Historical Events
- Apr 1 The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom.
Golf Major
Apr 2 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Australian Karrie Webb beats Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole; earlier eagles same hole to force the playoff
- Apr 2 Over 60 tornadoes break out, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.
WrestleMania
Apr 2 WrestleMania XXII, Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL: John Cena beats Triple H; Rey Mysterio defeats Kurt Angle and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat title match
- Apr 3 68th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Florida beats UCLA, 73-57; Gators first title; center Joakim Noah named tournament Most Outstanding Player
Sports History
Apr 3 Steve Yzerman scores his final NHL goal (#692) against the Calgary Flames
- Apr 4 25th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Maryland beats Duke, 78-75 OT; Terrapins' first national title; Laura Harper MOP
- Apr 6 NZSL (New Zealand sign language) is made an official language of New Zealand
- Apr 8 159th Grand National: 11–1 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall Madden wins by 6 lengths from defending champion Hedgehunter
- Apr 8 Shedden massacre: The bodies of eight men, all shot to death, are found in a field in Ontario, Canada. The murders are soon linked to the Bandidos motorcycle gang.
US Masters Golf
Apr 9 70th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Phil Mickelson wins his 2nd green jacket by 2 shots from South African Tim Clark
CMT Music Awards
Apr 10 5th CMT Video Music Awards: Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney win
- Apr 10 Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in the United States.
Event of Interest
Apr 11 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium
- Apr 13 Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa.
Film & TV History
Apr 16 Colin Farrell reaches a confidential settlement with ex-girlfriend Nicole Narain to keep their 13-minute sex tape private
Boston Marathon
Apr 17 110th Boston Marathon: Kenyan double; Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot wins 2nd men's title in 2:07:14; Rita Jeptoo takes women's title in 2:23:38
- Apr 22 Four Canadian soldiers are killed 75 kilometers north of Kandahar, Afghanistan by a roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants, the worst single day combat loss for the Canadian army since the Korean War
- Apr 22 Nepali security forces open fire on Pro-democracy protesters demonstrating against King Gyanendra, injuring hundreds. The protestors go on to secure the restoration of Parliament and a federal state.
- Apr 24 King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
Apr 25 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 14th studio album "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions", a tribute to folk music pioneer Pete Seeger
Famous Weddings
- Apr 1 Miss Costa Rica 2001 Piarella Peralta weds Dutch banker Tiemo Wesseling at Iglesia de Orosi in the Cartago province of Costa Rica
- Apr 1 Miss Puerto Rico 2003 Joyceline Montero weds architect Hansell Bajuelo at la Iglesia de la Misericordia in Guaynabo City
- Apr 2 NBC "Weekend Today" anchor Campbell Brown (38) weds FOX News contributor Dan Senor (34) at the Beaver Creek Chapel in Beaver Creek, Colorado
- Apr 8 "All of Us" TV actress LisaRaye McCoy (38) weds Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Michael Misick (40) in an $1.5 million beachside wedding in the Caribbean
Ali Landry
Apr 8 Former Miss USA and "Eve" actress Ali Landry (32) weds film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde (28) in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- Apr 8 Spanish model and actress Ines Sastre (32) weds Alexandro Corrias at Brompton Oratory in South Kensington, London
- Apr 8 Two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish gypsy singer Rosario Flores (42) weds "Kingdom of Heaven" first assistant director Pedro Lazaga on a small village Canos de Meca in Cadiz, Spain
- Apr 15 "Maria Full of Grace" actress Catalina Sandino Moreno (24) weds lighting technician David Michael Ewell in an intimate civil ceremony in Cartagena de Indies, Colombia
- Apr 15 Miss Nigeria 2002 Sylvia Ansa Edem weds businessman Chris Emecheta at the Recreation Park, Victoria Garden City, Lekki Lagos
- Apr 21 Professional drag racer Andrew Hines (22) weds Tanya Phillips at the First Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida
- Apr 22 "Entourage" actor Kevin Dillon (40) weds model-actress Jane Stuart (28) in Las Vegas
- Apr 22 "Save The Last Dance" actor Sean Patrick Thomas (35) weds "The Fantastic Four" actress Aonika Laurent in New Orleans
- Apr 23 "Rascal Flatts" guitarist Joe Don Rooney (30) weds Playboy's 2005 Playmate of The Year Tiffany Fallon (31) in an intimate ceremony held on the beach at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
- Apr 29 "The O.C." actress Amanda Righetti (23) weds film director and writer Jordan Alan in Oahu, Hawaii
