What Happened in April 1971

• Apr 1 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
• Apr 1 US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
• Apr 2 Dark Shadows, American Gothic supernatural soap opera, concludes an almost 5 year run on ABC

• Apr 2 Libya concludes 5 weeks of negotiations with Western oil companies in Tripoli
• Apr 3 125th Grand National: John Cook aboard 28/1 chance Specify wins a close finish between the leading 5 in the final furlong
• Apr 3 16th Eurovision Song Contest: Severine for Monaco wins singing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" in Dublin
• Apr 3 The Temptations score their second US No. 1 with "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"
• Apr 4 Marine clay under houses liquefies in St-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, 31 die

• Apr 5 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
• Apr 5 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily

• Apr 5 US Lt William Calley sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre
• Apr 5 WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting

• Apr 7 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals
• Apr 8 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)

• Apr 10 Philadelphia Phillies open their new home, Veterans Stadium, with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos; 55,352, largest ever crowd to watch a MLB game in Pennsylvania
• Apr 10 The Republican commemorations is held in Belfast of the Easter Rising (in 1916 in Dublin), revealing conflicts between the two wings of the Irish Republican Army
• Apr 10 US table tennis team arrives in People's Republic of China
• Apr 11 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance

• Apr 11 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
• Apr 14 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site
• Apr 14 US President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
• Apr 14 US Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation

• Apr 17 Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
• Apr 19 75th Boston Marathon: Álvaro Mejía of Colombia wins in 2:18:45; American Sara Mae Berman 1st woman for 3rd straight year in 3:08:30 (unsanctioned)

• Apr 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day)
• Apr 19 USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit

• Apr 20 US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
• Apr 21 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
• Apr 22 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 10 launched
• Apr 22 Soyuz 10 launches as the world's first mission to the first-ever space station (the Salyut 1) however the docking was unsuccessful and the cosmonauts returned to Earth
• Apr 23 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
• Apr 24 Skip Redwine and Larry Frank's musical "Frank Merriwell" opens and closes at Longacre Theater, NYC (1 performance only)
• Apr 24 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth
• Apr 25 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington, D.C.
• Apr 25 The Northern Ireland census is held
• Apr 25 US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
• Apr 25 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
• Apr 26 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs
• Apr 26 San Francisco lightship replaced by automatic buoy
• Apr 26 Turkey state of siege proclaimed
• Apr 27 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
• Apr 28 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
• Apr 28 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. becomes 1st black admiral in US Navy
• Apr 29 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
• Apr 29 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• Apr 30 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 103

• Apr 1 Daniel Vacek, Czech tennis player (French Open doubles 1996, 97; US Open doubles 1997), born in Prague, Czech Republic
• Apr 1 James Page, American boxer (WBA Welterweight champion 1998-2000), born in Pittsburg, California
• Apr 1 Jessica Collins [Capogna], actress (Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving)
• Apr 1 Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
• Apr 2 Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player (16 x Grand Slam doubles titles; 6 x GS mixed doubles titles; Olympic gold 1996) and broadcaster (7 Network, 9 Network), born in Sydney, New South Wales
• Apr 2 ZEEBRA [Hideyuki Yokoi], Japanese hip hop artist, born in Tokyo, Japan
• Apr 3 Anthony McClanahan, American football linebacker (Calgary Stampeders), born in Bakersfield, California
• Apr 3 Picabo Street, American skier (Olympic gold 1994), born in Triumph, Idaho
• Apr 3 Quilvio Veras, Major League Baseball second baseman, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Apr 4 John Zandig, American professional wrestler, born in Sewell, New Jersey
• Apr 4 Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey center (considered one of best faceoff men in NHL history; NHL All Star 2007; LA Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec
• Apr 5 Finidi George, soccer player (Ajax)
• Apr 6 Lou Merloni, American baseball player
• Apr 7 Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
• Apr 7 Victor Kraatz, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th), born in Berlin, West Germany
• Apr 8 Christophe "Titou" Lamaison, French rugby footballer fly-half, 1996-2004, all-time leading points scorer for France, with 380 points, born in Dax, France

