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, 1958
Day of Week 4th » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
Day of Week 5th » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
Day of Week 13th » Cold War: American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Day of Week 14th » The Soviet Union known as Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
Day of Week 18th » A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1958
1st » D. Boon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Minutemen (band) known as Minutemen and The Reactionaries (band) e.g The Reactionaries) (d. 1985)