- Apr 29 Ranchera singer Lupillo Rivera weds Mayeli in Garden Grove, California
Famous Divorces
Eddie Murphy
Apr 17 American actor Eddie Murphy (44) divorces Nicole Mitchell after 13 years of marriage
- Apr 20 Actor-writer Charlie Shanian (39) divorces former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Tori Spelling (32) only 15 months after their lavish $1-million wedding
Famous Deaths
- Apr 1 In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
- Apr 2 Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
- Apr 3 Marshall Goldberg, American College Football HOF back (Uni of Pittsburgh; All Pro, Pro Bowl 1941; Chicago Cardinals), dies at 88
- Apr 4 Philip Attenborough, English publisher (Hodder & Stoughton), dies at 69
- Apr 5 Gene Pitney, American vocalist and songwriter ("Town Without Pity"; "Hello Mary Lou"; "He's A Rebel"), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Apr 6 Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer, dies at 76
- Apr 6 Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite, dies at 89
- Apr 6 Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
- Apr 8 (Heinz) "Henry" Lewy, German-American sound engineer and record producer (Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stephen Bishop, Judee Sill, The Monkees), dies at 79
- Apr 8 Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys), dies at 82
- Apr 9 Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
- Apr 9 Robin Orr, Scottish composer, dies at 96
- Apr 9 Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
- Apr 11 June Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), dies of cancer at 52
- Apr 11 Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
- Apr 12 Puggy Pearson, American poker player (World Series of Poker Main Event 1973; 4 x World Series of Poker bracelets), dies from heart failure at 77
- Apr 12 Rajkumar [Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju], Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, dies at 76
- Apr 13 Bill Baker, American baseball player, dies at 95
Muriel Spark (1918-2006)
Apr 13 Scottish author (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), dies at 88
- Apr 13 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch politician (Member of Parliament (CDA). 1986-94), dies at 62
- Apr 14 Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
- Apr 15 Louise Smith, American auto racer (tied for 2nd woman to race in top level NASCAR), dies of cancer at 89
- Apr 16 Dan Schaefer, American politician (Rep-R-CO, 1983-99), dies of cancer at 70
- Apr 16 Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor and model (b. 1983)
- Apr 17 Henderson Forsythe, American actor (As the World Turns, Crisis at Central High), dies at 88
- Apr 17 Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist, dies at 98
- Apr 18 John Lyall, English soccer manager (West Ham United 1974-89; FA Cup 1980), dies from a heart attack at 66
- Apr 19 Ellen Kuzwayo, South African member of parliament (ANC) and noted writer ("Call me Woman"), dies at 91
- Apr 19 Ian Morrow, British company director, best known for saving Rolls Royce, dies at 93
- Apr 19 Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
- Apr 19 Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
- Apr 20 Anna Svidersky (b. 1988)
- Apr 21 T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- Apr 21 Telê Santana, Brazilian soccer winger (Fluminense FC 557 games) and manager (Brazil, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras, São Paulo), dies from an abdominal infection at 74
- Apr 22 Alida Valli [Baroness Alida von Marckenstein-Frauenberg], Italian actress (The Paradine Case, The Third Man), dies at 84
- Apr 23 Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot, dies at 94
- Apr 23 Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports executive (owner Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors) and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder (Knob Hill Stable, Newmarket Ontario), dies at
- Apr 23 Susan Browning, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Pat"), dies at 65
- Apr 24 Brian Labone, English soccer defender (26 caps; Everton FC 451 games), dies at 66
- Apr 24 Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914)
- Apr 25 Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and urbanologist (The Death and Life of Great American Cities), dies at 89
- Apr 27 Julia Thorne, American writer and ex-wife of John Kerry, dies at 61
- Apr 28 Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, dies at 79
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)
Apr 29 Canadian-American economist and writer (Affluent Society - Sidney Hillman Award, 1958), dies of natural causes at 97
- Apr 30 Jean Francois Revel, French philosopher and author (Ni Marx ni Jesus), dies at 82
- Apr 30 Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
- Apr 30 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa), dies of complications from diabetes and heart disease at 81
