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What happend on 20. April in History
In our data base we found 337 events happened on 20. April:
• 1176: Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English military leader (b. 1130) [category: Deaths]
• 1303: The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. [category: Events]
• 1314: Pope Clement V (b. 1264) [category: Deaths]
• 1453: The last naval battle in Byzantine history occurs, as three Genoese galleys escorting a Byzantine transport fight their way through the huge Ottoman blockade fleet and into the Golden Horn. [category: Events]
• 1492: Pietro Aretino, Italian writer and poet (d. 1556) [category: Births]
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• 1494: Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (d. 1566) [category: Births]
• 1521: Zhengde Emperor of China (b. 1491) [category: Deaths]
• 1526: The last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat. [category: Events]
• 1534: Elizabeth Barton, English nun (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1534: Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador. [category: Events]
• 1535: The Sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting "Vädersolstavlan". [category: Events]
• 1558: Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) [category: Deaths]
• 1586: Saint Rose of Lima (d. 1617) [category: Births]
• 1633: Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) [category: Births]
• 1643: Christoph Demantius, German composer (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
• 1646: Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1650: William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1653: Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1657: Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. [category: Events]
• 1657: Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). [category: Events]
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• 1689: The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry. [category: Events]
• 1703: Lancelot Addison, English chaplain (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747) [category: Births]
• 1723: Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and statesman (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1727: Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1745: Philippe Pinel, French physician (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1748: Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1752: Start of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in Burmese Civil War (1740–1757) [category: Events]
• 1769: Chief Pontiac, Ottawa leader (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1770: The Georgian king Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza. [category: Events]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord. [category: Events]
• 1792: France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars. [category: Events]
• 1808: Napoleon III of France (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1809: Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four day campaign that ended in a French victory. [category: Events]
• 1810: The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1816: Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1818: Heinrich Göbel, German mechanic and inventor (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1818: The case of Ashford v Thornton ends, with Abraham Thornton allowed to go free rather than face a retrial for murder, after his demand for trial by battle is upheld. [category: Events]
• 1826: Dinah Craik, English author (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1828: René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou. [category: Events]
• 1831: John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1836: U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory. [category: Events]
• 1850: Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1851: Siegmund Lubin, Polish-American motion picture pioneer (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1851: Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1860: Justinien de Clary, French trap shooter (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1862: Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the first pasteurization tests. [category: Events]
• 1865: Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L’Immaculata Concezion. [category: Events]
• 1870: Maulvi Abdul Haq, Pakistani scholar (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1871: Sydney Chapman, British economist and civil servant (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1871: The Civil Rights Act of 1871 becomes law. [category: Events]
• 1873: William Tite, English architect (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1876: The April Uprising, a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from domination as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1879: Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1882: Holland Smith, American General (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1884: Daniel Varujan, Armenian poet (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1884: Oliver Kirk, American boxer (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1884: Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1884: Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum Genus. [category: Events]
• 1887: Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, Dictator of Nazi Germany (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1889: Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and activist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1890: Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1893: Edna Parker, American teacher and super-centenarian (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1893: Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1893: Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1895: Emile Christian, American jazz musician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1895: Henry de Montherlant, French writer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1896: Wop May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1899: Alan Arnett McLeod Canadian soldier (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1899: Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet who designed the flag of the State of Maranhão (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride. [category: Events]
• 1904: Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1904: George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1907: Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek Orthodox bishop of Florina (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1908: Lionel Hampton, American jazz musician, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1908: Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League. [category: Events]
• 1912: Bram Stoker, Irish author (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, and Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. [category: Events]
• 1913: Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1914: Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: 19 men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miner's strike. [category: Events]
• 1915: Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings. [category: Events]
• 1918: Edward L. Beach, Jr., American naval officer and author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1918: Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day. [category: Events]
• 1919: Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1920: Clement Isong, Nigerian politician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: John Paul Stevens, American jurist [category: Births]
• 1920: Ronald Speirs, American army officer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Janine Sutto, French-Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1922: The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR. [category: Events]
• 1923: Irene Lieblich, Polish painter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1923: Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1923: Tito Puente, American jazz musician and producer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1924: Guy Rocher, Canadian academic and sociologist [category: Births]
