April Conspiracy Calendar

Gregorian
April 1 ⇒Detail
  • 1810 - The civil wedding of Napoleon and Marie Louise is celebrated at Saint Cloud.
  • 1945 - Battle of Okinawa.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 1 ⇒Detail
  • May 14, 1173 - (birth) Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu Pure Land Sect of Buddhism.
  • May 21, 1792 - Unzen earthquake and tsunami.
  • May 22, 1868 - England recognizes Japan as a state.
Gregorian
April 2
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 2
Gregorian
April 3 ⇒Detail
  • 1825 - The Tokugawa shogunate issued the Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels.
  • 1865 – Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia (American Civil War).
  • 1899 - 790 Japanese who left the Port of Yokoham on February 18 arrive in Peru.
  • 1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party.
  • 1948President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan.
  • 1948Jeju massacre (Jeju, South Korea).
  • 1950 – Toyota Motor Sales Co. is established.
  • 1952 - TBS Radio starts "Girl of Apple Park".
  • 1996 – 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash (Croatia).
  • 1997 – Thalit massacre (Algeria).
  • 1997 - The new test line called the Yamanashi Maglev Test Line openes.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 3 ⇒Detail
  • May 6, 604 - The Seventeen-article constitution is adopted.
  • May 14, 1850 - (birth) Ryuhei Murayama.
  • May 6, 1856 - (birth) Kazuo Hatoyama, Japanese politician.
  • May 11, 1948 - (birth) Shigeru Izumiya, a Japanese poet, folk singer, actor, entertainer.
  • May 11, 1948 - (birth) Keiko Chiba, a Japanese politician, Minister of Justice.
  • May 21, 2004 - Japan's Parliament adopts legislation to introduce jury system, trial time limits.
Gregorian
April 4 ⇒Detail
  • 1792 - Haitian Revolution: The decree grants political equality to emancipated slaves.
  • 1868 - ◆The Gakushuin Peers School is reopened.
  • 1872 - The Japanese Ministry of the Military is abolished.
  • 1875 - Kimuraya dedicates bean paste buns to the Japanese Emperor.
  • 1952 - (birth) Bronisław Komorowski, President of Poland.
  • 1960 - Senegal independence day.
  • 1968 - ◆Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
  • 1968 - ◆Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 1973The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
  • 1973 - The Japanese Supreme Court makes a dicision which overrides an exisiting law.
  • 1983 – Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
  • 1983 - A Japanese serialized morning television drama, Oshin, starts.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 4 ⇒Detail
  • April 20, 1284 - (death) Hojo Tokimune, young regent to the shogun (military dictator of Japan).
  • April 26, 1868 - ◆The Imperial envoy arrives at Edo castle and demands surrender.
  • May 6, 1935 - The Works Progress Administration is created (US).
Gregorian
April 5
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 5
Gregorian
April 6
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 6
Gregorian
April 7
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 7
Gregorian
April 8 ⇒Detail
  • 1938 - (birth) Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General.
  • 1942 - (birth) Masahiko Yamada, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
  • 1973 - (death) Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 8 ⇒Detail
  • May 9, 1147 - (birth) Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun.
  • April 28, 1186 - Captured Shizuka Gozen dances a dance in front of Minamoto no Yoritomo.
  • May 22, 1942 - (death) Tateo Kato, a Japanese ace army aviator is killed in action.
  • May 22, 1942(birth) Theodore Kaczynski, American terrorist.
  • May 29, 1955 - (birth) John Hinckley, Jr., attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan.
  • May 23, 1988 - ◆US President Reagan meets with Soviet leader Gorbachev.
  • May 23, 1988 - ◆Television writer Yasushi Akimoto marries Onyanko Club member Takai.
  • May 7, 1995 - Jacques Chirac is elected president of France.
  • May 12, 2008 - An earthquake occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
Gregorian
April 9
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 9
Gregorian
April 10 ⇒Detail
  • 1794 - (birth) Matthew C. Perry, American commodore.
