And the next date in the calendar is....

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's signature work, The Great Gatsby, was first published on April 10, 1925.

 

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11 April 1689 – King William III and Queen Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.

 

[ChickenGuy]

I've been waiting for this one....

But I had to check an old thread to confirm the date....

April 12

2010: I came out for the first time, to my dad, in the middle of a power cut (yes, really)

The lights went out, we sat in the darkness waiting for the power to come back on, and we ended up talking, and I brought up the subject, and I got upset, and then I said to him "I'm gay."

And he was fine about it, and I had been worrying about nothing. I'm very grateful and lucky to have a dad like him.

 

[unloadonme]

^ You're a very lucky boy indeed.

13 April 1742 – George Frideric Handel's Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU[/ame]

 

[ChickenGuy]

April 14

1912: On its maiden voyage, Titanic strikes an iceberg at approx 11.30pm.

It lists and then sinks at just after 2.00am on the next day. Over 1,500 are lost, and 700 are rescued.

(sorry, I can't resist....)

 

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15 April 1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.

 

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The University of Münster (Münster, Germany) was founded on April 16, 1780.

 

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17 April 1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of King Richard II.

 

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The Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, New York City, New York) first opened on April 18, 1923.

 

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19 April - is Primrose Day in the UK, being the anniversary of the death of former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, on 19 April 1881.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primrose_Day

 

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On April 20, 1986, pianist Vladimir Horowitz was in his native Russia and performed there for the first time in 61 years.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv2oM5DE1Mk[/ame]

 

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21 April 1509 – King Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII.

 

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Violinist Yehudi Menuhin was born on April 22, 1916.

 

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23 April 1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England.

 

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24 April 1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

 

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On April 25, 1961, Robert N. Noyce (co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel) was granted patents for integrated circuit.

 

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26 April 1923 – The Duke of York marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.

 

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French actress Anouk Aimée was born on April 27, 1932.

 

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28 April 1442 – Birth of King Edward IV of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England

 

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Director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon, From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons) was born on April 29, 1907.