Editing 1970 (section)

===April===
{{Main|April 1970}}
* [[April 4]] – Fragments of burnt human remains believed to be those of [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Eva Braun]], [[Joseph Goebbels]], [[Magda Goebbels]] and the [[Goebbels children]] are crushed and scattered in the [[Biederitz]] river at a [[KGB]] center in [[Magdeburg]], [[East Germany]].
* [[April 8]]
** A huge gas explosion at a [[Subway (rail)|subway]] construction site in [[Osaka]], Japan, kills 79 and injures over 400.
** Israeli Air Force [[F-4 Phantom II]] fighter bombers kill 47 Egyptian school children at an elementary school in what is known as [[Bahr el-Baqar massacre]]. The single-floor school is hit by five bombs and two air-to-ground missiles.
* [[April 10]] – In a press release written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of [[McCartney (album)|his first solo album]], [[Paul McCartney]] announces that he [[Break-up of the Beatles|has left]] [[The Beatles]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Nicholas |last=Schaffner |title=The Beatles Forever |location=New York |publisher=Cameron House |year=1977 |page=135}}</ref>
* [[April 11]]
** An [[avalanche]] at a [[tuberculosis]] [[sanatorium]] in the [[French Alps]] kills 74, mostly young boys.
** [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 13]] ([[Jim Lovell]], [[Fred Haise]], [[Jack Swigert]]) is launched from the United States toward the [[Moon]].
* [[April 13]] – An oxygen tank in the [[Apollo 13]] spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in four days.
* [[April 17]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 13]] [[Splashdown|splashes down]] safely in the Pacific.[[File:Apollo 13 crew postmission onboard USS Iwo Jima.jpg|thumb|[[April 17]]: [[Apollo 13]] crew after [[splashdown]]]]
* [[April 21]] – The [[Principality of Hutt River]] "secedes" from [[Australia]] (it remains unrecognised by Australia and other nations).
* [[April 24]] – China's first satellite (''[[Dong Fang Hong 1]]'') is launched into orbit using a [[Long March (rocket family)|Long March]]-1 Rocket (CZ-1).
* [[April 26]] – The [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) is founded.