Forward Planner: News Anniversaries for the next 6 months

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April 2024

1 Year (2023)
Apr 15: Nuclear power in Germany ends after the closure of the final power plants and nuclear being a power source for the country for over 50 years.

2 Years (2022)
Apr 03: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: As Russia's forces retreat from areas near Kyiv, it is accused by Ukraine of war crimes.
Apr 08: Global food prices increase to their highest level since the UN's Food Price Index began in 1990, with some commodities rising by nearly 20% as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
Apr 13: COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases exceeds 500 million worldwide.
Apr 19: Deaths - Kane Tanaka (1903) was 119 years and 107 days, making her the oldest verified Japanese person and the second-oldest verified person ever.
Apr 25: Elon Musk, the world's richest man, acquires social media website Twitter for $44 billion.
Apr 27: The Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the second country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency.

5 Years (2019)
Apr 04: Climate change: Warning from 'Antarctica's last forests' should serve as warning to world about where climate change could take us if carbon emissions go unchecked.
Apr 04: JK Rowling assistant to pay back fraud money to Harry Potter author
Apr 04: National Trust for Scotland asks public on what new developments would be acceptable near Culloden Battlefield.
Apr 04: Prince Harry and Meghan move into their new home in Windsor ahead of the birth of their first child.
Apr 04: Brexit: Angela Merkel says Germany 'will stand' with Ireland
Apr 04: Alesha MacPhail killer Aaron Campbell lodges appeal against sentence
Apr 14: California - Plane with the largest wingspan designed to act as a flying launch pad for satellites in the world takes flight.

10 Years (2014)
Apr 01: UK formal handover command military operations Helmand, Afghanistan to USA.
Apr 06: Death of Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney aged 93.
Apr 07: Death of Peaches Geldof aged 25. Daughter of Bob Geldoff & Paula Yates.
Apr 07: Duke & Duchess of Cambridge & son George start tour of New Zealand & Australia.
Apr 08: Death of US professional wrestler James Hellwig (The Ultimate Warrior) aged 54.
Apr 08: Irish President Michael Higgins makes 1st state visit to UK by an Irish head of state.
Apr 09: UK: Culture Secretary Maria Miller resigns following a row over her expenses.
Apr 10: Death of novelist Sue Townsend aged 68 (creator of 'Adrian Mole').
Apr 14: 276 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria by terrorist organisation Boko Haram.
Apr 18: 16 climbers killed by an avalanche on Mount Everest, Himalayas.
Apr 20: UK: 50th Anniversary of the launch of TV channel BBC 2.
Apr 22: Manchester Utd football club manager David Moyes sacked after 10 months.
Apr 24: Death of Rangers & Scotland footballer Sandy Jardine aged 65.
Apr 26: 5 British servicemen killed in Lynx helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan.
Apr 28: Publicist Max Clifford, 71, found guilty of 8 indecent assaults on women and girls.
Apr 28: UK: Sheffield house fire kills three generations of one family.
Apr 28: UK: Teacher Ann Maguire, 61, dies after stabbing at Catholic College in Leeds.
Apr 29: Death of British actor Bob Hoskins aged 71 ('The Long Good Friday', 'Mona Lisa').
Apr 30: Prince Harry and girlfriend Cressida Bonas break up after two years together.

15 Years (2009)
Apr 01: Helicopter crash in North Sea kills all 16 on board.
Apr 03: UK: BBC fined £150,000 for controversial phone call by broadcaster Russell Brand.
Apr 11: Resignation of Damian McBride, special adviser to UK PM Gordon Brown.
Apr 15: Death of British writer, broadcaster & chef Sir Clement Freud.
Apr 22: UK: Chancellor Alistair Darling introduces 50% tax on earnings over £150,000.
Apr 24: 3 cases of Swine Flu confirmed in England.

20 Years (2004)
Apr 01: Google launches its free email service called Gmail.
Apr 13: Death of British TV presenter Caron Keating aged 41.
Apr 22: Ryongchon Disaster, N.Korea. 2 trains collide & explode. Estimated 3,000 killed.
Apr 22: Ryongchon Disaster, North Korea. 2 trains collide & explode. Estimated 3,000 killed.
Apr 24: Death of US cosmetics businesswoman Estee Lauder.

