“April is the cruellest month“.
- April 4, 1968 – assassination of MLK
- April 14, 1914 – sinking of Titanic
- April 15, 1865 – assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- April 15, 2013 – Boston Marathon bombings
- April 16, 2007 – Virginia Tech massacre
- April 17, 2013 – West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion
- April 18, 1983 – US embassy in Beirut was bombed, killing 63 people
- April 19, 1993 – fire at Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX
- April 19, 1995 – Oklahoma City Bombing
- April 20, 1889 – Adolph Hitler is born
- April 20, 1999 – Columbine High School shooting
- April 20, 2010 – Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion
- April 24, 1996 – Port Arthur Massacre – 35 shot dead and 23 wounded in Tasmania, Australia
On a better note, my daughter and I were both born in April. 
