park creator (Flamingo Land; Pleasure Island), dies in a car accident at 57
Apr 30 Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival king, dies at 34