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, 2017 | The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place. |
| April 16, 2007 | Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. |
| April 29, 1970 | Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong. |
| April 3, 2016 | The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, reveals information on 214,488 offshore companies. |
| April 25, 1983 | Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit. |
| April 21, 753 | Romulus founds Rome (traditional date). |
| April 22, 1992 | A series of gas explosions rip through the streets in Guadalajara, Mexico, killing 206. |
| April 26, 1564 | Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown). |
| April 15, 1952 | First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. |
| April 29, 1386 | Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal. |
| April 5, 1977 | The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip. |
| April 4, 1960 | France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. |
| April 5, 2021 | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc took office as President of Vietnam after dismissing the title of Prime Minister. |
| April 19, 1506 | The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics. |
| April 23, 1999 | NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
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