ABS Data Release – Australian Industry, 2021-22 financial year; Retail Trade, April

National Sorry Day

Independence Day in Georgia and Guyana

Start of Vivid Festival – Sydney (until 17 June)

Birthdays for Stevie Nicks (1948), Lenny Kravitz (1964), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), and Lauryn Hill (1975)

Anniversary of:
• Alse Young becoming the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies (1647)
• the release of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in the UK (1967)
• Ireland voting to repeal their 8th amendment to legalise abortion (2018)