25 Years (1999)
Apr 01: Labour Government in Britain introduces a National Minimum Wage (hourly rate).
Apr 14: Severe hailstorm in Sydney, Australia causes over £1billion damages.
Apr 20: US: Columbine High School Massacre, Colorado. 13 students & a teacher killed.
Apr 20: USA: Columbine High School Massacre, Colorado. 13 students & a teacher killed.
Apr 26: British TV presenter Jill Dando murdered outside her home in London aged 38.
Apr 26: British TV presenter Jill Dando murdered outside home in London aged 38.
Apr 28: Death former England football manager Sir Alf Ramsey. Won World Cup 1966.
Apr 30: Soho Bombing, London: 3 killed & 30 injured in nail bomb attack Old Compton Street.

30 Years (1994)
Apr 05: Suicide of American rock singer Kurt Cobain aged 27.
Apr 22: Death of former US President Richard Nixon.
Apr 26: 1st full multi-racial election in S.Africa. Nelson Mandela elected President.
Apr 26: 1st full multi-racial election in South Africa. Nelson Mandela elected President.
Apr 28: US: Former CIA Agent Aldrich Ames jailed for life for spying for the Russians.

35 Years (1989)
Apr 01: UK Government introduces Community Charge ('Poll Tax') into Scotland.
Apr 07: Russian submarine 'Komsomolets' catches fire & sinks in Barents Sea. 42 killed.
Apr 12: Death of American champion boxer 'Sugar Ray' Robinson aged 67.
Apr 15: Hillsborough Disaster, Sheffield. 96 Liverpool football fans killed in crush.
Apr 19: Death of English novelist Daphne du Maurier ('Rebecca', 'Jamaica Inn').
Apr 26: Death of American TV & film comedy actress Lucille Ball aged 77.
Apr 30: Death of Italian film director Sergio Leone (Spaghetti Westerns).

40 Years (1984)
Apr 04: UK: Anti-nuclear women protestors evicted from Greenham Common airbase, Berkshire.
Apr 04: UK: Anti-nuclear women protestors evicted from Greenham Common airbase.
Apr 09: UK: Violent clashes between police & miners on strike in Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire.
Apr 09: UK: Violent clashes between police & Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire miners.
Apr 15: Death of British comedian Tommy Cooper collapses & dies on stage aged 63.
Apr 15: Death of British comedian Tommy Cooper collapsing on stage aged 63.
Apr 17: Policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot & killed outside Libyan Embassy, London.
Apr 27: End of Libyan Embassy Siege, London. 30 Libyan diplomats allowed leave UK.

45 Years (1979)
Apr 01: Religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini declares Iran to be an Islamic Republic.
Apr 04: Deposed Pakistan PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto executed for murder of political opponent.
Apr 11: Deposed Ugandan leader Idi Amin flees to Libya for sanctuary.

50 Years (1974)
Apr 06: Swedish group ABBA win 19th Eurovision Song Contest (Brighton) with 'Waterloo'.
Apr 11: Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir announces resignation.
Apr 17: Birth of English singer 'Posh' Spice, Victoria BVeckham (The Spice Girls).
Apr 25: Army coup in Portugal led by General Spinola ends 50 years of dictatorship.
Apr 30: US: 'Watergate': White House releases edited transcripts of President Nixon in office.
Apr 30: 'Watergate': White House releases edited transcripts of President Nixon in office.

55 Years (1969)
Apr 09: UK: Sikh busman in Wolverhampton wins right to wear a turban while on duty.
Apr 09: UK: Sikh busman in Wolverhampton wins right to wear a turban while on duty.
Apr 14: UK: 1st episode of comedy 'The Liver Birds' broadcast on BBC TV.
Apr 15: BBC TV broadcasts 1st episode (pilot) of hit comedy 'The Liver Birds').
Apr 17: 21 yr old Bernadette Devlin UK's youngest-ever MP as 'Unity' candidate in N.Ireland.
Apr 17: UK: 21 yr old Bernadette Devlin is UK's youngest-ever MP as a 'Unity' candidate in N.Ireland.
Apr 28: French President Charles de Gaulle resigns after 11 years in office after referendum defeat.
Apr 28: French Prest Charles de Gaulle resigns after referendum defeat.

