Historical Events
- Apr 1 New York Yankees set a MLB record by winning their 11th straight home opener, 3-2 against Toronto Blue Jays
#1 in the Charts
Apr 3 Mariah Carey overtakes Elvis Presley's record of 17 No. 1 US hits with her 18th ‘Touch My Body’, only The Beatles have more with 20
- Apr 4 Raid on Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints owned YFZ Ranch in Texas; 401 children and 133 women taken into state custody
- Apr 5 161st Grand National: 7/1 joint favourite Comply or Die wins in Irish jockey Timmy Murphy's 11th attempt, 4 lengths ahead of King John's Castle
Golf Major
Apr 6 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: top-ranked Lorena Ochoa of Mexico shoots a bogey-free final round 67 to win by 5 strokes ahead of Suzann Pettersen and Annika Sörenstam
- Apr 7 70th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Memphis, 75-68; first time since seeding began, all 4 top seeds advance to the Final Four
- Apr 8 27th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Stanford, 64-48; Volunteers' back-to-back titles; coach Pat Summitt, 8 national championships
- Apr 8 The construction of the world's first building to integrate wind turbines completes, in Bahrain.
US Masters Golf
Apr 13 72nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Trevor Immelman of South Africa wins his first major title, 3 strokes ahead of Tiger Woods; Immelman leads, or ties for the lead after every round
CMT Music Awards
Apr 14 7th CMT Video Music Awards: Taylor Swift and Trace Adkins win
Event of Interest
Apr 16 Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States
- Apr 18 NBA owners give approval of a potential Seattle SuperSonics' relocation to Oklahoma City in a 28–2 vote by the Board of Governors
- Apr 20 54th British Academy Television Awards: "Fonejacker" Best Comedy, "The Street" best Drama
- Apr 20 Danica Patrick driving for Andretti Green Racing wins the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi; first female driver in history to win an IndyCar Series race
Boston Marathon
Apr 21 112th Boston Marathon: 3rd straight men's title for Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya in 2:07:45; Dire Tune of Ethiopia women's winner in 2:25:25
- Apr 21 The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk stealth surface-attack aircraft
- Apr 26 NFL Draft: University of Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long first pick by Miami Dolphins
World Record
Apr 30 David Blaine sets a new Guinness World Record for holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes 4-1/2 seconds on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
Film & TV History
Apr 30 Heidi Klum launches her clothing line for Jordache
Event of Interest
Apr 30 Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia, were confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 16 Princess Eléonore of Belgium, Belgian princess, born in Anderlecht, Belgium
Famous Weddings
Beyoncé & Jay-Z
Apr 4 Singer-songwriter and actress Beyonce Knowles (30) weds rapper Jay-Z (43) at a 13,500-square foot penthouse apartment in New York
Eli Manning
Apr 19 New York Giants NFL quarterback Eli Manning (27) weds Abby McGrew (24) at the One & Only Palmilla Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Apr 20 "The Game" actress Tia Mowry (29) weds actor Cory Hardrict (32) at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara, California
Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon
Apr 30 Singer-songwriter Mariah Carey (41) weds actor and rapper Nick Cannon (31) at Bahamian estate on the island of Windermere
Famous Deaths
Charlton Heston (1923-2008)
Apr 5 American actor (The Ten Commandments; Ben-Hur; Planet of Apes)Ben-Hur), dies at 84
- Apr 8 John Button, Australian politician (Button car plan), dies at 74
- Apr 8 Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
- Apr 8 Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
- Apr 11 Merlin German, United States Marine
- Apr 12 Cecilia Colledge, British figure skater (World C'ship gold ladies singles 1937; Olympic silver 1936; first female to land a two rotation jump), dies at 87
- Apr 12 Danny Davis [George Nowlan], American country musician (Nashville Brass), dies at 83
- Apr 12 Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
- Apr 12 Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
- Apr 13 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (first American involved in the theoretical development of the atomic bomb), dies at 96
- Apr 14 Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (Seven Days Of Falling), dies in scuba diving accident at 44
- Apr 14 Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957)
- Apr 14 Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, dies at 95
- Apr 14 Tommy Holmes, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1945, 48; NL HR leader 1945; Boston Braves) and manager (Boston Braves), dies at 91
- Apr 14 Werner Groebli, Swiss ice skating clown, (Frick in ice skating act Frick & Frack), dies at 92 [1]
- Apr 15 Benoît Lamy, Belgian film director, dies at 62
- Apr 15 Brian "Blinky" Davison, British rocker (The Nice), dies at 65
- Apr 15 Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop, dies at 86
- Apr 15 Sean Costello, American blues guitarist and singer, dies of multiple drug intoxication at 28
- Apr 16 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist, dies at 90
- Apr 16 Joseph Solman, American painter
- Apr 17 Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician, dies at 94
- Apr 17 Danny Federici, American rock organist, accordionist, and glockenspieler (E Street Band), dies of melanoma at 58
- Apr 19 Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 72
- Apr 19 Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
- Apr 19 Richard de Bois, Dutch songwriter ("Ik Hou Van Jou"), record producer (Dollly Dots); Ivy Green), and drummer (Roek's Family; Ginger Ale), dies of cancer at 59
- Apr 20 Frank Michael Beyer, German composer, organist, and educator, dies at 80
- Apr 20 Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
- Apr 20 VL Mike [Michael Allen], American rapper, shot to death by unknown assailant at 32
- Apr 21 Al Wilson, American soul singer ("Show and Tell"; "The Snake"), dies of kidney failure at 68
- Apr 22 Cameron Argetsinger, American auto racing executive (created Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course; F1 US Grand Prix 1961-80), dies from a stroke at 87
- Apr 22 Dora Ratjen, German man who posed as a female high jumper (Olympic 4th 1936), dies at 89
- Apr 22 Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 66
- Apr 22 Paul Davis, American country-rock-pop singer-songwriter and piano player ("I Go Crazy"; "65 Love Affair"), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Apr 23 William H. Stewart, 10th US Surgeon General (1965-69), dies at 86
- Apr 25 Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("Bad Penny Blues"), and broadcaster (BBC2 - Best Of Jazz, 1967-2007; BBC4 - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, 1972-2008), dies at 86
- Apr 26 Henry Brant, American composer (Great American Goot), dies at 94
Albert Hofmann (1906-2008)
Apr 29 Swiss chemist who first synthesized and ingested LSD, dies of a heart attack at 102
- Apr 29 Michael "Micky" Waller, British blues and rock drummer (Long John Baldry; Jeff Beck Group), dies of liver failure at 66
- Apr 30 John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
- Apr 30 Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1973-77), dies at 85
