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 9, 193 | The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. |
| April 12, 1990 | Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there. |
| April 24, 1970 | The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. |
| April 8, 1943 | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities. |
| April 7, 1976 | Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party after being arrested for faking his own death. |
| April 25, 1981 | More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. |
| April 13, 1944 | Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. |
| April 7, 1790 | Greek War of Independence: Greek revolutionary Lambros Katsonis loses three of his ships in the Battle of Andros. |
| April 29, 1992 | Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. |
| April 14, 1849 | Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader. |
| April 26, 1943 | The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden. |
| April 22, 2005 | Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record. |
| April 19, 1617 | The town of Uusikaupunki (Swedish: Nystad, lit. "New Town") is founded by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. |
| April 26, 1937 | Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe. |
| April 21, 1926 | Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. |
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