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 April 1

1891 - London to Paris telephone link opened
1918 - Royal Air Corps merged with Roal Naval Air Corps to create the RAF
1972 - Burt Reynolds becomes first 'Cosmopolitan' centrefold 
April Fools Day

 April 2

1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Folk & Fairy Tale writer born
1982 - Argentina invades the Falkland Islands

 April 3

1721 - Robert Walpole becomes first Prime Minister of Britain
1860 - First Pony Express mail service  (US)
1973 - First mobile hand-held phone call 

 April 4

1581 - Francis Drake (Circumnavigator/Privateer) knighted
1934 = 'Cat's Eyes' road markers used for first time
1915 - Muddy Waters, Blues Singer & Song-writer born

 April 5

1874 - First performance of ''Die Fledermaus' 
1900 - Spencer Tracy, actor, born
1908 - Bette Davis (Actress), born

 April 6

1843 -  William Wordsworth becomes Poet Laureate
1874 - Harry Houdini (Escapologist) born
1896 -  First Modern Olympics (Athens)

 April 7

1939  - David Frost, broadcaster, presenter & writer, born
1939 - Francis Ford Coppola (Film Director)
1949 - South Pacific' (Musical) opens on Broadway

 April 8

1838 - Brunel's 'Great Western' ship first voyage
1893 - Mary Pickford (Silent Movie Actress) born
1918  - Eric Porter , (Actor) (Forsyte Saga - 1967) born

 April 9

1806 -  Isambard Kingdom Brunel (Inventor/Engineer), born
1945 - Mia Farrow, Actress (Rosemary's Baby), born

 April 10

1633 - First bananas seen in British shops
1932 - Omar Sherif, Actor (Dr Zhivago) born
1961 - Gary Player, first non-US golfer wins American Masters

 April 11

1855 - First pillar boxes (Green) seen in London
1929 - Popeye the Sailor Man comic strip debuts
1932 - Joel Grey (US Actor & Singer, 'Cabaret')  born

 April 12

Union Jack created circa 1874, adopted as official flag of Britain
1961 - First Manned Space Flight
1992 - Euro-Disney opens
1925 - Oliver Postgate, creator of Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, born

 April 13

1742 - Handel's Messiah premiered in Dublin
1912 -  Royal Flying Corps formed
1839  - Film premiere of Wuthering Heights 

 April 14

1865 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth
1931 - Highway Code first published in Britain
1941 - Julie Christie, Actress born

 April 15

1912 - Sinking of 'Titanic'
1922 - Discovery of Insulin
1959 - Emma Thompson (Actress, Nanny McPhee) born
2019 - Notre Dame Cathedral Paris seriously damaged by fire 

 April 16

1889 - Charlie Chaplin (Actor/Director) born
1918 - Spike Milligan (Writer/Comedian) born
1912 - First solo flight across the Channel by a woman (Harriet Quimby)

 April 17

1856 - Premium Bonds introduced in UK
1897- Thornton Wilder, writer & playwright 'Hello Dolly' born
1960 - Eddy Cochran, singer born

 April 18

1881 - Natural History Museum opened, South Kensington

 April 19

1775 - American War of Independence, First hostilities 
1951 - First 'Miss World' contest 

 April 20
 

1964 - BBC Two (British TV channel) launches, suffers a power cut and has to re-launch the following evening.
 

 April 21
 

753 BC - Rome founded

 April 22

Earth Day
1743 - First Roller Skates (more like in-line ice-skates) created

 April 23

St. George's Day
1564 - William Shakespeare born (d. 23/4 1616)

 April 24

1991 = Hubble Telescope launched from Discovery Space Shuttle

 April 25

1953 - Crick & Watson outlined properties of DNA

 April 26

1957 - 'The Sky at Night' astronomy programme started

 April 27

National Day of
The Netherlands
1828 - London Zoo opened

 April 28

1789- Mutiny on the Bounty

 April 29

National Day of
Japan
2011 - Wedding of Prince William & Catherine Middleton

 April 30

Walpurgisnacht - Six months to Halloween!
1985 - Gal Gadot, Actress/Model (Wonder Woman, Snow White 2025) born

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