Movies set in April
The 6th Division land in Okinawa
The 1979 Cannonball Run race
The US senate holds a hearing on the death penalty
The day in the future Austria will be freed
Jessica Lynch is rescued from an Iraqi hospital
Ramchandra Siras wins a court case arguing against his suspension
Mossack Fonseca lets its clients know that it has been hacked
The Wiley Debate team beat the reigning champions
Granado's supposed 30th birthday
Frankfurt department stores are firebombed
Iceal "Gene" Hambleton is shot down over Vietnam
The Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company is broken into
Jesus is crucified (according to scholars)
Fanny Brawne moves in next door to John Keats
Lincoln visits the battlefield at Petersburg
Jesse James is assassinated
Ansar Dine announce that Timbuktu is under Sharia Law
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Pocahontas marries John Rolfe
Peter Sellers suffers a series of heart attacks
ICE agents raid a meat packing plant in Grainger County
First Contact
Lance Corporals William Schofield and Tom Blake are given an urgent message to deliver
Louis Leplée is killed
Arnold Mack, who Ferdi Elsas is based on, is arrested
Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana is killed
Lance Corporal William Schofield delivers an important message
Claus von Stauffenberg is attacked by the RAAF while in Tunisia
The first of many days of evidence is given in court
Somali pirates attempt to catch up to the Maersk Alabama cargo ship
Ramchandra Siras dies
Mark Hogancamp is beaten by five men
Mark Hogancamp is beaten by five men
Somali pirates take over the Maersk Alabama cargo ship
Rex Manning Day
Abraham Lincoln visits William Seward
Max Manus returns to Norway to fight
Officer Daniels calls a fast food restaurant
The German invasion of Denmark
Charlie Chaplin receives a lifetime achievement award at the Oscars
Michael Strobl reads about the death of Chance Phelps
Abraham Lincolm speaks from the North portico of the White House
The Stone of Destiny is returned to Arbroath Abbey
William Pitsenbarger takes part in a helicopter rescue mission
Derby County lose to Juventus
The "Bloody Saturday" riot occurs in Brixton
Brian Keenan is taken hostage in Beirut
The judge rules on the Irving v Penguin Books Ltd libel case
Cops Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala encounter the Bloods while out on patrol
The Elephant Man dies
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit the earth
K. Kamaraj becomes Chief Minister of Madras Province
The oxygen tank on board Apollo 13 fails
Iceal "Gene" Hambleto is rescued
Jack Kevorkian has a sentence hearing
Michael Strobl collects Chance Phelps' body
Abraham Lincoln is shot
Lincoln is fatally shot while at the theater
The Titanic is struck by an iceberg
Perry Smith and Richard Hickock are executed for their crimes
Truman Capote attends the executions of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith
Truman Capote attends the executions of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith
Philip Markoff kills Julissa Brisman
Abraham Lincoln dies of his wounds
Lincoln dies from his wounds after having been shot the night before
Constable Fitzpatrick is shot
The Titanic sinks
Joe Masseria is killed
Ray Kroc opens his first McDonald's franchise restaurant
The Bay of Pigs in Cuba is invaded
96 people are killed due to overcrowding at a soccer match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest
Randy Kehler's supporters move in and occupy the contested house
The Boston Marathon is bombed
Jeff Bauman loses his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing
The Battle of Culloden is fought, and the Jacobites lose
Bernie Webber marries Miriam Pentinen
The Germs play their first gig
A retrial hearing is held for Walter McMillian
Kristen French, who Kaitlyn Ross is based on, is kidnapped
Marie Colvin loses one of her eyes in an explosion
Christian Longo is sentenced to death
Molly Bloom is arrested for money laundering
Togo wins the All Alaska Sweepstakes
Apollo 13 safely returns to earth
Chance Phelps is buried
Steve Lopez publishes an article about Nathaniel Ayers in the LA Times
An earthquake severely damages Sarah Winchester's house
A raid is attempted on the Chittagong armoury
Franz von Werra reaches Berlin
The US bomb Tokyo in a surprise raid
Eight US airmen are shot down during the Doolittle Raid and captured by the Japanese
Isoroku Yamamoto is shot down and killed by an American plane
Edwin Valero is arrested for the killing of his wife
The William Brown hits an iceberg and sinks
Kaitlyn Ross is murdered
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bomb a federal building
The Supreme Court of India confirms Manu Sharma's life sentence for killing Jessica Lal
The Dillinger Gang hide out at the Little Bohemia Lodge
Nelson Mandela gives a 3 hour speech in court
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder twelve students and a teacher at their school
Rachel Scott is killed during the Columbine massacre
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder twelve students and a teacher at their school
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murder twelve students and a teacher at their school
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes
4/20
Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", is shot down and killed
Louis Zamperini's plane is damaged during a raid on Nauru
Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman calls Jackie Robinson a "nigger"
30 policeman are taken hostage
The FBI raid the Little Bohemia Lodge
Olga Benário Prestes is executed
Nicholas Angel arrives in Sandford
Mikael Boghosian is sent to a prison labour camp
George Stinney J is sentenced to death
George Stinney J is sentenced to death
The Red Army Faction take over the West German Embassy in Stockholm
The Zodiac Killer sends a letter to the San Francisco Chronicle, saying "I'm waiting for a good movie about me. Who will play me…?"
George Stroud is fired
ANZAC day
The Chernobyl reactors are run at full power, causing a meltdown and closing all time loops
Lisa Lopes dies in a car accident
George Stroud hides in the "big clock"
Grace Hart calls it "The perfect date. It’s not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket."
Three ships land at Cape Henry
John Wilkes Booth dies
Ramanujan's death
The movie Dolemite is released in theatres
The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes
The nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes
Aron Ralston's arm becomes trapped
The Fisherman's Friends release their first album under Universal Records
Sarabjit Singh is beaten to death by Pakistani prisoners
The Second Guangzhou Uprising
Commander K. M. Nanavati shoots Prem Ahuja
The footage at the beginning of the movie
The crew of the HMS Bounty mutiny
Start of the Kon-Tiki expedition
Li Cunxin is detained for 21 hours in the Chinese Consulate
Margaret Fairchild dies in her van
The last day Chris McCandless is seen alive
14 year old Sonny Wisecarver elopes with 21 year old Elaine Monfredi
Lena Baker kills Ernest Knight in self-defence
Li Cunxin is released from the Chinese Consulate
The 4 police officers accused of beating Rodney King are acquitted, prompting widespread rioting
Hitler commits suicide
Hostages are taken in the Iranian Embassy in London
Jessica Lal is murdered