Apollo 16 is launched from Cape Canaveral (1972) - Apr. 16
Battle of Culloden, Scotland (Between the French-supported Jacobites and the Hanoverian British Government) decisive victory for the British Government (1745) - Apr. 16
Emancipation Day (Washington, DC) commemorates President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Compensated Emancipaton Act (1862) - Apr. 16
Franciso Goya (Spanish painter and printmaker) dies in Bordeaux France at age 82 (1828) - Apr. 16
Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly across the English Channel but her accomplishment received little attention due to the Titanic sinking (1912) - 4/16
Marie Tussaud (nee Grosholtz in Austria - French artist known for her wax sculptures at Madame Tussaud's) dies in her sleep in London at age 88 (1850) - 4/16
National Librarian Day - Apr. 16
Margrethe II of Denmark (Queen Regnant of Denmark) is born at Amalienborn Palace (1940) - Apr. 16
Rudolf Hoess (first commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp) is executed by hanging at the former location of the camp Gestapo adjacent to the crematorium (1947) - Apr. 16
Eggs Benedict Day - 4/16
Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Le Brun (the most famous woman painter of the 18th Century) is born in Paris, France (1755) - Apr. 16
Virginia Tech massacre occurs resulting in 32 people being killed before the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho commits suicide (2007) - Apr. 16
Easter celebrates the day Jesus was resurrected from the dead 3 days after his crucifixion (held 1st Sunday after the Paschal/Vernal full moon) (2017) - 4/16
Orthodox Easter (2017) - 4/16
April 17, 2017
Apollo 13 safely returns to Earth after a ruptured Oxygen tank forced the astronauts to abort their mission (1970) - Apr. 17
Benjamin Frankline (one of US's Founding Fathers) dies in Philadelphia, PA at age 84 (1790) - Apr. 17
Brixton Bomb Blast occurs in south London injuring at least 45 people (1999) - Apr. 17
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Studios is founded (1924) - Apr. 17
Tax Day in the USA on which tax returns must be in the mail to the federal and state governments - Apr. 17
World Hemophilia Day - Apr. 17
Dyngus Day (occurs on Easter Monday) is observed by boys awaking girls early in the morning with a bucket of water then striking their legs with willow switches (2017) - Apr. 17
Easter Monday - Monday after Easter when egg Rolling is done on the US White House Lawn (2017) - Apr. 17
Orthodox Easter Monday - day after Easter Sunday aka Bright Monday and Renewal Monday (2017) - 4/17
April 18, 2017
Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist) dies at Princeton Hospital due to the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at age 76 (1955) - Apr. 18
RMS Carpathia arrives in New York with the 705 survivors of the Titanic tragedy (1912) - Apr. 18
Independence Day (Zimbabwe, previously known as Rhodesia, gains independence from the UK) - Apr. 18
Lucrezia Borgia (daughter of Rodgrigo Borgia and sister to Cesare Borgia) is born in Valencia, Italy (1480) - Apr. 18
Joan of Arc is beatified due to efforts made by Monsignor Felix Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans who did not live to see it realized (1909) - Apr. 18
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (a ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the British Army's approach) occurs (1775) - Apr. 18
Red River Flood affects Fargo, Winnipeg and Grand Forks, ND (1997) - Apr. 18
San Francisco earthquake (a rupture along the San Adreas Fault that was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles) occurs with an estimate death toll to be above 3,000 (1906) - 4/18
St. Peters Basilica (considered one of the holiest Christian sites and greatest church of Christendom - located in Vatican City - Rome) has its corner stone laid (1506) - Apr. 18
Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian explorer best known for his Kon-Tiki expedition) dies from a brain tumor at age 87 (2002) - Apr. 18
US Embassy in Beirut is subject to a suicide bombing that killed over 60 people, mostly embassy staff members and US Marines and sailors (1983) - Apr. 18
Yankee Stadium (located in The Bronx in New York City) holds its opening game (demolition is planned for 2009) with a Yankee win of 4-2 against the Red Sox (1923) - Apr. 18
Dick Clark (American radio and Television personality) dies from a heart attack following surgery for an enlarged prostrate at age 82 (2012) - Apr. 18
Thank Your School Librarian Day - Apr. 18
April 19, 2017
