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 15, 1920 | Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy. |
| April 16, 2003 | Michael Jordan plays his final game with the National Basketball Association. |
| April 14, 1908 | Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream. |
| April 19, 1539 | The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed. |
| April 6, 1830 | Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York. |
| April 7, 2003 | Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. |
| April 24, 1933 | Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg. |
| April 18, 796 | King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. |
| April 25, 1792 | "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. |
| April 19, 1975 | South Vietnamese forces withdrew from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. |
| April 1, 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh. |
| April 16, 1947 | An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. |
| April 19, 1987 | The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night". |
| April 18, 1775 | American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements. |
| April 19, 1839 | The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality. |
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