- Apr 1 Reigning NASCAR Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki perishes in a private plane crash en route to Bristol for the Food City 500
- Apr 2 Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws
- Apr 3 147th Grand National: race declared void, after 30 of 39 runners carried on racing despite a false start; bookmakers forced to refund estimated £75 million in bets staked
- Apr 4 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats Ohio State, 84-82; future Hall of Fame forward Sheryl Swoopes MOP
- Apr 4 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Shaw wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Mike Hill
- Apr 5 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan, 77-71; Tar Heels' 3rd title
- Apr 5 73,293 see the NY Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 9-1 in the season opener at Cleveland Stadium
- Apr 5 A win and a loss for MLB expansion teams in their debut games; Florida Marlins beat LA Dodgers, 6-3 in Miami; the Colorado Rockies lose to Mets, 3-0 in NYC
- Apr 6 Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
- Apr 8 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks)
- Apr 9 Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
- Apr 10 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
- Apr 10 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
US Masters Golf
Apr 11 57th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes from Chip Beck
- Apr 12 American Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) at Sheffield, England
Senior PGA Championship
Apr 18 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: American Tom Wargo pars second playoff hole to beat Bruce Crampton of Australia and take his first and only major title
Sports History
Apr 28 NY Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4 to 1 in playoffs, Capitals' Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot
- Apr 28 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
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