March 14 - Suffering from bleeding ulcers, Eric Clapton is admitted to United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. Clapton's 60 city tour of the US is canceled.
April 7 - Former Who manager Kit Lambert[?] dies after falling down a flight of stairs in his mother's home in London. Lambert managed the band between 1964 and 1967.
April 17 - Eric Clapton is released from St. Paul's Hospital in Minnesota following a month-long treatment for bleeding ulcers.
April 18 - Yes announces that they're breaking up. (They would however reunite frequently in years to come).
April 20 - The Mamas and the Papas' John Phillips is sentenced to five years in jail after after pleading guilty to drug possesion charges. Phillips' sentence would be suspended after thirty days in exchange for 250 hours of community service
... After years of internal problems, the SPA suffered a three-way split in 1973. The SPA was renamed the Social Democrats USA by the right-wing leadership ...