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* March 31 - [[William Calley]] is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the [[My Lai Massacre]]; three days later, President [[Richard Nixon]] commutes his sentence to house arrest. | * March 31 - [[William Calley]] is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the [[My Lai Massacre]]; three days later, President [[Richard Nixon]] commutes his sentence to house arrest. | ||
* April 1 - The [[Fatherland and Liberty Nationalist Front]] is founded. | * April 1 - The [[Fatherland and Liberty Nationalist Front]] is founded. | ||
* April 22 - [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] takes office as President of Haiti following the death of his father [[François Duvalier]]. | * April 22 - [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] takes office as President of Haiti following the death of his father [[François Duvalier]]. Duvalier is only 19 when he takes office, making him the youngest president in the world at the time. | ||
* April 25 - The first victim of the [[Freeway Phantom]], 13-year old Carol Denise Spinks, is found [[murder]]ed behind St. Elizabeths Hospital on a grassy embankment next to the northbound lanes of I-295, about 1,500 feet south of Suitland Parkway in Washington D.C. | * April 25 - The first victim of the [[Freeway Phantom]], 13-year old Carol Denise Spinks, is found [[murder]]ed behind St. Elizabeths Hospital on a grassy embankment next to the northbound lanes of I-295, about 1,500 feet south of Suitland Parkway in Washington D.C. | ||
* May 3 - [[Erich Honecker]] succeeds [[Walter Ulbricht]] as General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | * May 3 - [[Erich Honecker]] succeeds [[Walter Ulbricht]] as General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | ||