April

1

1945

U.S. troops land in Okinawa. 

2

1513

1805

1872

1965

2005

Ponce de Leon discovers Florida.

The storyteller Hans Christian Anderson was born in Odense, Denmark

The inventor of the telegraph, Samuel F.B. Morse died in New York.

The soap opera “As the World Turns” and the “Edge of Night” premired on CBS television. 

Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla ) of Poland died of septic shock and cardiocirculatory collapse (84 yrs.) He became pope in October 1978, the first non-Italian pontiff in 455 years.

Chicken magnate; Frank Perdue died of heart failure (84 yrs.)

4

1968

2004

Dr. Martin Luther King was killed by James Earl Ray. 

The coldest Baltimore Oriole home game (36°) was played. Orioles beat the Red Sox 7 - 2.

5

1614

1915

1964

1982

The American Indian Princess Pocahontas married English Colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.

Actor Gregory Peck was born in La Jolla, California.

Retired Army General Douglas McArthur died in Washington DC (84 yrs.). 

Cal Ripken Jr. hit his 1st major league homer against the K.C. Royals.

6

1896

1909

The first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece.

Admiral Peary reaches the North Pole.

8

1974

1981

2005

Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The pitcher was Al Downing.

General Omar Bradley died in New York (88 yrs.).

Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla ) of Poland was buried.

9

1865

1959

2003

2005

Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered is forces to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

NASA announced the selection of Americas first seven astronaughts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Sheppard and Donald Slayton.

Saddam Hussains staute was pulled down from Baghdads town square marking the end of his regime.

Prince Charles of England has married Camilla Parker Bowles

12

1861

1877

1961

1992

The Civil war began as Confederate forces fired upon Ft. Sumter in South Carolina. 

The catchers mask was first used in a baseball game.

Soviet Cosmonaught Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space.

Euro-Disney opened in Marne-La-Vallee, France

14

1865

1902

1912

President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Fords Theater in Washington.

J.C. Penny oped his first store in Kemmerer, Wy.

The supposedly unsinkable oceanliner RMS Titanic ran into an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began sinking.

15

1850

1865

1912

1954

1986

The city of San Francisco was incorporated.

At 7:22 a.m. President Abraham Lincoln died, several hours after he was shot at the ford's theater in Washington by John Wilkes Booth.

The RMS Titanic sank in about 3 hours and about 1500 people died.

The 1st game played at Memorial Stadium was played. The Orioles beat the White Sox 3-1.

The United States launched an air raid attack against Libya in response to a bombing of a discotheque in Berlin on April 5th.

16

1970

17

1970

18

1775

19

1995

2005

Oklahoma City Bombing. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building came down when a truck bomb blew off the north side of the structure, killing 168 people

Germany's Joseph Ratzinger was voted in today as the 265th Pope (Benedict XVI). He is the sixth German pope and the first since the 11th century.

20

1880

1999

Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria.

Littleton, Co. massacre at the Columbine High School. 12 students and 1 teacher dead. 2 “trench coat mafia” teens committed suicide after the killings.

21

1789

1910

1918

1989

John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.

Samuel Langhorne Clemmens, later known as Mark Twain died in Redding, Conn.

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron" was killed in action during WW1.

Students protest begins in China’s Tiananmen Square.

23

1564

1616

1928

English writer William Shakespeare was born.

English writer William Shakespeare died. (52 yrs.)

Actress Shirley Temple Black was born.

24

2004

26

1514

1942

Copernicus spots Saturn.

Singer, Bobby Rydel was born

27

1791

1822

1922

The inventor of the telegraph, Samuel F.B. Morse was born in Charlestown, Mass.

The 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

The new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia proclaimed its independence.

29

1980

30

1789

1803

1812

1900

1945

2001

George washington took office in New York as the 1st President of the United States. 

The U.S. makes the Louisiana Purchase.

Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.

Engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of the Illinois Central railroad was killed in a wreak near Vaughan, Miss.

As Russian troops approached his bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife Eva Braun.

Dennis Tito; Worlds 1st space tourist, docks with international space station.