  • 1912 – The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
  • 1972 – ◆The Biological Weapons Convention is signed.
  • 1972 – ◆The city of Fujimi is founded (Japan).
  • 2006 – ▲Japan Legal Support Center is established.
  • 2006 – ▲A study group on protection of children from harmful Internet contents is established.
  • 2010Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia.
  • 2010The Sunrise Party of Japan is formed by five Japanese politicians.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 10 ⇒Detail
  • May 14, 1636 - Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, is enshrined inNikko.
  • May 29, 1814 – (death) Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France.
  • May 15, 1932 – May 15 Incident (Japan).
  • May 15, 1932 – (death) Inukai Tsuyoshi, Prime Minister of Japan.
  • June 1, 2001 - Nepalese royal massacre.
  • June 1, 2001 - Dolphinarium massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 in Tel Aviv.
  • May 28, 2004 - Allawi is voted for unanimously to become the interim Prime Minister of Iraq.
  • May 28, 2004 - The citizen judge system law is promulgated in Japan.
  • May 7, 2006 - ▲A 24-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder at a camera store.
Gregorian
April 11 ⇒Detail
  • 1970 - Apollo 13 is launched.
  • 2006 – Iran announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
  • 2012 – ◆Kim Jong-un is elected to the post of First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
  • 2012 – ◆A legislative election for the 19th National Assembly is held in South Korea.
  • 2012 – ◆A magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km.
  • 2012 – ◆Michoacan earthquake. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Mexico.
  • 2012 – ◆The world premiere for The Avengers is held (Hollywood, California).
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 11 ⇒Detail
  • May 3, 1868 - The Tokugawa shogunate surrenders Edo castle peacefully.
Old Hindu Solar Calendar
April 11 ⇒Detail
  • July 27, 2012 (April 11, 5113 in the Old Hindu Solar calendar) ◆(plan) 2012 Summer Olympics.
Gregorian
April 12
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 12
  • May 5, 1982 - Shibugakitai releases their debut single "NAI・NAI 16 (sixteen)".
    Shibugakitai is a Johnny's Entertainment group.

    May 5 was a pun on "April 12, 1981" when Columbia made the first flight. The day was May 5 according to the Japanese traditional calendar. "NAI", which means rejection in Japanese, was a pun on the NASA Astrobiology Institute. And 16, which indicated their age, was a pun on the 16 seconds (the space shuttle needs 16 seconds for the preparation on its launch).

    At T minus 16 seconds, the massive sound suppression system (SPS) begins to drench the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) and SRB trenches with 300,000 US gallons (1,100 m3) of water to protect the Orbiter from damage by acoustical energy and rocket exhaust reflected from the flame trench and MLP during liftoff.
  • May 5, 1982 - A parcel explodes at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
    At the university, a parcel addressed to Patrick Fischer, head of the computer science department, explodes, injuring his secretary, Janet Smith. Fischer is giving a series of lectures in Puerto Rico when the package is forwarded from Pennsylvania State University, where he taught before coming to Nashville. Canceled stamps were used to mail the parcel from Provo, Utah, causing investigators to consider that the bomb may have been intended for LeRoy Bearnson, an electrical engineering professor at Brigham Young University, who is listed as the return address. Later, the bomber was identified as Ted Kaczynski. One injured.
  • May 28, 2007 - The US and Iran hold the most high-profile meeting in almost 30 years.
Gregorian
April 13
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 13
Gregorian
April 14 ⇒Detail
  • 1293 - Chinzei Tandai is established in the northern part of Kyush, Japan.
  • 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln is shot. He dies the next day (on April 15).
  • 1912 - Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm.
  • 1981 - ▲(birth) Shinjiro Koizumi, a Japanese politician.
  • 1984 - (birth) Harumafuji Kohei, a Mongolian sumo wrestler.
  • 1995 - ▲Shintaro Ishihara suddenly resigns from the Diet.
  • 1999 - A minor strangles a mother and her baby in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
  • 1999 - NATO bombing of Albanian refugees near Dakovica.
