Cancer Control Month
National STD Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
April 1-7 National Public Health Week
April 7 World Health Day
April 14-20 National Infants Immunization Week
April 14-20 National Minority Cancer Awareness Week

April 1, 1989:
Bill White elected president of the National Baseball League.

April 2, 1984:
Georgetown coach John Thompson becomes first black coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament.

April 10, 1947:
Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play major league baseball.

April 16, 1862:
Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia.

April 25, 1918:
Ella Fitzgerald, "First Lady of Song," born.