American Revolution against Great Britain begins with the battles of Concord and Lexington (1775) - 4/19
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (British poet and leading figure in Romanticism) died at age 36 from a high fever as a result of sepsis from a bleeding (1824) - Apr. 19
Charles Darwin (English naturalist best known for his "On the Origin of Species" work) dies in Downe, Kent, England at age 73 (1882) - Apr. 19
Christina of Sweden (Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632-1654 and only surviving legitimate child of Gustavus Adolphus) dies from complications of pneumonia in Rome (1689) - 4/19
Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning (English author and playwright) dies at her home in Cornwall, England at age 81 (1989) - Apr. 19
Grace Kelly marries Prince Ranier of Monaco in a religious ceremony, after a 40-min civil ceremony held the previous day, at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Monaco (1956) - 4/19
Patriot's Day (commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord fought near Boston-1775) held the 3rd Monday in April (2010) - Apr. 19
Marie Antoinette (age 14) is married by proxy to the Dauphin of France, Louis-Auguste (age 15) in the Church of the Augustine Friars, Vienna (1770) - Apr. 19
Oklahoma City bombing (domestic terrorist attack) occurs when the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building is bombed killing 168 (19 children) and injuring over 800 (1995) - 4/19
Dutch/American Friendship Day commemorates the day that John Adams (2nd President of the USA) reception in the Hague created the 1st American Embassy in the world (1782) - 4/19
Pierre Curie (French physicist and pioneer in radioactivity) dies at age 46 when a horse-drawn vehicle strikes him while he was crossing Rue Dauphine in Paris (1906) - 4/19
Primrose Day honors the death of British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli (1881) - Apr. 19
The Simpsons make their first appearance as an animated short in The Tracey Ullman Show on the FOX Network (1987) - Apr. 19
St. Alphege (Archbishop of Canterbury) refuses to allow a ransom to be paid for his freedom and is martyred at Greenwich (1012) - Apr. 19
Treaty of London (which establishes Belgium as a kingdom) is signed (1839) - 4/19
April 20, 2017
Bram Stoker (Irish novelist and short story writer best known for his 1897 horror novel Dracula) dies in London after suffering a number of strokes (1912) - Apr. 20
Columbine High School massacre occurs near Denver Colorado when two students embarked on a masscre killing 12 students and a teacher and wounding 23 others (1999) - Apr. 20
Joan Miro (Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona) is born (1893) - Apr. 20
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 (civilian airliner) is shot at by by Soviet Su-15s when it violates Soviet airspace and is forced to make an emergency landing (1978) - Apr. 20
Apollo 16 safely lands on the Moon after a seven-hour crisis that nearly aborts the mission altogether (1972) - Apr. 20
Look Alike Day - Apr. 20
Ludlow massacre occurs when 20 people (11 of them children) in a colony of 1,200 strking coal miners are attacked by the Colorado National Guard (1914) - Apr. 20
Ridvan (Baha'i Faith) 12 day festival that commemorates the commencement of Baha'u'llah's prophethood and is a most holy Baha'i Festival - Apr. 20 thru May 2
Deepwater Horizon (ultra-deep water semi-submersible oil rig built in 2001) explodes while in the final phases of drilling a well with a cemented casing (2010) - 4/20
April 21, 2017
Charlotte Bronte (English novelist best known for her novel Jane Eyre) is born in Thornton, Yorkshire England (1816) - 4/21
Secretary's Day (now known as Administrative Professionals Day) is first observed (1952) - Apr. 21
Henry VII of England dies supposedly of a broken heart over the death of his wife and eldest son (1509) - 4/21
Henry VIII of England ascends to the throne at age 17 upon the death of his father (Henry VII) the first Tudor (1509) - Apr. 21
Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (German educator who created the concept of "kindergarten") is born in Oberweissbach (1782) - Apr. 21
Kindergarten Day is celebrated in honor of the birth of Friedrich Froebel who started the first Kindergarten in Germany (1782) - 4/21
Mark Twain (born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) dies of a heart attack at age 74 one day after Halley's comet passes closest to Earth as Twain had predicted (1910) - Apr. 21
New York World's Fair opens on the site of Bryant Park in the borough of Manhattan (1964) - Apr. 21