  • 1999 - Sydney hailstorm.
  • 2001 - ▲The Japanese Red Army declares its disbandment.
  • 2010 - Yushu earthquake. Nearly 2,700 are killed (Yushu, Qinghai, China).
  • 2010 - Eruptions of Eyjafjallajokull.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 14 ⇒Detail
  • May 15, 1916 - (birth) Takeshi Abe, hemophilia expert.
  • May 20, 1940 - (birth) Sadaharu Oh, Japanese baseball player.
  • May 14, 1984 - (birth) Mark Zuckerberg, computer programmer, co-founder of Facebook.
  • May 14, 1984 - Toyota releases Hilux Surf in Japan (Japanese Wikipedia).
Gregorian
April 15 ⇒Detail
  • 1865 - (death) Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
  • 1912 - The British passenger liner, the RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m.
  • 1912 - (birth) Kim Il-sung, President of North Korea.
  • 2005 - Doraemon anime series begins aring (Japan).
  • 2012 - 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
  • 2012 - 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, President of North Korea.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 15 ⇒Detail
Iranian Calendar
April 15 ⇒Detail
  • July 6, 2005 (April 15, 1384 in the Iranian calendar) ◆the 2012 Summer Olympics to London.
  • July 6, 2005 (April 15, 1384 in the Iranian calendar) ◆The 31st G8 summit is held (Scotland, UK).
  • July 6, 2005 (April 15, 1384 in the Iranian calendar) ◆Software patent is rejected.
Gregorian
April 16
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 16
Gregorian
April 17
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 17
Gregorian
April 18
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 18
Gregorian
April 19 ⇒Detail
  • 1951 - General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
  • 1951 - Shigeki Tanaka wins the Boston Marathon.
  • 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing.
  • 1995 - Bad odors fell train riders in Yokohama, Japan.
  • 1995 - The dollar hits the postwar low of 79.75 in the Tokyo foreign exchange market.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 19 ⇒Detail
  • May 30, 1431 - (death) Joan of Arc, patroness of soldiers and of France.
  • June 4, 2007 - The London 2012 Olympics logo is unveiled.
Gregorian
April 20 ⇒Detail
  • 1284 - (death) Hojo Tokimune, young regent to the shogun (military dictator of Japan).
  • 1598 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi holds big parties under cherry trees, called "Daigo-no-hanami".
  • 1792 – France declares war on Austria, the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.
  • 1808 – ▲(birth) Napoleon III of France, Emperor of the French.
  • 1871 – ◆Modern Postal Service is Introduced in Japan. The first stamps are issued.
  • 1889 – ▲(birth) Adolf Hitler, German Nazi dictator.
  • 1953 – ▲South Korean volunteer coastguards set up camp on Liancourt Rocks.
  • 1953 – ▲Japanese long-distance runner Keizo Yamada wins the 1953 Boston Marathon.
  • 1978 – Korean Air Flight 902 is shot down by Soviets.
  • 1999 – Columbine High School massacre: 13 people are killed.
  • 2008 – ▲The Zenkoji Buddhist Temple is vandalised after cancelling the Olympic torch relay role.
  • 2010 – ▼Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion causes a massive oil discharge in the Gulf.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 20 ⇒Detail
  • May 29, 1937 – (birth) Hibari Misora, Japanese singer.
  • June 1, 1953 - ▲(birth) Xi Jinping, Chinese Vice President.
  • June 1, 1953 - ▲The Japanese National Railways changes its naming system of trains.
  • May 31, 1964 - (birth) Yukio Edano, a Japanese politician.
  • May 14, 1971 - ◆Kiyoshi Okubo (serial killer) is arrested.
  • May 14, 1971 - ◆Taiho Koki (Yokozuna sumo wrestler) retires.
  • June 9, 1993 - Crown Prince Naruhito and Masako are married.
  • June 2, 2010 - ▼Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigns.
  • June 9, 2012 - Tour de Suisse starts (Lugano, Switzerland).
