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, 2013
Day of Week 3rd » More than 50 people die in 2013 Argentina floods or floods resulting from record-breaking rainfall in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Day of Week 4th » More than 70 people are killed in a 2013 Thane building collapse known as building collapse in Thane, India.
Day of Week 15th » Boston Marathon bombings or Two bombs explode near the finish line at the 2013 Boston Marathon or Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
Day of Week 16th » A 7.8-Moment magnitude scale e.g magnitude 2013 Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake known as earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
Day of Week 17th » West Fertilizer Company explosion called An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
Day of Week 18th » A 18 April 2013 Baghdad bombing e.g suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
Day of Week 19th » Boston Marathon bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is captured while hiding in a boat inside a backyard in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Day of Week 22nd » 6 people die in a 2013 Belgorod shooting known as shooting in Belgorod, Russia.
22nd » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with 2013 VIA Rail Canada terrorism plot or plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
Day of Week 24th » A 2013 Savar building collapse called building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
Day of Week 29th » A powerful 2013 Prague explosion e.g explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, Czech Republic, believed to have been caused by natural gas, injures 43 people.
Day of Week 30th » Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdication abdicates and Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander becomes Monarchy of the Netherlands King of the Netherlands.
10th » Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1936)
10th » Robert Edwards (physiologist) called Robert Edwards, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
10th » Dick Hart (golfer) called Dick Hart, American golfer (b. 1935)
10th » Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
10th » Gordon Thomas (cyclist) known as Gordon Thomas, English cyclist (b. 1921)
10th » Angela Voigt, German long jumper (b. 1951)
11th » Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1953)
11th » Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
11th » Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer (b. 1927)
11th » Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (b. 1916)
11th » Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
11th » Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (b. 1925)
11th » Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires known as Marriott Plaza Hotel (b. 1923)
11th » Jonathan Winters, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
12th » Robert Byrne (chess player) called Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (b. 1928)
12th » Johnny DuPlooy, South African boxer (b. 1964)
12th » Michael France, American screenwriter (b. 1962)
12th » Brennan Manning, American priest and author (b. 1934)
12th » Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961)
12th » William Y. Thompson, American historian and author (b. 1922)
13th » Chi Cheng (musician) called Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (b. 1970)
13th » Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924)
13th » Dean Drummond, American composer and conductor (b. 1949)
13th » Ian Henderson (police officer) known as Ian Henderson, Scottish-Kenyan police officer (b. 1927)
13th » Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (MFSB and Salsoul Orchestra) (b. 1928)
13th » Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th List of vice premiers of the Republic of China or Vice Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1927)
14th » Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (b. 1937)
14th » Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (b. 1927)
14th » R. P. Goenka, Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (b. 1930)
14th » George Jackson (songwriter) named George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
14th » Rentarō Mikuni, Japanese actor and director (b. 1923)
14th » Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1915)
14th » Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) known as Charlie Wilson, American politician (b. 1943)
15th » Sal Castro, American educator and activist (b. 1933)
15th » Benny Frankie Cerezo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
15th » Richard Collins (actor) named Richard Collins, Canadian actor (b. 1947)
15th » Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
15th » Joe Francis (American football) known as Joe Francis, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
15th » Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
15th » Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hello Sailor (band) known as Hello Sailor) (b. 1951)
15th » Scott Miller (pop musician) e.g Scott Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Game Theory (band) known as Game Theory and The Loud Family) (b. 1960)