• 1924: Leslie Phillips, English actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ernie Stautner, German-American football player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1926: Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film. [category: Events]
• 1927: Bud Cullen, Canadian politician and judge (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1927: Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1927: Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1927: Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Arvo Kruusement, Estonian film director [category: Births]
• 1928: Gerald S. Hawkins, English astronomer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Harry Agganis, Greek-American baseball and football player (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1929: Prince Albert Wilhelm Heinrich of Prussia (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, British businessman and Peer [category: Births]
• 1931: Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer, landowner and survivor of RMS Titanic (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Pat Roberts, American politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Antonios Kounadis, Greek discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1937: George Takei, American actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1938: Johnny Tillotson, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1938: Tamási Eszter, Hungarian actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1939: Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, Prime Minister of Norway [category: Births]
• 1939: José Alves da Costa, Brazilian bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1939: Peter S. Beagle, American author [category: Births]
• 1939: Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany. [category: Events]
• 1939: Billie Holiday records the first Civil Rights song "Strange Fruit". [category: Events]
• 1940: James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1941: David L. Boren, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Ryan O'Neal, American actor [category: Births]
• 1942: Arto Paasilinna, Finnish writer [category: Births]
• 1943: Edie Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1943: John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor [category: Births]
• 1944: Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Judith O'Dea, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Michael Brandon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1945: Thein Sein, Burmese politician, President of Burma [category: Births]
• 1945: Erwin Bumke, German jurist (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1946: Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1946: Julien Poulin, French-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Tommy Hutton, American baseball player and analyst [category: Births]
• 1946: The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1947: Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1947: Björn Skifs, Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (Blue Swede and Slam Creepers’) [category: Births]
• 1947: David Leland, British actor, director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Ken Scott, English record producer and engineer [category: Births]
• 1947: Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Craig Frost, American musician (Grand Funk) [category: Births]
• 1948: Gregory Itzin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Rémy Trudel, French-Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Jessica Lange, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy [category: Births]
• 1949: Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater and artist [category: Births]
• 1949: Veronica Cartwright, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1950: Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Steve Erickson, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1951: Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (Change) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician and statesman, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Dan Gavriliu performs the first surgical replacement of a human organ. [category: Events]
• 1952: Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Louka Katseli, Greek politician, Minister for Labour and Social Security [category: Births]
• 1953: Robert Crais, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: Sebastian Faulks, British novelist [category: Births]
• 1954: Gilles Lupien, French-Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1955: Don Pettit, American astronaut and engineer [category: Births]
• 1956: Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Geraint Wyn Davies, Welsh-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1959: Clint Howard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Rodney Holman American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Barry Smolin, American radio host, teacher, writer, and composer [category: Births]
• 1961: Corrado Micalef, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Don Mattingly, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Nicholas Lyndhurst, British actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1962: Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1963: Aubrey de Grey, British biomedical gerontologist [category: Births]
• 1963: Maurício Gugelmin, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Andy Serkis, English actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Crispin Glover, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: John Carney American football player [category: Births]
• 1964: Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1964: Eddie Dyer, American baseball player (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station. [category: Events]
• 1965: Adrian Fernández, Mexican race car driver [category: Births]
• 1965: April March, American singer-songwriter and animator [category: Births]
• 1965: Kostas Hatzidakis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1966: David Chalmers, Australian philosopher [category: Births]
• 1966: Vincent Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Lara Jill Miller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Mike Portnoy, American musician (Dream Theater, Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Flying Colors) [category: Births]
• 1967: Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player [category: Births]
• 1967: Léo-Paul Desrosiers, French Canadian journalist and novelist (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: J. D. Roth, American television host and actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Julia Morris, Australian comedian, actress, writer and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Yelena Välbe, Russian cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1968: English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech. [category: Events]
• 1969: Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver [category: Births]
• 1969: Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian general and war criminal (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Adriano Moraes, Brazilian bull rider [category: Births]
• 1970: Sarantuya, Mongolian soprano [category: Births]
• 1970: Shemar Moore, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Allan Houston, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1971: Nikos Kyzeridis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Carmen Electra, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Marko Kon, Serbian singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Stephen Marley, American singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1972: Željko Joksimović, Serbian singer-songwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1972: Apollo 16, commanded by John Young, lands on the moon. [category: Events]
• 1973: Geoff Lloyd, English radio presenter [category: Births]
• 1973: Lamond Murray, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Todd Hollandsworth American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Tina Cousins, English singer-songwriter and model [category: Births]
• 1975: Benjamin Butler, American artist [category: Births]
