April

 3 April 1865 -- The Fall of Richmond

“The Night The Drove Old Dixie Down” -- The Band
4 April 1850 -- Los Angeles Incorporated
“L. A. Woman” -- The Doors

4 April 1968 -- Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
“Pride (In the Name of Love)” -- U2

5 April 1987 -- The Closing of the American Mind Published
“Bolero” -- Maurice Ravel, Composer

6 April 1970 -- Disappearance of Sean Flynn
“Sean Flynn” -- The Clash

7 April 1915 -- Birth of Billie Holiday
“Angel of Harlem” -- U2

8 March 1965 -- US Escalates Presence in South Vietnam
“Charlie Don’t Surf” -- The Clash

9 April 1901 -- Nome Gold Rush Leads to Incorporation of Nome, Alaska
“North to Alaska” -- Johnny Horton

9 April 1959 -- Death of Frank Lloyd Wright
“So Long Frank Lloyd Wright” -- Simon & Garfunkel

10–12 April 1981 -- Brixton Riots
“Electric Avenue” -- Eddy Grant

13 April 1742 -- Messiah Premieres in Dublin at Benefit for Prisoners' Debt Relief, the Mercer's Hospital, and the Charitable Infirmary
“Hallelujah Chorus” from The Messiah -- George Frideric Handel (Composer)

15 April 1927 -- Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Hits New Orleans
“Louisiana 1927” -- Randy Newman

16 April 1746 -- Battle of Culloden
“Tam kde teče řeka Fleet” -- Hakka Muggies
“Crua Chan” -- Sumo
“The Storm” -- Big Country

16 April 1943 -- Albert Hofmann Discovers Psychedelic Properties of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
“White Rabbit” -- Jefferson Airplane

18 April 1942 -- Doolittle Raid
“30 Seconds Over Tokyo” -- Pere Ubu

“Lightning Crashes” -- Live

22 April 1933 -- Swastika Flag Becomes One of Two National German Flags
“Behind the Crooked Cross” -- Slayer

23 April 1915 -- Death of Rupert Brooke
“Somewhere in England 1915” -- Al Stewart

25 April 1792 -- Rouget de Lisle Composes "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin"
“La Marseillaise” -- Rouget de Lisle

25 April 1926 -- First Public Performance of Turandot
"Nessun dorma" -- Giacomo Puccini, Composer
29–30 April 1975 -- Final US Evacuation From Saigon
“White Christmas” -- Irving Berlin, Lyrics and Music

30 April 1694 -- Mary II of England Celebrates Her Final Birthday
“Come Ye Sons of Art” -- Henry Purcell (Music) and Nahum Tate (Lyrics)

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