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, 1990
Day of Week 7th » Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
7th » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star known as M/S 'Scandinavian Star', killing 158 people.
Day of Week 11th » Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a Supergun named massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
Day of Week 16th » The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
Day of Week 23rd » Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Day of Week 24th » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle program Space Shuttle 'Space Shuttle Discovery Discovery'. File:STS-31 Launch - GPN-2000-000684.jpg thumb right 250px Shuttle mission STS-31 lifts off, carrying Hubble Space Telescope H
24th » Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
Day of Week 25th » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1990
1st » Julia Fischer (athlete) known as Julia Fischer, German discus thrower