The Thread of Random Internetz

The first 3 female priests are ordained in Sweden.

April 12 - Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of Peugeot, is kidnapped in Paris. Kidnappers release him April 15 in exchange for $300,000 ransom.

April 13 - The United States launches navigation satellite Transit I-b.

April 13 - The Blue Streak missile is cancelled.

April 16 - Gunman David Pratt attacks South African Prime Minister Henrik Verwoerd in Johannesburg, wounding him seriously.

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April 19 - In the April Revolution, South Korean students hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually leading him to resign.

April 21 - In Brazil, the country's capital (Federal District) is shifted from Rio de Janeiro to BrasÃ*lia. The Guanabara State is founded to succeed Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian Federal District.

April 27 - Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.