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, 2010
Day of Week 5th » Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster known as Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
Day of Week 6th » Communist Party of India (Maoist) Maoist rebels April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada kill 76 Central Reserve Police Force CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.
Day of Week 10th » Polish Air Force Tu-154M 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash called crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński and dozens of other senior officials
Day of Week 12th » A 2010 Merano train derailment called train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
Day of Week 14th » Nearly 2,700 are killed in a 2010 Yushu earthquake or magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture or Yushu, Qinghai, China.
Day of Week 20th » The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig Deepwater Horizon explosion called explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an Deepwater Horizon oil spill or oil spill that would last six months.
Day of Week 21st » The controversial 2010 Kharkiv Pact e.g Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev; it will be unilaterally terminated by Russia
12th » Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (b. 1916)
12th » Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
14th » Israr Ahmed, Pakistani theologian and scholar (b. 1932)
14th » Alice Miller (psychologist) called Alice Miller, Polish-French psychologist and author (b. 1923)
14th » Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Type O Negative, Carnivore (band) known as Carnivore, and Fallout (band) named Fallout) (b. 1962)
15th » Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
15th » Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)