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is born to the Duke and Duchess of York by Caesarian section in Mayfair London (1926) - Apr. 21
Manfred von Richthofen (aka The Red Baron) dies due to damages made to his heart and lungs when he is shot down by allies, though he manages to safely land his plane (1918) 4/21
Romulus and Remus (twin sons of the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, fathered by the god of war, Mars) found the city of Rome (753 BC) - Apr. 21
San Jancinto Day is the celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto (final battle of the Texas Revolution) where Texas won its independence from Mexico (1836) - Apr. 21
Day of Silence (2017) - Apr. 21
World Creativity and Innovation Day ends World Creativity and Innovation week which begins with Leonardo da Vinci's birthday - Apr. 15 thru 21 every year
April 22, 2017
Earth Day - commemorates the date when the first Earth Day is celebrated (1970) - Apr. 22
Erma Bombeck (American humorist) dies of complications from a kidney transplant for her diagnosed polycystic kidney diesease (1996) - Apr. 22
Ansel Adams (American photographer and environmentalist) dies at age 82 from heart failure aggravated by cancer (1984) - Apr. 22
Army-McCarthy Hearings (held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the US Army and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy) begin (1954) - 4/22
U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as U.S. Currency (1864) - 4/22
Elian Gonzalez is seized by federal agents in a pre-dawn raid in his relatives' home in Miami, FL (2000) - Apr. 22
Disney's Animal Kingdom opens in Orlando, FL in the Walt Disney World Resort (1998) - Apr. 22
Henry Fielding (English novelist and dramatist best known for his novel Tom Jones) is born (1707) - Apr. 22
Richard Nixon (37th President of the USA) dies at age 81 after slipping into a deep coma precipitated by a severe stroke (1994) - Apr. 22
Oklahoma Day celebrates the day the land was open to European settlers (1889) - Apr. 22
The first Land Rush into the Unassigned Lands occurs at high noon with an estimated 50,000 people rush to claim land in Oklahoma (1889) - Apr. 22
US Holocaust Memorial Museum (a living memorial to the Holocaust) opens in Washington, DC (1993) - Apr. 22
Jelly Bean Day - Apr. 22
An EF4 Tornado strikes the St. Louis metropolitan area damaging many homes and closing the St. Louis International Airport for nearly 24 hours (2011) - 4/22
April Showers Day - 4/22
April 23, 2017
AIDS virus is discovered and announced by US Health Secretary Margaret Heckler (1984) - Apr. 23
Boris Yeltsin (First President of the Russian Federation) dies from congestive heart failure at age 76 (2007) - 4/23
Miguel de Cervantes (Spanish novelist, poet and playwright best known for Don Quixote) dies in Madrid (1616) - Apr. 23
Charles II of England (the last king to make the traditional journey from the Tower to the Abbey the day before the coronation) is crowned at Westminster Abbey (1661) - Apr. 23
Cherry Cheesecake Day - Apr. 23
De Adriaan Windmill (Haarlen, Netherlands) burns down in 1932 and is rebuilt and reopened exactly 70 years after the fire that destroyed it (2002) - Apr. 23
Coca Cola changes their formula and releases a sweeter beverage called "New Coke" (1985) - Apr. 23
L'Ambiance Plaza (16-story residental project under construction) collapse results in one of the worst disasters in modern Connecticut history killing 28 workers (1987) - 4/23
Order of the Garter is founded by King Edward III of England and announced on St. George's Day (1348) - Apr. 23
Otto Preminger (Austrian-born Jewish film director) dies from cancer and Alzheimer's disease at age 80 (1986) - Apr. 23
Rhythm Night Club Fire occurs in Natchez, MS killing 209 African-American partygoers and injuring many more in the 2nd deadliest fire in the USA (1940) - Apr. 23
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright) dies in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (1616) - Apr. 23
St. George's Day honors the death of Saint George of Lydda who died as a Christian martyr (303) - Apr. 23
William Wordsworth (major English Romantic poet) dies from a re-aggravated case of pleurisy (1850) - Apr. 23
World Book and Copyright Day (established by UNESCO in honor of Cervantes and Shakespeare's deaths on the same day) is first celebrated (1995) - Apr. 23
Yom HaShoah (Hebrew Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism) is held on the 27th day of Nisan-1st month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew Calendar (2017) - Apr. 23
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