April 1st *The serialisation of Charles Dickens Hard Times began on this day in 1854 *1891 The Wrigley

y Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. *1924 Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf. *1948 Cold War: Berlin Airlift Military forces, under direction of the Russiancontrolled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. *1976 Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne *2001 Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it. *1961 Susan Boyle, Scottish singer April 2nd *1800 Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna. *1912 The ill fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials. 1917 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. *1975 Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest freestanding structure. *2006 Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed. April 3rd *1922 Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. *1948 President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries. *1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.

*1934 Jane Goodall, British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace *1954 K. Krishnasamy, Indian politician and physician April 4th *1814 Napoleon abdicates for the first time. *1850 Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city. *1964 The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. *1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. *1975 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico *Children's Day (Republic of China and Hong Kong) April 5th *2013 - Protest at Trafalgar Square at 1pm *1930 Mahatma Gandhi ends a 241 mile march to Dandi in the Salt Satyagraha. *1942 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. *1955 Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. *2009 North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyngsng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Sixparty talks. April 6th *1919 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike. *1930 Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." beginning the Salt Satyagraha. * 1947 The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

*1994 The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvnal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.