47101 | April 23 | Death | 2014 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (Los Cañoneros) (b. 1946) |
47102 | April 23 | Death | 2014 – Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959) |
47103 | April 23 | Death | 2014 – Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911) |
47104 | April 23 | Death | 2014 – F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921) |
47105 | April 23 | Death | 2014 – Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951) |
47106 | April 23 | Death | 2014 – Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939) |
47107 | April 23 | Death | 2015 – Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944) |
47108 | April 23 | Death | 2015 – Ray Jackson, Australian activist (b. 1941) |
47109 | April 23 | Death | 2015 – Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950) |
47110 | April 23 | Death | 2015 – Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936) |
47111 | April 23 | Death | 2015 – Sawyer Sweeten, American actor (b. 1995) |
47112 | April 23 | Death | 2015 – Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967) |
47113 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Adalbert of PragueGeorgeGerard of ToulToyohiko Kagawa (Episcopal and Lutheran Church)April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
47114 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | Earliest day on which the first day of Children's Day can fall, while April 29 is the latest celebrated on the last weekend of April. (Colombia) |
47115 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day (Conch Republic, Key West, Florida) |
47116 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day |
47117 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Turkey and Northern Cyprus) |
47118 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | Navy Day (China) |
47119 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | St George's Day (England) and its related observances:Canada Book Day (Canada)La Diada de Sant Jordi (Catalonia, Spain)World Book Day (international) |
47120 | April 23 | Holiday and observance | UN English Language Day (United Nations) |
47121 | April 24 | Event | 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). |
47122 | April 24 | Event | 1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy. |
47123 | April 24 | Event | 1547 – Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League. |
47124 | April 24 | Event | 1558 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. |
47125 | April 24 | Event | 1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published. |
47126 | April 24 | Event | 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". |
47127 | April 24 | Event | 1877 – Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire. |
47128 | April 24 | Event | 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. |
47129 | April 24 | Event | 1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray". |
47130 | April 24 | Event | 1904 – The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years. |