• 1976: Aldo Bobadilla, Paraguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Chris Mason, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Joey Lawrence, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Lenka Němečková, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Shay Given, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: John Hugger, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1977: Sepp Herberger, German football coach (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Clayne Crawford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Mirei Kuroda, Japanese model [category: Births]
• 1978: Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1979: Ludovic Magnin, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Nathan Marquardt, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1979: Quinn Weng, Taiwanese singer (Seraphim) [category: Births]
• 1980: Arin Paul, Indian director [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris Duffy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Jasmin Wagner, German singer, actress, and model [category: Births]
• 1980: Climax of Berber Spring in Algeria as hundreds of Berber political activists are arrested. [category: Events]
• 1981: Saša Tabaković, Slovenian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Dario Knežević, Croatian football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jacqueline Govaert, Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (Krezip) [category: Births]
• 1982: Sayaka Kamiya, Japanese actress and model [category: Births]
• 1982: Archibald MacLeish, American poet, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Danny Granger, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Erik Segerstedt, Swedish singer (E.M.D.) [category: Births]
• 1983: Fabio Staibano, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Joanne King, Irish-English actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Miranda Kerr, Australian model [category: Births]
• 1983: Patrice M'Bock, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia) [category: Births]
• 1983: Yuri van Gelder, Dutch gymnast [category: Births]
• 1984: Anthony Fasano, American football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Edixon Perea Valencia, Colombian football player [category: Births]
• 1984: Harris Wittels, American actor, comedian, and writer [category: Births]
• 1984: Jenna Shoemaker, American triathlete [category: Births]
• 1984: Nelson Évora, Portuguese athlete [category: Births]
• 1984: Tyson Griffin, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1984: The Good Friday Massacre, an extremely violent ice hockey playoff game, is played in Montreal, Canada. [category: Events]
• 1985: Amanda Fahy, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Billy Magnussen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Brent Seabrook, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Curt Hawkins, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Ehsan Jami, Dutch-Iranian politician and activist [category: Births]
• 1985: Jadyn Maria, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1985: The ATF raids The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas. [category: Events]
• 1986: Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1986: Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist, journalist and writer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Pianist Vladimir Horowitz performs in his native Russia for the first time in 61 years. [category: Events]
• 1987: Anna Rossinelli, Swiss singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: John Patrick Amedori, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Michael Klauß, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Thorsten Kirschbaum, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Brandon Belt, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Alex Black, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Heejun Han, American singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Doru Davidovici, Romanian writer and pilot (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Marissa King, English gymnast [category: Births]
• 1991: Ondřej Kraják, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Thomas Curtis, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Don Siegel, American director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Small Faces and Humble Pie) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Kristian Álvarez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Benny Hill, English comedian (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Cantinflas, Mexican comedian and actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jean Carmet, French actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Christopher Robin Milne, English bookseller, son of A. A. Milne (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Tran Van Tra, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: German terrorist group the Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years. [category: Events]
• 1999: Carly Rose Sonenclar, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1999: Cassie Bernall, American student, victim of the Columbine High School massacre (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Dylan Klebold, American student who committed the Columbine High School massacre (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Eric Harris, American student who committed the Columbine High School massacre (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Rachel Joy Scott, American student, victim of the Columbine High School massacre and inspiration for Rachel's Challenge (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Rick Rude, American wrestler (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. [category: Events]
• 2001: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Bernard Katz, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Fumio Niwa, Japanese novelist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Andrew Hill, American bandleader, composer, and pianist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Fred Fish, American computer programmer (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931). [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Johnson Space Center Shooting: A man with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself. [category: Events]
• 2008: Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, critic, and journalist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: VL Mike, American rapper (Chopper City Boyz) (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. [category: Events]
• 2009: Beata Asimakopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Dorothy Height, American civil rights activist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The Deepwater Horizon oil well explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months. [category: Events]
• 2011: Chris Hondros, American photographer (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Gerard Smith, American musician (Tv on the Radio) (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Tim Hetherington, British-American photographer and journalist (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bert Weedon, English guitarist and composer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: George Cowan, American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, British politician and campaigner for disabled rights (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mario Arturo Acosta Chaparro, Mexican army general [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Matt Branam, American academic, 14th president of Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 83_bc: Marc Antony, Roman general and statesman (d. 30 BC) [category: Births]
• _: 4/20 (International cannabis culture holiday) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Agnes of Montepulciano [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Blessed Oda of Brabant [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ridván begins at sunset (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Theotimos [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: UN Chinese Language Day (United Nations) [category: Holidays and observances]