• Apr 8 Craig Mazin, American scriptwriter and film director (Chernobyl, The Last of Us), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Apr 9 Anthony Redmon, American NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals), born in Brewton, Alabama
• Apr 9 Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Apr 9 Derwin Gray, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts), born in San Antonio, Texas
• Apr 9 Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer (World F1 champion 1997; Indianapolis 500 1995; Indy Car World Series 1995), born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
• Apr 9 James Hundon, American football wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals), born in San Francisco, California
• Apr 9 Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer, born in Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• Apr 9 Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Olympics 1988)
• Apr 10 Joey DeFrancesco, American jazz Hammond organist, 9-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (All Of Me; Reboppin'), born in Springfield, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)

• Apr 11 Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor (The Hurricane), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Apr 12 Catali Antonini, Italian jazz vocalist, dancer, and composer, born in Corsica, France
• Apr 12 Fernando Meligeni, Argentine tennis star, born in São Paulo, Brazil
• Apr 12 Kent Manderville, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers), born in Edmonton, Canada
• Apr 12 Nicholas Brendon, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California

• Apr 12 Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
• Apr 13 Charles "Bo" Outlaw, American NBA forward (LA Clippers, Orlando Magic), born in San Antonio, Texas
• Apr 13 Cory Yothers, American actor (Off the Rock), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 13 Dina Korzun, Russian actress, born in Smolensk, Russia
• Apr 13 Jeroen Thesseling, Dutch death metal fretless bassist (Pestilence; Obscura), born in the Netherlands
• Apr 13 Valensia, Dutch composer and singer, born in The Hague, Netherlands
• Apr 14 Antonio London, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions), born in Tullahoma, Tennessee
• Apr 14 Gregory Zaun, American baseball analyst & catcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Glendale, California
• Apr 14 Miguel Calero, Colombian soccer goalkeeper (50 caps; Copa América 2001; Pachuca), born in Ginebra, Colombia (d. 2012)
• Apr 14 Peter Gibson, American writer, born in Greenwich, Connecticut
• Apr 15 Craig Whelihan, NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers)
• Apr 15 Guivi Sissaouri, Canada freestyle wrestler (Olympic silver 1996), born in Tbilisi, Georgia
• Apr 15 Jason Sehorn, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Giants)
• Apr 15 Katy Hill, British television presenter
• Apr 15 Tim Tindale, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
• Apr 16 Frederik Nilsson, IHL forward (Team Sweden, KC (IHL)), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Apr 16 Max Beesley, English actor (Bodies; Hotel Babylon), and session and touting vibraphonist, born in Burnage, Manchester, England
• Apr 16 Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor (Heart of Greed), born in Hong Kong
• Apr 16 Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis ace (18 Grand Slam double titles), born in Minsk, Belarus
• Apr 16 Selena [Quintanilla-Pérez], Mexican-American singer-songwriter known as the Queen of Tejano music (Grammy-1994), born in Lake Jackson, Texas (d. 1995)
• Apr 17 Claire Sweeney, British stage and screen actress (Brookside), born in Walton, Liverpool
• Apr 17 David Oliver, Canadian NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers), born in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
• Apr 17 Jim Acosta, American journalist (CNN White House correspondent), born in Washington, D.C.
• Apr 18 Dan Kordic, Canadian NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Apr 18 Tamara Braun, American actress (Ava Vitali-Days of Our Lives), born in Evanston, Illinois
• Apr 20 Allan Houston, American basketball player (NY Knicks, Detroit Pistons), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Apr 20 Chris Penn, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs, Chicago Bears), born in Lenapah, Oklahoma
• Apr 20 John Senden, Australian golfer (2 PGA Tour titles), born in Brisbane, Queensland
• Apr 20 Mikey Welsh, American bass player (Weezer, 1998-2001 - "Island In The Sun"), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2011)
• Apr 20 Terry Smith, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts), born in Clemson, South Carolina
• Apr 20 Tina Cousins, English singer (Mysterious Times), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
• Apr 20 Yonel Jourdain, American NFL running back and kick returner (Buffalo Bills), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Apr 21 Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player
• Apr 21 Hasan Akbar, American convicted murderer
• Apr 21 Samantha Druce, British swimmer, youngest woman to swim English Channel
• Apr 21 Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
• Apr 22 Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist
• Apr 22 Eric Mabius, American actor
• Apr 22 Ingo Rademacher, German FR, actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital)
• Apr 22 Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
• Apr 22 Nicklas Kulti, Swedish tennis star
• Apr 23 Chuck Adams, Pacific Palisades California, tennis star (1989 USTA Boys), born in Pacific Palisades, California
• Apr 24 Jas Mann, British pop singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Babylon Zoo - "Spaceman"), born in Dudley, Staffordshire, England
• Apr 24 Jeff Brohm, American football quarterback (San Francisco 49ers), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Apr 24 Ken Klee, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Apr 24 Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan off-spinner), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Apr 24 Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer, born in Koersel, Belgium
• Apr 24 Phil Rogers, Australian 100m breaststroker (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Adelaide, South Australia
• Apr 25 Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
• Apr 25 Brad Clontz, American baseball pitcher (Atlanta Braves), born in Stuart, Virginia
• Apr 25 Eric England, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Apr 25 Pablo Helguera, Mexican-born artist (The School of Panamerican Unrest), born in Mexico City
• Apr 25 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2011)
• Apr 26 Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts - "I Melt"), born in Columbus, Ohio
• Apr 26 Ryan Yarbrough, American NFL wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens, NY Jets), born in Lakeland, Florida
• Apr 27 Craig Keith, American football tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Apr 27 Hayley Carr, Salzburg Austria, actress (Courtney-As the World Turns)
• Apr 27 James Burton, NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears), born in Torrance, California
• Apr 27 Tess Daly, British television presenter (Strictly Come Dancing), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England
• Apr 28 Bridget Moynahan, American actress, born in Binghamton, New York
• Apr 28 Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
• Apr 28 Meredith McGrath, American tennis player (US Open mixed doubles 1995 [Matt Lucena]; 3 WTA singles, 25 doubles titles), born in Midland Michigan
• Apr 28 Simbi Khali, American actress (Nina-3rd Rock From the Sun)
• Apr 29 Sterling Hitchcock, American baseball pitcher (NY Yanks, Sea Mariners), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Apr 30 B J Tyler, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
• Apr 30 Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
• Apr 30 John Boyne, Irish novelist (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), born in Dublin, Ireland

