📚 Month
What Happened in April — Daily History Calendar
April has 30 days and about 1179 recorded events. Tap any date to open its page.
- 1 April 1 The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 2 April 2 Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs. 39 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 3 April 3 YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before committing suicide. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 4 April 4 The impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea in response to his declaration of martial law is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending his presidency. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 5 April 5 Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 6 April 6 The crew of Artemis II makes the first crewed circumlunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, returning humanity to the Moon's vicinity and breaking Apollo 13's record by ~4,000 miles as the furthest crewed spaceflight. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 7 April 7 Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 8 April 8 Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war. 29 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 9 April 9 Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 10 April 10 A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 11 April 11 During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 12 April 12 The Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar wins the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, defeating Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, which had ruled the country for 16 years, marking the first change in government in Hungary for over a decade. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 13 April 13 Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf. 39 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 14 April 14 Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 15 April 15 Twelve people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass shooting at a school in Onikişubat, Turkey. 38 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 16 April 16 The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 17 April 17 The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 18 April 18 Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 19 April 19 The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 20 April 20 SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, launches for the first time. It explodes four minutes into flight. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 21 April 21 Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 22 April 22 At least 26 people are killed in a terrorist attack on a group of tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility for the attack. 34 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 23 April 23 The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 24 April 24 A mass stabbing at a school in Nantes, France, leaves one person dead and three others wounded. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 25 April 25 Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 26 April 26 A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 27 April 27 A train crash kills at least 15 people and injures 84 others near Jakarta, Indonesia. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 28 April 28 CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 29 April 29 A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 30 April 30 Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25