Gregorian
April 21 ⇒Detail
  • 1612 - The interdiction against Christianity is issued (Japan).
  • 1701 - Forty-seven ronin incident.
  • 1731 - (death) Daniel Defoe, English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer.
  • 1792 – (death) Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence.
  • 1960 - ◆Brasilia replaces Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian capital.
  • 1971 - ◆(death) Francois Duvalier, President of Haiti, dictator.
  • 1971 - ◆Jean-Claude Duvalier becomes president of Haiti.
  • 1971 - ◆Siaka Stevens is elected the first president of Sierra Leone.
  • 1985 - (death) Tancredo Neves、President of Brazil.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 21 ⇒Detail
  • June 1, 1869 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
  • May 20, 1957 - (birth) Yoshihiko Noda, Minister of Finance.
  • June 12, 1963 - (death) Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist.
  • June 3, 1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Kyushu, Japan, killing 43 people.
Gregorian
April 22
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 22
Gregorian
April 23 ⇒Detail
  • 1200 - (death) Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty Confucian scholar.
  • 1847 - Gakushuin Peers School is re-established (Kyoto, Japan).
  • 1998 - (death) James Earl Ray, American alleged assassin who killed Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • 2005 - ◆The 2010 Winter Olympics logo is unveiled.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 23 ⇒Detail
  • June 4, 1858 - Ii Naosuke holds the position of Tairo in the Tokugawa Shogunate.
  • May 27, 1905 - ◆Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. Japanese Navy Day.
  • June 13, 1944 - Battle of Villers-Bocage (World War II).
  • June 13, 1944 - Germany launches a counter attack on Carentan (World War II).
  • June 13, 1944 - Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England (World War II).
  • June 13, 1944 - (birth) Ban Ki-moon, South Korean United Nations Secretary-General.
  • May 18, 1960 - (birth) Michael Ryan, perpetrator of the Hungerford massacre in the UK.
Gregorian
April 24 ⇒Detail
  • 1908 - 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak (US).
  • 1930 - (birth) Jose Sarney, President of Brazil.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 24 ⇒Detail
  • May 27, 1867 - Gaikoku bugyo system begins.
  • May 28, 2008 - Tokyo International Conference on African Development IV is held in Japan.
  • May 28, 2008 - The Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic.
  • May 18, 2009 - The Sri Lankan Civil War ends.
Gregorian
April 25
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 25
Gregorian
April 26 ⇒Detail
  • 1868 - ▲The Imperial envoy arrives at Edo castle and demands surrender.
  • 1986 - The groundbreaking ceremony for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge is held.
  • 1986 - The Chernobyl disaster.
  • 2008 - The Beijing Olympic torch relay is held in Nagano City, Japan.
  • 2008 - A Russo-Japanese summit meeting is held on the outskirts of Moscow.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 26 ⇒Detail
  • May 6, 1868 - ▲(birth) Nicholas II of Russia, the last Emperor of Russia.
  • June 1, 1940 - ▼Mariners Insurance Act is put into effect (Japan).
  • June 1, 1940 - ▼USS Washington is launched.
Gregorian
April 27
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 27
Gregorian
April 28
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 28
Gregorian
April 29 ⇒Detail
  • 1600 - A Dutch ship, the Liefde arrives in Japan after drifting at sea.
  • 1901 - (birth) Hirohito, Emperor of Japan. (timeline)
  • 1945 – Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker.
  • 1946 - The Tokyo War Crimes Trial first convenes.
  • 1953 - Yamada Memorial Marathon Race begins in Odate, Akita prefecture, Japan.
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 29 ⇒Detail
  • May 31, 1954 - (birth) Sakihito Ozawa, a Japanese politician, Minister of the Environment.
  • June 20, 2001 - Pervez Musharraf formally appoints himself President of Pakistan.
  • May 23, 2009 - (death) Roh Moo-Hyun, President of South Korea.
Gregorian
April 30
Japanese Traditional Calendar
April 30
Gregorian
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