April 5: The first postage stamps bearing the face of Adolf Hitler is on sale in Germany to commemorate the Führer's 48th birthday.

April 9: The Kamikaze becomes the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe.

April 12: English engineer Frank Whittle and his team successfully test a prototype jet engine.

April 13: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is launched.

April 17: The character of Daffy Duck first appears in the Porky Pig animated short film 'Porky's Duck Hunt'.

April 19: The Golden Gate Bridge finishes construction.

April 20: In Berlin, Hitler reviewed 14,000 troops parading in honour of his 48th birthday.

April 22: Jack Nicholson is born in Neptune City, New Jersey;

April 27: Wallis Simpson's divorce becomes permanent. The former Mrs. Simpson is now free to marry again.

April 27: The first social security payments are made in the United States under the Social Security Act of 1935.

April 28: Saddam Hussein, 5th President of Iraq, is born in Al-Awja, Iraq (official date of birth)

April 29: The Irish Brigade fighting in Spain announces it is disbanding. (source: Wikipedia)