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, 1973
Day of Week 1st » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.
Day of Week 2nd » Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
2nd » The Liberal Movement (Australia) named Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
Day of Week 3rd » Martin Cooper (inventor) called Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the History of mobile phones called first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commerc
Day of Week 4th » The World Trade Center in New York City e.g New York is officially dedicated.
4th » A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the 'Hanoi Taxi', makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
6th » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
Day of Week 10th » A British Vickers Vanguard turboprop aircraft crashes in a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104 people.
Day of Week 17th » George Lucas begins writing the treatment for Star Wars called The Star Wars.
Day of Week 19th » The Portuguese Socialist Party (Portugal) called Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
Day of Week 30th » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1973
1st » Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
1st » Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
1st » Joe Francis, American businessman, founded Girls Gone Wild (franchise) called Girls Gone Wild
1st » Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
1st » Kris Marshall, English actor
1st » Daryn Tufts, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter