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April in History

There are 30 days in the month of April. The name comes from the Latin word 'Aprilis'.

To see which famous people were born or died and which important events happened on a particular day in April, select it from the calendar shown below. You will then be taken to the page for that day.

April in history at random

Here is a randomly selected sample of births of famous people, deaths of famous people and important events and happenings that took place during April in years gone by.

Born in April

Singer Agnetha Faltskog of "ABBA" was born.

Major Events and Happenings in April

In Great Britain the school leaving age was raised to 15.

Died in April

The composer William Jackson died, age 51.