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• Apr 1 Baby Face Willette [Roosevelt Willet], American hard bop and soul-jazz Hammond organ player, dies of bronchial pneumonia at 37
• Apr 1 Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish-born British pacifist and crystallographer (one of 1st two women elected to Royal Society), dies of cancer at 68
• Apr 2 Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam (deported 70,000 Dutch Jews to death camps), dies at 70
• Apr 3 Joseph Valachi, American gangster, dies at 66
• Apr 3 Manfred Bonnington Lee [Ellery Queen], American detective writer, dies at 65
• Apr 5 Earl "Jock" Caruthers American jazz saxophonist (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, 1932-47), dies at 60

• Apr 7 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 74
• Apr 7 Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic gold individual 3 day event 1928, 32; team 3 day event 1924, 28), dies at 74
• Apr 9 Will Harridge, American Baseball HOF executive (President American League 1931-59), dies at 87
• Apr 12 Ed Lafitte, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops), dies at 85
• Apr 12 Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (Dizzy Gillespie; Miles Davis), dies of epileptic seizure at 39
• Apr 13 Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, dies at 49
• Apr 13 Michel Brière, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1969-70 (Pittsburgh Penquins), dies from injuries sustained in a car crash, after 11 months in a coma, at 21
• Apr 14 Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies
• Apr 15 Dan Reeves, American NFL team owner (Cleveland, LA Rams), dies at 58
• Apr 17 Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician, dies at 67
• Apr 17 Roberto Lupi, Italian composer, dies at 62
• Apr 18 Masao Ohki, Japanese composer (Idea of the Night; Hiroshima Symphony), dies of cancer at 69
• Apr 19 Russ Hodges, American sportscaster (NY Mets, SF Giants; Wednesday Night Fights), dies at 60
• Apr 20 Cecil Parker, British actor (The Lady Vanishes, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73
• Apr 21 Edmund Lowe, American actor (Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper), dies at 81

• Apr 23 William V. S. Tubman, Liberian politician (President of Liberia 1944-71), dies at 76
• Apr 24 Lennie Hayton, American pianist, composer, conductor and arranger (Paul Whiteman; Bing Crosby; MGM), dies at of heart attack at 63
• Apr 25 Max Drischner, German organist, harpsichordist, kantor, and composer, dies at 80
• Apr 30 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70