What Happened in April 1889

Historical Events

Apr 6 George Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first time

Apr 22 A 1.9 million-acre tract of Indian Territory for white colonial settlement in Oklahoma officially starts at 12pm
Apr 30 1st US national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration

Apr 3 Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian violin virtuoso and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1949)
Apr 6 Barry Macollum, Irish actor (The Trouble With Harry), born in Ireland (d. 1971)

Apr 7 Chilean poet (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1945), educator and diplomat, born in Vicuña, Chile

Apr 8 Adrian Boult, British conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50; London Philharmonic, 1950-59), born in Chester, England (d. 1983)
Apr 11 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer ("Tiger Rag"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1961)
Apr 13 Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist, born in Worthington, Indiana (d. 1958)

Apr 14 English historian (A Study of History), born in London

Apr 14 Efim Bogoljubov, Russian-German chess player, born in Stanislavchyk, Tarashcha Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1952)
Apr 14 James Stephenson, British actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew), born in Selby, Yorkshire, England (d. 1941)
Apr 15 A. Philip Randolph, American labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union), born in Crescent City, Florida (d. 1979)
Apr 15 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist (Lonesome Road), born in Neosho, Missouri (d. 1975)

Apr 16 British actor and comedian (City Lights, Gold Rush), born in London, England

Apr 18 Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and aboriginal rights fighter, born in Ranchi, Bihar, Bengal Presidency, British Raj (d. 1970)
Apr 18 John Kilbane, American featherweight boxer and World Featherweight Champion (1912-23), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1957)
Apr 19 Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (Reich Minister of Justice 1942-45), born in Wurzen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (d. 1946)

Apr 20 Austrian-born German dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45), born in Gasthof zum Pommer, Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary

Apr 20 Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist, born in Milas, Turkey (d. 1996)
Apr 21 Efrem Zimbalist Sr, Russian-American violinist, composer, and educator (Curtis Institute, 1928-68), born in Rostov on Don, Russia (d. 1985)
Apr 21 Paul Karrer, Swiss organic chemist (Nobel 1937), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1971)
Apr 22 Ludwig Renn, German writer, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1979)
Apr 22 Richard Glücks, German SS officer and concentration camp administrator, born in Odenkirchen, German Empire (d. 1945)
Apr 23 Charles Warrell, English schoolteacher and creator of the I-Spy books, born in Farmborough, Somerset (d. 1995)
Apr 24 Lyubov Popova, Russian avant-garde artist and painter, born in Ivanovskoe, Moscow (d. 1924)
Apr 24 Stafford Cripps, British Labour politician, born in London (d. 1952)
Apr 25 Charles Kelleway, Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 3 x 100s, 52 wickets, 24 catches), born in Lismore, Australia (d. 1944)

Apr 26 Austrian English philosopher (Philosophical Investigations), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Apr 28 Dictator of Portugal (1932-68) who founded and controlled the Estado Novo (New State), born in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, Portugal

Apr 28 Bryant Washburn, American actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1963)
Apr 28 Karel Doorman, Dutch rear admiral (Java Sea), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1942)
Apr 30 Acario Cotapos, Chilean composer, born in Valdivia, Chile (d. 1969)
Apr 30 Rudolph Simonsen, Danish composer (Olympic Arts bronze, 1928 - Symphony No. 2 (Hellas)), and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1916-47), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1947)

Apr 4 Thomas Theodoor Hendrikus Jorissen, Dutch historian, dies at 56
Apr 6 Frederick Ouseley, British organist, composer (The Martyrdom of St Polycarp), musicologist, and Anglican priest, dies at 63
Apr 8 Harry Jupp, English cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for England in 1877), dies at 47
Apr 9 Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
Apr 13 John Palmer Usher, American Secretary of the Interior under Lincoln during the US Civil War (1863-65), dies at 73
Apr 15 Father Damien [Joseph de Veuster], Belgian priest and missionary who helped lepers in Hawaii, dies of leprosy at 49
Apr 19 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
Apr 23 Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly, French writer and critic, dies at 80
Apr 30 Carl Rosa, German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US), dies at 47