- March 14
- Andorra adopts its constitution. [450.98]
- March 15
- Near the coast of northern Chile, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. [53]
- March
- German engineer Rudolf Gutenbrink uses robot camera to explore shafts eminating from northern and southern walls of Queen's Chamber in the Great Pyramid. At the end of the southern shaft, discovers portcullis door with copper handles. [1618.100]
- March 16
- A US patent is granted for what will vecome Post-It Notes. [1516.29]
- Djilalli Lyabès, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered. [1]
- Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered. [1]
- March 17
- 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta, India. [1]
- Laadi Flici, Algerian Member of Parliament, murdered. [1]
- March 18
- Amsterdam stock exchange hits record 12.2 billion gulden. [1]
- March 20
- An Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Warrington Town Centre, England, killing two children, Jonathan Ball (age 3) and Tim Parry. [1] [31]
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- March 21
- Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus a saint. [1]
- March 23
- Belgian government of Dehaene resigns. [1]
- March 24
- Ezer Weizman elected President of Israel. [1]
- March 27
- Jiang Zemin becomes President of the People's Republic of China. [31]
- March 28
- Conservative Gaullists win legislative election in France, and Édouard Balladur becomes prime minister. [1] [31]
- March 29
- Premier Catherine Callbeck of Prince Edward Island becomes the first elected female Premier in Canada. [31]
- March 30
- French government of Balladur forms. [1]
- Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election. [1]
- Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years. [56]
- Israel begins a policy of sealing off the border between Israel and the occupied territories. [46.519]
- April 1
- Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM. [4]
- April 2
- First test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam). [1]
- Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10. [1]
- Philip Morris announces it would slash price of Marlboro cigarettes by 20 percent to better compete with bargain brands. Stock prices of companies of household brands drop dramatically. Many consider all brand names are dead. Marketers call this "Marlboro Friday". [287.12]
- April 5
- Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad. [1]
- April 6
- First test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow). [1]
- The HMS Richmond is launched by the British Royal Navy. [31]
- A nuclear accident occurs at Tomsk 7 in Russia. [31]
- April 10
- Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at age 50. [1] [31]
- April 11
- Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie. [1]
- Mohammed el-Himi, Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered. [1]
- April 14
- Sam Ntombani, African National Congress-Secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death. [1]
- April 18
- In Peru, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. Six people killed, thirty houses were destroyed at Lima. [53]
- April 19
- A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire and shooting that kills 86 people (17 children), including leader David Koresh. [1] [31] [457]
- Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea kills 40. [1]
- April 21
- Brazil votes against a monarchy. [1]
- April 22
- The web browser Mosaic version 1.0 is released. [5] [31]
- April 23
- Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia. [1]
- Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at age 59. [1]
- The WHO declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency. [31]
- April 24
- 1000kg heavy Irish Republican Army car bomb explodes in London, killing 1. [1]
- April 25
- Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader. [1]
- April 26
- Boeing 737 crashes at Aurangabad, kills 56. [1]
- April 27
- Afghan Antonov AN-32 plane crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76. [1]
- April 28
- Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists. [1]
- April 30
- Virgin Radio (then Virgin 1215) launches in the United Kingdom at 12:15 pm. [31]
- The World Wide Web is born at CERN. [31]
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