NHL Record
Apr 1 Quebec center Peter Šťastný scores 4th career hat trick and 4 assists, and his brother Marián adds 5 assists to lead the Nordiques to an 8-5 win at Boston
- Apr 3 136th Grand National: 48-year-old Dick Saunders wins aboard 7/1 favourite Grittar; oldest jockey to win the event
- Apr 3 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
Sports History
Apr 3 Marco van Basten plays his first match for Ajax, scoring a debut goal in a 5-0 victory over NEC
- Apr 5 43-year-old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
- Apr 6 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
- Apr 8 Tracy Caulkins wins her 36th US swimming title aged 19
- Apr 9 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
- Apr 10 LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
- Apr 11 46th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Craig Stadler wins his only major title by defeating Dan Pohl on the 1st hole of a sudden-death playoff
- Apr 18 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
Boston Marathon
Apr 19 86th Boston Marathon: American Alberto Salazar claims men's title in 2:08:51; Charlotte Teske of West Germany wins women's section in 2:29:33
- Apr 19 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
- Apr 20 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
- Apr 21 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
- Apr 22 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
- Apr 24 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
- Apr 25 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
- Apr 26 Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
- Apr 27 NFL Draft: University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims first pick by New England Patriots
- Apr 30 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
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