April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1926
Day of Week 6th » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
Day of Week 20th » Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.
Day of Week 24th » The Treaty of Berlin (1926) e.g Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
22nd » James Stirling (architect) called James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (d. 1992)
23rd » J. P. Donleavy, Irish-American author and playwright
23rd » Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
23rd » Richard Laws, English mammalogist and academic
24th » Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden
25th » Johnny Craig, American illustrator (d. 2001)
25th » Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
26th » David Coleman, English sportscaster (d. 2013)
26th » J. B. Hutto, American singer and guitarist (d. 1983)
26th » Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator (d. 2003)