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, 1975
Day of Week 2nd » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
Day of Week 3rd » Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
Day of Week 4th » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
4th » Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy or Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff; 172 die.
Day of Week 9th » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
Day of Week 13th » Bus massacre in Lebanon: An attack by the Kataeb Party e.g Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
Day of Week 17th » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Khmer National Armed Forces named Cambodian government forces surrender.
Day of Week 21st » Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Ho Chi Minh City named Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
Day of Week 25th » As North Vietnamese Army called North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital (political) or capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to Sout
Day of Week 28th » General Cao Van Vien, chief of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam called South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army Ho Chi Minh Campaign known as closed in on victory.
Day of Week 29th » Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
Day of Week 30th » Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.