60 Years (1964)
Apr 04: Records by 'The Beatles' occupy all top 5 positions in USA music charts.
Apr 05: Death of American WW2 commander General Douglas MacArthur.
Apr 07: Birth of film actor Russell Crowe ('Gladiator').
Apr 13: Black US film actor Sidney Poitier wins Oscar for Best Actor in 'Lilies of the Field'
Apr 13: Black US film actor Sidney Poitier wins Oscar for Best Actor in 'Lilies of the Field'.
Apr 16: British rock group 'The Rolling Stones' release their 1st album in the UK.
Apr 16: UK: 12 Great Train Robbers jailed for a total of 307 years after stealing £2,500,000.
Apr 20: UK: Lanch of BBC 2 TV channel ruined by series of power failures. Re-launched following day.
Apr 20: UK: Launch BBC 2 TV channel ruined by power failures. Re-launched following day.

65 Years (1959)
Apr 09: Death of US architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 91 (Guggenheim Museum , Price Tower).
Apr 14: Kenya nationalist Jomo Kenyatta released from prison after 7 years hard labour.
Apr 14: Kenya nationalist Jomo Kenyatta released from prison after serving 7 years hard labour.
Apr 15: Birth of British actress Emma Thompson.
Apr 17: Birth of English actor Sean Bean ('Lord of the Rings', 'Game of Thrones', 'Sharpe').

70 Years (1954)
Apr 03: Oxford University wins 100th Annual University Boat Race on River Thames.
Apr 09: UK: BBC TV broadcasts 'The Grove Family' the 1st episode of a regular 'soap opera'.
Apr 19: Birth of English footballer Trevor Francis (1st British transfer over £1million).

75 Years (1949)
Apr 04: Signing of North Atlantic Treaty & founding of NATO.
Apr 07: Musical 'South Pacific' opens on Broadway, New York.
Apr 07: Rodgers & Hammerstein musical 'South Pacific' opens on Broadway, New York.
Apr 29: Birth of British actress Anita Dobson ('Eastenders').

85 Years (1939)
Apr 07: Birth of British broadcaster Sir David Frost.
Apr 07: Birth of US film director Francis Ford Coppola ('The Godfather).
Apr 14: Publication of the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck.
Apr 16: Birth of British singer Dusty Springfield in London.
Apr 17: Birth of English singer Marty Wilde.
Apr 27: Britain introduces conscription for all fit & able men aged 20-21 (anticipating WW2).
Apr 27: Britain introduces conscription for all fit & able men aged 20-21.

90 Years (1934)
Apr 03: British inventor Percy Shaw patents his 'cats' eyes' road safety device.
Apr 09: Birth of British TV actor Ian Richardson ('House of Cards').

95 Years (1929)
Apr 29: Birth British politician Jeremy Thorpe (Liberal Party leader

100 Years (1924)
Apr 01: German Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler jailed for treason.
Apr 03: Birth of American film actor Marlon Brando ('Mutiny on the Bounty', 'The Godfather').
Apr 03: Birth of US film actor Marlon Brando ('Mutiny On The Bounty', 'The Godfather').
Apr 16: Birth of American composer Henry Mancini ('Moon River', 'Pink Panther Theme').
Apr 20: Birth of English comic actor Leslie Phillips ('The Navy Lark').
Apr 23: Opening of the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London.

110 Years (1914)
Apr 02: Birth British stage & film actor Sir Alec Guiness ('Bridge On The River Kwai').
Apr 02: Birth British stage & film actor Sir Alec Guiness ('Bridge On The River Kwai', 'Smiley's People').
Apr 11: New York premiere of the play 'Pygmalion' by George Bernard Shaw.

130 Years (1894)
Apr 17: Birth of Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev (1958-1964).

135 Years (1889)
Apr 20: Birth in Austria of Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler.
Apr 26: Birth US writer Anita Loos ('Gentlemen Prefer Blondes').

150 Years (1874)
Apr 25: Birth Italian physicist & inventor Guglielmo Marconi (wireless telegraph and radio).

155 Years (1869)
Apr 11: Birth Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland (designer of Nobel Peace Prize medal).
Apr 25: British & French engineers begin work to build the Suez Canal.

265 Years (1759)
Apr 27: Birth suffragette & writer Mary Wollstonecraft ('A Vindication of The Rights of Women').

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