- Apr 1 American television soap opera premieres: "General Hospital" (ABC) & "Doctors" (NBC)
Sports History
Apr 1 NY Mets purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Duke Snider from the LA Dodgers for $40,000; Snider had starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers 1947-57
US Masters Golf
Apr 7 27th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: 23-year-old Jack Nicklaus wins the first of his record 6 Green Jackets with a 3-foot par putt on the final hole to finish 1 stroke ahead of Tony Lema
- Apr 7 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
- Apr 7 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
Academy Awards
Apr 8 35th Academy Awards: "Lawrence of Arabia", Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win
Sports History
Apr 8 Detroit Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain on waivers from the Chicago White Sox; McLain goes on the win Cy Young Award 1968, 69 and AL MVP 1968
Event of Interest
Apr 9 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen
- Apr 10 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 10 USS Thresher, a nuclear powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston killing 129 men, including 17 civilians
Spahn's Left-Handed Record
Apr 11 Milwaukee Braves future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn beats NY Mets, 6-1 for his 328th win; most by a left-hander in MLB history
Catholic Encyclical
Apr 11 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical "Pacem in terris", that peace between all peoples must be based on truth, justice, love and freedom
- Apr 11 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 12 Beatles third single, "From Me To You" is released in UK
- Apr 12 Police in Birmingham, Alabama, use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
- Apr 13 Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game
Music History
Apr 14 Quiet Beatle George Harrison is impressed by unsigned British blues band "Rolling Stones"
- Apr 15 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurèle Vandendriessche of Belgium in race record 2:18:58
Sophie
Apr 15 Steve Allen's musical "Sophie", based on the life of American singer, and comic actress Sophie Tucker, opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 8 performances
Ring of Fire
Apr 19 Johnny Cash releases single "Ring of Fire" written by his future wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore
- Apr 20 "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 8 performances
- Apr 20 -30] All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda
- Apr 20 10th National Film Awards (India): "Dada Thakur" wins the Golden Lotus
Music History
Apr 21 Beatles meet the Rolling Stones for the 1st time
- Apr 21 The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time
PM Lester B. Pearson
Apr 22 Lester B. Pearson is sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada
- Apr 24 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 27 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname
Castro Arrives in Moscow
Apr 27 Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
Golf Tournament
Apr 29 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Marilynn Smith beats Mickey Wright by 1 shot in 18-hole playoff
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