Muggle World: Death of Jim Finney, football referee (born 1924).
Prompt: April 1 is One Cent Day.
02 Mon
Muggle World: An embryo that was a cross between a human and a cow survived a third straight day after being fertilised at Newcastle University. A director for embryonic stem cell laboratories at the Australian Stem Cell Centre said that the "99 per cent human" embryo could improve research within the field of human diseases. The Catholic Church of England and Wales however said that the creation was "monstrous" and says that the later destruction of it is unethical. Death of Paul Arden, author (born 1940).
Prompt: April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.
03 Tue
Muggle World: Death of Hrvoje Custic, Croatian footballer (born 1983).
Prompt: April 3 is Talk Like a Dalek Day, Tweed Day and Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day.
04 Wed
Birthday: Taryn Howard (1977), Sage Capper (1981)
Prompt: April 4 is Tell-A-Lie Day.
05 Thu
Muggle World: Death of Charlton Heston, American actor and NRA member (born 1923).
Prompt: April 5 is Go For Broke Day.
06 Fri
Muggle World: The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into force.
Prompt: April 6 is Sorry Charlie Day.
07 Sat
Muggle World: The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales recorded a verdict of accidental death, caused by the heavy drinking, drug abuse and speeding of her chauffeur Henri Paul, who died in the crash along with Diana and Dodi Fayed. Death of Mark Speight, television presenter (born 1965).
Prompt: April 7 is No Housework Day.
08 Sun
Muggle World: Karen Matthews, the mother of the kidnapped 9-year-old girl, Shannon Matthews, was arrested for organising her daughter's kidnap. Death of Stanley Kamel, American actor (born 1943).
Prompt: April 8 is All Is Ours Day.
09 Mon
Prompt: April 9 is Winston Churchill Day and Name Yourself Day.
10 Tue
Muggle World: Death of Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (born 1919).
Prompt: April 10 is Golfers Day.
11 Wed
Prompt: April 11 is Eight-Track Tape Day.
12 Thu
Muggle World: Death of Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland (born 1923).
Prompt: April 12 is Look Up At The Sky Day.
13 Fri
Muggle World: Death of John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist (born 1911).
Prompt: April 13 is Blame Somebody Else Day.
14 Sat
Muggle World: Death of Ollie Johnston, American animator (born 1912).
Prompt: April 14 is National Pecan Day.
15 Sun
Muggle World: Death of Benoît Lamy, Belgian motion picture writer-director (born 1945).
Prompt: April 15 is Rubber Eraser Day.
16 Mon
Birthday: Barney Dunstan (1978)
Muggle World: Birth of Princess Eléonore of Belgium. Death of Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917).
Prompt: April 16 is National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day.
17 Tue
Muggle World: Death of Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (born 1913).
Prompt: April 17 is National Cheeseball Day.
18 Wed
Prompt: April 18 is International Jugglers Day.
19 Thu
Prompt: April 19 is Garlic Day.
20 Fri
Prompt: April 20 is Look Alike Day.
21 Sat
Prompt: April 21 is Kindergarten Day.
22 Sun
Muggle World: Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital perform the first operations using bionic eyes, implanting them into two blind patients.
Prompt: April 22 is National Jelly Bean Day.
23 Mon
Prompt: April 23 is Read Me Day and World Laboratory Animal Day.
24 Tue
Prompt: April 24 is National Pigs In A Blanket Day.
25 Wed
Muggle World: Death of Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician and broadcaster (born 1921).
Prompt: April 25 is National Zucchini Bread Day.
26 Thu
Birthday: Liam & Sean McLaggen (2006)
Prompt: April 26 is Richter Scale Day and National Pretzel Day.
27 Fri
Prompt: April 27 is Tell A Story Day.
28 Sat
Prompt: April 28 is Great Poetry Reading Day and Kiss-Your-Mate Day.
29 Sun
Muggle World: Death of Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and writer (born 1906).