The Almanac · Month index

April

Every day in April — the historical events, the famous birthdays, and the holidays behind each date. 30 days to wander.

• Apr 1 Rachel Maddow
• Apr 2 Émile Zola
• Apr 3 Helmut Kohl
• Apr 4 Andrei Tarkovsky
• Apr 5 Roman Herzog
• Apr 6 Kurt Georg Kiesinger
• Apr 7 Franck Ribéry
• Apr 8 Kofi Annan
• Apr 9 Jenna Jameson
• Apr 10 Mike Hawthorn
• Apr 11 Guy Verhofstadt
• Apr 12 Evelyn Berezin
• Apr 13 Thomas Jefferson
• Apr 14 John Shea
• Apr 15 Leonardo da Vinci
• Apr 16 Charlie Chaplin
• Apr 17 Joan Lorring
• Apr 18 Jochen Rindt
• Apr 19 Maria Sharapova
• Apr 20 Adolf Hitler
• Apr 21 Manuel Blanco Encalada
• Apr 22 Donald Tusk
• Apr 23 William Shakespeare
• Apr 24 Barbra Streisand
• Apr 25 Louis IX of France
• Apr 26 Yuliya Zaripova
• Apr 27 Lara Gut-Behrami
• Apr 28 Saddam Hussein
• Apr 29 Taoufik Makhloufi
• Apr 30 Stephen Harper