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 30 APRIL |
 1492:- In Mexico this day is celebrated as Children’s Day.
1987:- Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer was born.
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29 APRIL |
1965:- Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully. Launches its seventh rocket in their Rehber series.
2005:- New Zealand’s first civil union takes place.
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28 APRIL |
1930:- The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
2005:- The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.
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27 APRIL |
1773:- The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.
1981:- Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
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26 APRIL |
0570:- Muhammed, founder of Islam, according to the Shi`a sect, other Sources suggest April 20 born.
1920:- Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician born.
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25 APRIL |
1961:- Robert Noyce granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
1874:- Guglielmo Marconi , Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937) born.
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24 APRIL |
1704:- The first regular newspaper in the United States, the Boston , Massachusetts New- Letter was published.
1970:- The 1st Chinese Satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched.
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23 APRIL |
1888:- Eastman Kodak forms.
2003:- Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus.
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22 APRIL |
1500:- Portueguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the 1st European to sight Brazil.
1823:- R J Tyers patents roller skates.
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21 APRIL |
1938:- Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet (b.1877) died.
1994:-The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer, Alexander Wolszczar.
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20 APRIL |
1889:- Adolf Hitler Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936 - 45).
1950:- Chandra Babu Naidu, Indian politician born.
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19 APRIL |
1451:- Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne.
1941:- Milk rationed in Holland.
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18 APRIL |
1853:- 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Thane, 36 km) started.
1989:- Zimbabwe’s Independence Day.
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17 APRIL |
1629:-1st commercial fishery established.
1971:-Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR).
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16 APRIL |
1724:-1st Easter observed.
1978:-Lara Dutta, Indian Actress born.
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15 APRIL |
1469:-Nanak 1st guru of Sikhs born.
1948:-Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created.
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14 APRIL |
1611:- Word “telescope” is 1st used. (Prince Federico Cesi).
1989:- 1,100,000,000th Chinese born.
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13 APRIL |
1919:- British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists. (Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ).
1997:- Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf’s master tournament.
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12 APRIL |
1858:- 1st US billiards championship ( Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit ).
1962:- Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer ( b. 1861) died.
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11 APRIL |
1976:- Apple I was created.
1869:- Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944), born.
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10 APRIL |
1825:- 1st hotel in Hawaii opens.
1986:- Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan.
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9 APRIL |
1667:- 1st Public art exhibition (Palais – Royale, Paris).
1991:- Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0.
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8 APRIL |
1879:- Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time.
2008:- The construction of the world’s first building to integrate wind turbines, completes, in Bahrain.
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7 APRIL |
1827:- English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.
1902:- Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms.
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6 APRIL |
1722:- Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards.
1869:- 1st Plastic, Celluloid patented.
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5 APRIL |
1814:- Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes.
1965:- Lava Lamp Day celebrated.
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4 APRIL |
1818:- Congress decided US flag was 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars.
1958:-1st March against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England).
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3 APRIL |
1910:- Mc. Kinley climbed highest mountain in North America.
1973:-The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
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2 APRIL |
1935:- Marie Hirch, becomes first woman licensed as a horse trainer.
1972:- Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time.
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1 APRIL |
1896:- Whitecomb Judson patented a Zipper.
1951:- First Five Year plan was planned in India.
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