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• Richard Wilbur appointed as American poet laureate
• USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

• Carlton "Carly" Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (The Upsetters; Bob Marley & Wailers), murdered at 36
• Cecil Harmsworth King, Irish-British owner of Mirror Group Newspapers, dies at 86
• Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher and Christian apologist, dies at 91
• Dick Shawn [Richard Schulefand], American character actor and comedian (The Producers - "L.S.D."; Maid to Order), suffers a fatal heart attack on stage in San Diego on stage at 57
• Willie Donnell Smith, American fashion designer (WilliWear), dies of pneumonia at 39

Holidays: Good Friday (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) -Aretha Franklin &George Michael
• #1 Song: Let It Be -Ferry Aid