See also: April 15, 2005 - April 2005 - April 17, 2005 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in April ⢠26: Augusto Roa Bastos ⢠24: Ezer Weizman ⢠23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen ⢠23: John Mills ⢠16: Marla Ruzicka ⢠9: Andrea Dworkin ⢠6: Prince Rainier III ⢠5: Dale Messick ⢠5: Saul Bellow ⢠2: Pope John...
The Gaelic Athletic Association congress votes overwhelmingly to suspend its controversial rule 42 ban on 'foreign games' being played at its sports venues, to enable Irish soccer and rugby international fixtures to be played at its Croke Parkstadium. (RTÉ News)
April16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world.
April — The last Byzantine-controlled city in southern Italy, Bari, is captured by Robert Guiscard.
- Second Jacobite Rebellion: The Battle of Culloden The Battle of Culloden (April16, 1746), was the last military clash in mainland Britain, between the forces of the Jacobites and the British Army.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called his April 9-12 visit to India "historic," when he spoke to the Indian press after his extensive talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
On both sides, the results of trip were considered to be even better than had been expected.
Ghilan, a political collaborator and friend of the LaRouche movement for more than two decades, died on April 2 in Tel Aviv.