1956 – Undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano, retires from the ring
1960 – 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
1965 – “I’m Solomon” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 7 performances
1984 – Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings
1989 – Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1991 – Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio
1992 – “Small Family Business” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 48 performances
2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2014 – Ariana Grande’s first single from her album, “Problem” featuring Iggy Azalea, is released
2021 – Pfizer announces it is working on a new antiviral therapy to treat COVID-19 at its onset and prevent hospitalization
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 26th April 2023
1952 – US minesweeper Hobson rams aircraft carrier Wasp, kills 176
1954 – “Seven Samurai”, Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, is released
1954 – Mass trials of Jonas Salk’s anti-polio vaccine begin; the first shot is delivered in Fairfax County, Virginia; more than 443,000 children receive shots over three months
1954 – Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
1957 – Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens
1961 – French paratroopers’ revolt suppressed in Algeria
1961 – Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
1964 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar form The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
1974 – Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
1982 – Argentina surrenders to Great Britain on South Georgia Island, near the Falkland Islands
Historical Events for 25th April 2023
1864 – Battle of Marks’ Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1941 – Operation Mercury: Adolf Hitler orders the conquest of the island of Crete, the first mainly airborne invasion in military history
1945 – Soviet forces complete their encirclement of Berlin, cutting off all access points west of the German capital
1949 – Friedrich Durrenmatt’s “Romulus der Grosse” premieres in Basel
1959 – St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic and the Great Lakes opens to shipping
1966 – Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse, Belgium
1990 – Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6-year term as Nicaragua’s president
1997 – Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 250th HR
2015 – 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli Peninsula landings in Turkey by ANZAC forces during WWI
2022 – Twitter announces a deal to sell itself to Elon Musk for $44 billion
Historical Events for 24th April 2023
1311 – General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India
1704 – 1st continuously published newspaper in America – The Boston News-Letter published in Boston by John Campbell
1872 – Volcano Mt Vesuvius erupts in Italy
1915 – German army fires chloroform gas in Ypres (Leper)
1954 – Australia and USSR break diplomatic relations
1955 – KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 – Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.
1979 – US State of Georgia designates Ray Charles’ rendition of “Georgia On My Mind” (written by Hoagy Carmichael) as official state song
1987 – Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NYC
2013 – 33 people are killed and 115 are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Historical Events for 23rd April 2023
1343 – St. George’s Night Uprising in Estonia
1633 – Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
1918 – Raid of Zeebrugge; the British navy attempts to block German vessels from leaving port by sinking obsolete ships – mostly fails
1942 – 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins
1943 – British and US offensive directed at Tunis and Bizerta
1954 – Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1996 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
2001 – Fatboy Slim releases single “Weapon of Choice”, music video directed by Spike Jonze starring Christopher Walken dancing
2013 – 21 people are killed during violent unrest in Xinjiang, China
2013 – West Indian cricketer, Chris Gayle, smashes the fastest century in history (30 balls)
Historical Events for 22nd April 2023
1500 – Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first european to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal
1804 – Gioachino Rossini performs as a singer in Imola, Italy, aged only 12 years old
1871 – All German Jews emancipated after the German Constitution adopted by its last state Bavaria
1893 – Paul Kruger elected President of Transvaal for the third time
1971 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 10 launched
1981 – Almost 1 million West German metal workers go on strike
1991 – Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
1993 – Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1993 – Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
2000 – The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom
Historical Events for 21st April 2023
1862 – Ellen Price Wood’s “East Lynne” premieres in Boston
1865 – Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington
1914 – US marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months
1928 – “The Passion of Joan of Arc”, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti and Eugène Silvain, is released in Denmark
1940 – 1st $64 Question, “Take It or Leave It,” on CBS Radio
1945 – WWII: Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory in Haigerloch
1945 – WWII: Soviet army arrives at outskirts of Berlin, Germany
1961 – French army revolts in Algeria
1985 – Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
2010 – “Shrek Forever After” directed by Mike Mitchell with voices by Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival
Historical Events for 20th April 2023
1939 – Ted Williams’ first MLB hit comes off of NY Yankees fellow future HOF’er Red Ruffing in Boston’s 2-0 opening day defeat at Yankee Stadium, NYC
1951 – Velsen city council demands investigation of police collaborators
1963 – 10th National Film Awards (India): “Dada Thakur” wins the Golden Lotus
1981 – Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession
1985 – ATF raid on The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord compound in northern Arkansas
1987 – US deports Karl Linnas to USSR, charged with Nazi war crimes
1987 – 91st Boston Marathon: Toshihiko Seko of Japan wins 2nd title in 2:11:50; Rosa Mota of Portugal claims women’s event in 2:25:21; her first of 3 race victories
1994 – Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze Bosnia, 47 killed
1997 – 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682
2021 – Record number of new COVID-19 cases reported (5.24 million) in one week around the world according to WHO, with a third in India
Historical Events for 19th April 2023
1619 – Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam
1775 – New England militiamen begin the siege of Boston, hemming in the British army garrison
1919 – French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
1943 – Jews refuse to surrender the Warsaw Ghetto to SS officer Jürgen Stroop, who then orders its destruction, beginning the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
1959 – Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails
1964 – Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
1968 – Belgian construction workers strike
1982 – Sally Ride is named the 1st American woman astronaut
1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
2013 – Boston bombing suspects killed and captured in Boston after 4 days
Historical Events for 18th April 2023
1907 – Fairmont Hotel opens in San Francisco
1912 – Tripolitan War: in continuing hostilities, Turkey closes the Dardanelles Straits after an Italian naval bombardment of the coastline
1935 – Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
1953 – Revival of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s musical “Pal Joey”, starring Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 540 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
1968 – San Francisco’s Old Hall of Justice demolished
1983 – A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
1994 – 98th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya wins 2nd straight title in 2:07:15; Uta Pippig of Germany claims women’s race in 2:21:45
2016 – Laureus World Sports Awards, Palais am Funkturm, Berlin, Germany: Sportsman: Novak Đoković; Sportswoman: Sernea Williams; Team: New Zealand Men’s National Rugby Union team
2017 – British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a “snap” election
2021 – 12-team European Super League is announced to widespread condemnation amongst governments, non-involved clubs, press and fans; amidst the furore all 6 EPL clubs withdraw within 3 days