Events Date 2013 April | History by KabAstro

Apr 5 60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker
Apr 5 Baltimore outfielder Chris Davis becomes 4th player to homer in first 4 games of a MLB season; 8th-inning grand slam propels Orioles to a 9-5 win over the Twins; his RBI total of 16 a MLB record
Apr 5 Japan’s Nikkei 225 reaches its highest level in five years
Apr 6 11 people are killed in an attack on a village in Midlu, Nigeria
Apr 6 166th Grand National: Ryan Mania wins aboard 66/1 Auroras Encore for trainer Sue Smith
Apr 6 22 people are killed and 60 are injured by a suicide bombing at an election campaign tent in Baquba, Iraq

Academy of Country Music Awards

Apr 6 48th Academy of Country Music Awards: Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert & Jason Aldean win

Country Music Singer-Songwriter Luke Bryan

Country Singer-Songwriter Miranda Lambert

Sports History

Apr 6 Bayern Munich win their 23rd German Bundesliga title with 6 games to spare

Apr 7 15 people, including 9 children, are killed by an air strike on Aleppo by the Syrian Air Force

Golf Major

Apr 7 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Inbee Park wins her 2nd major title, 4 strokes ahead of fellow South Korean So Yeon Ryu; first of Park's 3 straight major victories in 2013

Apr 7 Sweden wins the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship defeating Canada

WrestleMania

Apr 7 WrestleMania XXVIII, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ (80,676): John Cena defeats The Rock to win his record 11th WWE Championship

Professional Wrestler and Actor John Cena

Actor and Professional Wrestler Dwayne Johnson

Apr 8 15 people are killed and 53 are wounded by a car bombing in Damascus
Apr 8 163 people are killed and 50,000 are displaced after tribal violence erupts in Darfur, Sudan
Apr 8 75th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Michigan, 82-76; Cardinals' forward Luke Hancock hits 22 points
Apr 8 Filip Vujanović’s election as President of Montenegro is confirmed by the electoral commission
Apr 9 12 civilians and UN peacekeepers are killed in an ambush in Jonglei, Sudan
Apr 9 13 people are killed and 3 are injured from a shooting spree in Velika Ivanča, Serbia
Apr 9 32nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Louisville, 93-60; Huskies' 8th National title
Apr 9 37 people are killed and 850 are injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Iran
Apr 9 The French Senate approves a bill for same-sex marriage
Apr 10 Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands
Apr 11 14 people are killed in clashes between drug traffickers and police in Michoacán, Mexico
Apr 11 57 people are killed by the Syrian Army in Daraa Governorate, Syria
Apr 11 Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China
Apr 11 Two women are beheaded for sorcery in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Apr 12 11 people are killed and 30 are injured in mosque attacks across Iraq
Apr 12 A man-made 32-foot and 60 tonne monument that is dates around 2000 BC is discovered in the Sea of Galilee
Apr 13 20 civilians are killed by the government bombing of Saraqib, Idlib
Apr 13 8 people are killed after a bomb explodes on a bus in Peshawar, Pakistan
Apr 14 11 people are killed and 50 are injured after a hotel fire in Xiangyang, China
Apr 14 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia
Apr 14 33 people are killed after a bus tumbled off a cliff in Trujillo, Peru
Apr 14 77th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Adam Scott wins his first major title and becomes first Australian Masters champion with a 2nd hole sudden death playoff win against Ángel Cabrera

Film & TV History

Apr 14 Comedian Kevin Hart is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in California

Election of Interest

Apr 14 Justin Trudeau, son of long-serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

Apr 15 117th Boston Marathon: Lelisa Desisa Benti of Ethiopia men's winner in 2:10:22; Rita Jeptoo of Kenya wins women's section in 2:26:25
Apr 15 33 people are killed and 163 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq
Apr 15 Boston Marathon bombings: 3 people are killed and 183 injured after two explosions near the finish line

Election of Interest

Apr 15 Nicolás Maduro is narrowly elected President of Venezuela

Apr 16 16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere, Ghana
Apr 16 37 people are killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Khash country, Iran
Apr 17 15 people are killed and 100 are injured after a fertilizer plant explodes in West, Texas
Apr 17 5 people are killed in Wana, Pakistan, by a United States drone attack
Apr 17 North Korea blocks a South Korean supply delegation from the Kaesong joint industrial zone
Apr 17 Same-sex marriage is legalized in New Zealand

Iron Man 3

Apr 18 "Iron Man 3", directed by Shane Black, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, premieres in London

Apr 18 27 people are killed and 65 are injured in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Apr 18 28th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Heart; Albert King; Randy Newman; Public Enemy; Rush; Donna Summer; Quincy Jones; and Lou Adler

Composer and Record Producer Quincy Jones Jr

Apr 18 Two earth-like planets are discovered orbiting the star Kepler-62
Apr 19 Boston bombing suspects killed and captured in Boston after 4 days
Apr 20 193 people are killed and 11,826 are injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Lushan County, China
Apr 20 5 snowboarders are killed by an avalanche in Loveland Pass, Colorado
Apr 20 Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy
Apr 21 185 people are killed in a conflict between Islamic extremists and the Nigerian military
Apr 21 Horacio Cartes is elected President of Paraguay
Apr 21 Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo win the 2013 London Marathon
Apr 22 6 people are killed in a shooting rampage in Belgorod, Russia
Apr 22 Manchester United defeat Aston Villa to claim the 2012/2013 English Premier League

Star Trek Into Darkness

Apr 23 "Star Trek Into Darkness" directed by J. J. Abrams starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Sydney

Director, TV Producer and Writer J. J. Abrams

Apr 23 21 people are killed during violent unrest in Xinjiang, China
Apr 23 28 people are killed and 70 are injured during clashes between police and Sunni Muslims in Hawija, Iraq

Event of Interest

Apr 23 A 1% flash crash hits the US stock market after a news agency was hacked and claimed injury to President Obama

Apr 23 The French National Assembly passes an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage

Cricket History

Apr 23 West Indian cricketer, Chris Gayle, smashes the fastest century in history in just 30 balls

Apr 24 33 people are killed and 115 are injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Apr 24 Deadliest structural failure in history when 1,134, mostly garment workers killed and 2,500 injured after the Rana Plaza building collapses in Savar Upazila, Bangladesh
Apr 25 38 people are killed in a psychiatric hospital fire in Ramensky, Russia
Apr 25 NFL Draft: Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher first pick by Kansas City Chiefs
Apr 25 The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years
Apr 26 30 people are killed after a bus crashes following a Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan

Music History

Apr 26 Cory Monteith is reported to have completed treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility

Apr 27 10 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bomb attack in Karachi, Pakistan
Apr 28 3 people are killed and 14 are injured after a gas explosions causes a building to collapse in Reims, France
Apr 28 8 people are killed and dozens are injured after Taliban attacks on election candidates in Pakistan
Apr 29 7 people are killed after a Boeing 747 crashes in Bagram, Afghanistan
Apr 30 13 people are killed after a bomb explodes in Damascus
Apr 30 American toddler Hannah Warren, (2) who was born without a trachea, becomes the youngest patient to receive a stem cell bioengineered organ; she dies of complications several months later, and surgeon Paolo Macchiarini is later convicted of research-related crimes in Europe
Apr 30 Apple offers the largest bond offering from a private company of 17 Billion
Apr 30 Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna is declared "The First Superstar of Indian cinema" at the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards