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April 4
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In 1920, the University of Oxford admitted women to degrees for the first time during the Michaelmas term. The conferrals took place at the Sheldonian Theatre on 14 October, 26 October, 29 October, 30 October and 13 November. That same year, on 7 October, women also became eligible for admission as full members of the university. Before 1920, it is estimated that around 4,000 women studied at Oxford since the opening of the university's first women's colleges in 1879. One graduate was Annie Rogers, who took undergraduate exams in 1875 and 1877 and was finally given a degree in 1920, when she was 64 years old. The last survivor of the first conferral ceremony was Constance Savery, who died at the age of 101 in 1999. (Full list...)
April 7
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa, east of Angola. The seat of the assembly is at the capital of the country, Lusaka, and it is presided over by a Speaker and two deputy Speakers. The National Assembly has existed since 1964, before which it was known as the Legislative Council. Since 2016, the assembly has had 167 members. Of those, 156 are elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, a further eight are appointed by the President, and three others are ex officio members. The constitution mandates that the constituencies are delimited after every census by the Electoral Commission of Zambia. (Full list...)
April 11
The American television series The Last of Us has won 58 awards from 147 nominations. Created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO and based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog, it follows the characters Joel and Ellie. Pedro Pascal (pictured) and Bella Ramsey have received the most acting nominations for the series. It has been nominated for twenty-four Primetime Emmy Awards, with a leading eight wins at the 75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards; Ramsey's was the second non-binary acting nomination and the first for a leading role, Pascal was the second Latino nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and the first since 1999, and Keivonn Montreal Woodard was the second-youngest Emmy nominee, the youngest ever for Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and the first nominated black deaf and second deaf actor. From major guilds, the series has won two awards at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and one at the Directors Guild of America Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards, and received two nominations at the Producers Guild of America Awards. (Full list...)
April 14
The Sakurai Prize is awarded by the American Physical Society. It is presented annually at the Society's April meeting and honors "outstanding achievement in particle theory". The award was established in November 1984 with an endowment fund provided by the family and friends of physicist Jun John Sakurai, who had died in October 1982 during a visit to CERN. The prize consists of a US$10,000 cash award, an allowance for the recipient to travel to the ceremony, and a certificate citing their contributions. The Sakurai Prize is administered by the Society's Division of Particles and Fields, and winners are chosen by a selection committee. The prize may be shared by multiple people. The inaugural recipients, Toshihide Maskawa (pictured) and Makoto Kobayashi, were awarded the prize in 1985 for their work on the electroweak interaction. The first woman to receive the Sakurai Prize was Mary K. Gaillard in 1993. (Full list...)
April 18
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April 21
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April 25
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April 28
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