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April


1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April

1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26

1994 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)

1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)

1993 Janice Carroll, actress (End, April Fools), dies of cancer at 61

1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th

1989 Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April reunion because of deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players

1988 New York Yankees Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record

1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April

1981 April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yards and 13"

1977 Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April

1976 Kelly Marie Monaco, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, playmate, April, 1997

1975 South-Vietnam General Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30

1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April

1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975

1974 Raymond Largay, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88

1969 Becky Delos Santos, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, April, 1994

1969 Jennifer Lyn Jackson, born in Cleveland, Ohio, playmate, April, 1989

1969 April Lerman, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Lila-Charles in Charge

1969 Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65

1969 Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY

1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20

1964 Griffin O'Neal, actor, April Fools Day, Wraith

1964 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April

1964 April Heinrichs, born in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics

1962 Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, playmate, April, 1984

1962 April Winchell, American Actress

1959 Missy Cleveland, Jackson, Mississippi, playmate, April, 1979

1959 Pamela Jean Bryant, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, playmate, April, 1978

1958 AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9

1958 Ken Olandt, actor, April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun

1958 Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate, April, 1981

1957 Liz Glazowski, born in Chicago, Illinois, playmate, April, 1980

1953 Alfred Molina, London, actor, Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears

1951 Cindy Brooks, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, playmate, April, 1985

1951 Brian Greenway, Montreal, rock guitarist and vocalist, April Wine

1951 Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day

1949 Gary Moffet, born in Montreal, rock guitarist, April Wine

1949 Steve Lang, born in Montreal, Canada, rock bassist, April Wine

1948 Myles Goodwyn, born in Montreal, rock guitarist and vocalist, April Wine

1946 Loudon Wainwright III, vocalist, April Fool's Day Morn

1939 Jerry Mercer, rock drummer, April Wine Montreal Montreal

1939 Jerry Mercer, born in Montreal, Canada, rock drummer, April Wine

1936 April Stevens, born in Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple

1934 Pat Boone, Florida, singer and actor, April Love, Cross and Switchblade

1922 "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1

1909 Maria M. van de Berg, actress, It was April 1st

1903 Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra

1903 Claude Dauphin, Corbell France, actor, April in Paris, Deported

1903 1st automobile trip across U.S. from San Francisco to New York, ended April 1

1895 David Butler, born in San Francisco, California, director, April in Paris, Calamity Jane

1886 Raymond Largay, born in Wisconsin, actor, April in Paris, Variety Girl

1870 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for U.S. silver coins to circulate in Canada


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