April 18, 1981: The longest professional baseball game begins.
April 17, 1957: Nick Hornby is born.
April 16, 1912: The first woman flies across the English Channel.
April 15, 1923: Insulin becomes broadly available.
April 14, 1961: Robert Carlyle is born.
April 13, 1870: NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
April 12, 2013: National Drop Everything and Read Day.
April 11, 1849: The safety pin is patented.
April 10, 1866: The ASPCA is founded.
April 9, 1990: Kristen Stewart is born.