Events in Sport
- Apr 4 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
- Apr 4 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
- Apr 6 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Gil Morgan wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Isao Aoki
- Apr 7 150th Grand National: Tony Dobbin aboard New Zealand bred Lord Gyllene wins at 14/1 by 25 lengths; race postponed 2 days because of IRA bomb threat
- Apr 9 Cleveland Indians pitcher Jose Mesa is acquitted of rape
- Apr 9 Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
- Apr 9 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
- Apr 13 48th time opposing pitchers hit HRs, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
US Masters Golf
Apr 13 61st US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his first major title, a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite; 4-round total 270 (−18) is tournament record
Tiger Woods
- Apr 13 Hartford Whalers last NHL game
Event of Interest
Apr 13 NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
Mario Lemieux
- Apr 13 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY
Event of Interest
Apr 15 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
Jackie Robinson
Event of Interest
Apr 17 NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
Martin Brodeur
- Apr 19 San Diego Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
- Apr 19 NFL Draft: Ohio State offensive tackle Orlando Pace first pick by St. Louis Rams
- Apr 20 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
- Apr 20 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
- Apr 20 Cubs beat NY Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
Event of Interest
Apr 20 Mark McGwire is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder)
Mark McGwire
Birthdays in Sport
- Apr 3 Gabriel Fernando de Jesus, Brazilian football player (Manchester City, Brazil national team), born in São Paulo, Brazil
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Apr 19 Tennis player champion Andre Agassi (26) weds actress and model Brooke Shields (31) in Monterey, California
Brooke Shields
Andre Agassi
Deaths in Sport
- Apr 3 Sergei Filatov, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 70
- Apr 6 Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins), dies at 84
- Apr 7 Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player, dies at 73
- Apr 7 Sam Parks Jr., American golfer (US Open 1935), dies at 87
- Apr 13 Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
- Apr 23 Dennis Compton, England cricket batsman & footballer (5,807 Test runs, Arsenal 1950 FA Cup), dies at 78
- Apr 30 Henry Picard, American golfer (Masters 1938, PGA 1939), dies at 90