12th » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
13th » An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.
15th » During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese Cambodian or Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong River into South Vietnam.
17th » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
21st » The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia.
24th » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first Heads of State of The Gambia known as President.
26th » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
28th » Vietnam War: President of the United States or U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
29th » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces Cambodian Campaign or invade Cambodia to hunt National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam named Viet Cong.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1970
1st » Sung-Hi Lee, South Korean-American model and actress
5th » Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter (Cibo Matto, Smokey & Miho, and Butter 08)
6th » Olaf Kölzig, South African-German ice hockey player and coach
6th » Roy Mayorga, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Stone Sour, Soulfly, Amebix, Black President (band) or Black President, and Nausea (band) e.g Nausea)