3rd April 1965

1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) is launched

4th April 1988

Last broadcast of “Crossroads” on British TV

5th April 1965

US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

6th April 1896

After a break of 1500 years, the first Olympics of the modern era is held in Athens, Greece.

7th April 1795

France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length.

8th April 

Celebrated as the birthday of Buddha (563-483 B.C.) 

9th april 1957

The Suez Canal, Egypt, is opened to shipping

10th April 1790

The first patent law is passed

11th April 1921

First sports broadcast on the radio.

12th April 1955

The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective

13th April 1997

Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf’s Masters Tournament

14th April 1849

First edition of the Webster Dictionary

15th  April 1923

Insulin first becomes generally available for use by diabetics.

16th April 1853

The first passenger rail opens in India

17th April 1970

Apollo 13 astronauts splash down safely

18th April 1906

San Francisco earthquake & fire takes place

19th April 1995 

A truck bomb explodes outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Bldg., in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 and injuring 500 

20th April 1889

Adolf Hitler is born in Braunau, Austria

21st April 1855

The first train crosses the Mississippi River

22nd April 1864

“In God We Trust” is included on all newly minted U.S. coins by an Act of Congress  

23rd April 1616

William Shakespeare is born in 1564. He dies on the same day, 52 years later

24th April 1898

Spain declares war on the United States

25th April 1859

The ground is broken for the Suez Canal

26th April 1964

The African nations of Tanganyika & Zanzibar merges to form Tanzania

27th April 1911

Indian passive resistance is suspended when Gen. J.C. Smuts enters into negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi.

28th April 1945

Benito Mussolini dies 

29th April 1945

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are married 

30th April 1945

Adolf Hitler commits suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.