Events in History
- Apr 1 The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.
- Apr 4 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin, Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM
- Apr 5 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
- Apr 10 Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 km/h (220 kn; 253 mph; 113 m/s) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia
- Apr 18 In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell the UN compound at Quana.
- Apr 19 South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
- Apr 21 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
- Apr 21 Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
- Apr 23 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
- Apr 23 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
- Apr 23 US docuseries "Forensic Files" (Medical Detectives) premieres on TLC Network
- Apr 24 The UN and Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq's possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period
- Apr 26 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H
- Apr 26 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
- Apr 27 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont
- Apr 28 In Australia's worst massacre in modern history, Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur, Tasmania. Leads to a compulsory gun buy back program and major changes to gun control laws.
- Apr 29 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM
- Apr 30 Dutch Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral
- Apr 30 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM
Event of Interest
Apr 30 US President Clinton approves the sale of $227 million of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; US gas prices are at their highest levels in 5 years
Deaths in History
- Apr 1 Alfredo Nobre Coast, Prime Minister of Portugal (1978), dies
- Apr 1 Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (b. 1926)
- Apr 1 John Alwyne Kitching, British zoologist, dies at 87
- Apr 3 Carl Stokes, first African American mayor of a major US city (Cleveland), dies at 68
- Apr 3 Ron Brown, American politician (US Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; Democratic Party Chairman, 1989-93), dies in an air crash approaching Dubrovnik, Croatia, at 54
- Apr 4 Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, and educator (College of Bagpipes), dies at 79
- Apr 5 Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian, dies at 67
- Apr 6 Gordon Clough, English journalist (BBC Radio 4), dies at 61
- Apr 7 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
- Apr 7 John Evan "Jasper" Weston-Davies [pen name Berkley Mather], English writer, dies at 87
- Apr 9 James Rouse, American builder (founder of The Rouse Company), dies at 81
- Apr 9 Maisie Fitter, editor and conservationist, dies at 83
- Apr 9 Richard Condon, American author (The Manchurian Candidate), dies at 81
- Apr 9 Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
- Apr 11 Daniel Wolf, American journalist, dies at 80
- Apr 11 Edwin Clarke, British neurologist, medical historian,and museum keeper, dies of pancreatic cancer at 76
- Apr 11 Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light utility aircraft across the United States), crashed at 7
- Apr 11 Louis Osman, British artist, goldsmith, architect, and craftsman, dies at 82
- Apr 11 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French advertising magnate and Founder of Publicis Groupe, dies at 89
- Apr 12 Marthe Robert, French essayist and translator who influenced Sigmund Freud, dies at 82
- Apr 12 William Wilkinson, English conservationist and businessman, dies at 63
- Apr 13 Denis Sargan, British econometrician, dies at 71
- Apr 13 George Mackay Brown, Scottish poet, dies at 74
- Apr 13 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, Irish-American gangster, dies at 64
- Apr 13 Vjekoslav Kaleb, Croatian writer (Splendor of the Fabric), dies at 90
- Apr 14 James Sargent Russell, US pilot and admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean), dies at 93
- Apr 14 Mervyn Levy, Welsh artist and critic, dies at 81
- Apr 16 Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer, dies at 89
- Apr 16 Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), dies at 86
- Apr 17 Eva Jones, German poet and novelist (Taboo), dies at 82
- Apr 17 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86
- Apr 18 Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-British writer & Islamic activist, dies at 62
- Apr 18 Piet Hein, Danish poet and inventor, dies at 80
- Apr 19 Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72
- Apr 20 Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75
- Apr 20 Trần Văn Trà [Nguyễn Chấn], North Vietnamese military leader, dies at 77 or 78
- Apr 21 Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader and President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1991), dies at 52
- Apr 21 Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
- Apr 21 Rodney Meredith Thomas, English architect and painter, dies at 93
- Apr 21 Zora Arkus-Duntov,Belgian-American automotive engineer, known as "the Father of the Corevette", dies at 86
- Apr 22 Hiteswar Saikia, Indian politician & Chief Minister of Assam (1983-85, 1991-96), dies at 61
- Apr 23 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general, dies at 82
- Apr 23 P. L. Travers, Australian-English writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
- Apr 25 John Eustace Theodore Brancker, Barbadian lawyer, civil rights activist and parliamentarian, dies at 87
- Apr 25 John Lorne Campbell, Scottish folklorist, dies at 90
- Apr 26 Burton Stein, American historian, dies at 69
- Apr 26 John Norrie McArthur, British malariologist and microscopist who invented a handheld field microscope, dies at 94 [1]
- Apr 27 William Egan Colby, C.I.A. director, dies at 76
- Apr 28 Henry Clarke, American fashion photographer (Vogue), dies at 78
- Apr 28 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, Guatemalan politician, dies at 80
- Apr 28 William Colby, American intelligence officer (CIA Director, 1973-76), dies at 76
- Apr 29 Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist, dies at 71
- Apr 29 Siti Hartinah, Second First Lady of Indonesia, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at 72
- Apr 29 Tony Hymphris, political activist, dies at 45
- Apr 30 David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
- Apr 30 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
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