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, 1983
Day of Week 4th » Space Shuttle 'Space Shuttle Challenger or Challenger' STS-6 e.g makes its maiden voyage into space.
Day of Week 7th » During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson known as Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
Day of Week 18th » A suicide bomber April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing known as destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
Day of Week 22nd » The German magazine 'Stern (magazine) e.g Stern' claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be Forgery called forgeries.
Day of Week 25th » American student named schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear warfare known as nuclear war.