Beginning of World Creativity & Innovation Week (until 21 April)

World Art Day

Birthdays for Jeffrey Archer (1940), Emma Thompson (1959), Seth Rogen (1982), Emma Watson (1990), and Maisie Williams (1997)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Leonardo da Vinci (1452), Henry James (1843) and North Korea founder Kim II-sung (1912)
• the death of Abraham Lincoln (1865)
• the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1912)
• Ray Kroc opening the first McDonald’s in Illinois (1955)
• Nicolás Maduro being elected President of Venezuela (2013)
• the Boston Marathon bombings (2013)
• the Notre Dame Cathedral fire, which destroyed its spire and roof (2019)