Historical Events in April, Month of April Events
Here is a list of some historical events in April. You can learn What major event happened in April?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| April 6, 2005 | Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day. |
| April 8, 2020 | Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee. |
| April 14, 1894 | The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films. |
| April 21, 1945 | World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters. |
| April 21, 1967 | A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. |
| April 20, 1861 | Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, attempting to display the value of balloons, makes record journey, flying 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina. |
| April 19, 1971 | Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. |
| April 17, 1945 | World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces. |
| April 29, 1945 | Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. |
| April 18, 1930 | The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that "there is no news" in their evening report. |
| April 20, 2013 | A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands. |
| April 13, 1204 | Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. |
| April 24, 1885 | American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. |
| April 30, 1803 | Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation. |
| April 20, 1653 | Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. |
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