Month April 1966 Calendar

About Month of April Calendar

• April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
  
  April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).

Historical Events for April, 1966

• Day of Week 21st » Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
• Day of Week 25th » The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake.
• Day of Week 26th » An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent.
• 26th » A new government is formed in the Republic of Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
• Day of Week 30th » The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1966

• 1st » Chris Evans (presenter) called Chris Evans, English radio and television host
• 1st » Sharon Hodgson, English politician
• 1st » Craig Kelly (snowboarder) or Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (d. 2003)
• 2nd » Bill Romanowski, American football player
• 2nd » Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 2nd » Garnett Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
• 3rd » John de Vries, Australian race car driver
• 3rd » Lambis Livieratos, Greek singer
• 3rd » Michael Mittermeier, German comedian and actor
• 3rd » Miina Tominaga, Japanese voice actress
• 4th » Nancy McKeon, American actor
• 4th » Mike Starr (musician) named Mike Starr, American bass player (Alice in Chains, Sun Red Sun, and Days of the New) (d. 2011)
• 4th » Christos Tsekos (basketball) known as Christos Tsekos Greek basketball player
• 5th » Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season (band) known as Mad Season, and The Rockfords)
• 6th » Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013)
• 6th » Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer
• 7th » Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
• 8th » Mazinho, Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager
• 8th » Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (d. 2014)
• 8th » Mark Blundell, English race car driver
• 8th » Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand-Australian television host (d. 2014)
• 8th » Dalton Grant, English high jumper
• 8th » Bobby Ologun, Nigerian-Japanese mixed martial artist
• 8th » Harri Rovanperä, Finnish race car driver
• 8th » Evripidis Stylianidis, Greek politician
• 8th » Robin Wright, American actress
• 9th » Cynthia Nixon, American actress
• 10th » Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 11th » Steve Scarsone, American baseball player
• 11th » Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter (Blue Zone (band) known as Blue Zone)
• 13th » Mando (singer) or Mando, Greek singer-songwriter
• 13th » Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian footballer
• 13th » Marc Ford, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Black Crowes and Burning Tree)
• 14th » André Boisclair, Canadian politician
• 14th » David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 14th » Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 15th » Samantha Fox, English singer and actress
• 15th » Mott Green, American businessman, founded the Grenada Chocolate Company (d. 2013)
• 17th » Vikram (actor) called Vikram, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 18th » Camille Coduri, English actress
• 18th » Trine Hattestad, Norwegian javelin thrower
• 18th » Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player
• 19th » Véronique Gens, French soprano
• 19th » Brett J. Gladman, Canadian astronomer and academic
• 19th » David La Haye, Canadian actor
• 19th » Julia Neigel, Russian-German singer-songwriter and producer
• 19th » El Samurai, Japanese wrestler
• 20th » David Chalmers, Australian philosopher
• 20th » David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
• 20th » Vincent Riendeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 22nd » Dana Barron, American actress
• 22nd » Kimberley Dahme, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boston (band) or Boston)
• 22nd » Fletcher Dragge, American guitarist and producer (Pennywise (band) named Pennywise)
• 22nd » Mariana Levy, Mexican actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Mickey Morandini, American baseball player and manager
• 22nd » Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
• 23rd » Matt Freeman, American bass player (Operation Ivy (band) Operation Ivy, Rancid (band) Rancid, Social Distortion, Basic Radio, Downfall (band) Downfall, and Devils Brigade)
• 23rd » Lembit Oll, Estonian chess player (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (d. 2012)
• 24th » Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
• 24th » Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 24th » David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Moist (Canadian band) named Moist)
• 25th » Man Arenas, Belgian-Spanish production designer and illustrator
• 25th » James Stacy Barbour, American actor and singer
• 25th » Diego Domínguez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 25th » Femke Halsema, Dutch politician
• 25th » Darren Holmes (baseball) known as Darren Holmes, American baseball player
• 25th » Erik Pappas, American baseball player and coach
• 25th » Rubén Sosa, Uruguayan footballer and coach
• 27th » Vyacheslav Oliynyk, Ukrainian wrestler
• 27th » Matt Reeves, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator
• 28th » John Daly (golfer) known as John Daly, American golfer
• 28th » Too Short, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 29th » Marie Plourde, Canadian journalist
• 29th » Phil Tufnell, English cricketer and radio host
• 30th » Jeff Brown (ice hockey b. 1966) or Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 30th » Dave Meggett, American football player

Famous Deaths for April 1966

• 2nd » C. S. Forester, Egyptian-American author (b. 1899)
• 10th » Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, author, and educator (b. 1903)
• 13th » Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
• 13th » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
• 13th » Georges Duhamel, French author (b. 1884)
• 16th » Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
• 19th » Eduards Smiļģis, Latvian actor and director (b. 1886)
• 19th » Javier Solís, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1931)
• 24th » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet (b. 1902)
• 29th » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 30th » Richard Fariña, American author and singer (b. 1937)

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