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, 1933
Day of Week 1st » The recently elected Nazism named Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitism known as anti-Semitic acts.
1st » England English cricketer Wally Hammond sets a record for the List of Test cricket records Innings or series highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test cricket Test match against New Zealand national cricket team New Zealand.
Day of Week 3rd » First flight over Mount Everest, a British expedition, led by the Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton called Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
Day of Week 4th » U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron ZRS-4 6, is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
Day of Week 5th » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive order (United States) e.g executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Executive Order 6102 named 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certi
Day of Week 7th » Prohibition in the United States is repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution called XXI amendment.
Day of Week 26th » The Gestapo, the official secret police named secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1933
1st » Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
1st » Dan Flavin, American sculptor (d. 1996)
2nd » György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author