Historical Events
- Apr 6 General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws)
- Apr 6 In Holland, railroad and dock workers go out on strike, but the government passes anti-strike bills, calls out troops, and promptly ends the strike on the 13th April
- Apr 6 The Kishinev pogrom in Bessarabia begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world.
- Apr 20 7th Boston Marathon won by Irishman John Lorden in 2:41:29.8
- Apr 22 American Power Boat Association forms
- Apr 22 NY Highlanders (Yankees) first MLB game; lose 3-1 before 11,950 vs Washington Senators at American League Park
- Apr 23 NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their first game; beat Washington Senators, 7-2 at American League Park
- Apr 27 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A's win 6-0
- Apr 27 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
- Apr 29 Limestone slide at Turtle Mountain drops 30 million cubic metres (82 million tons) on to town of Frank, Alberta, Canada, kills 70-90 residents
- Apr 30 NY Highlanders (Yankees) inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park, Manhattan; beat Washington Senators, 6-2
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (Canadian Member of Parliament), born in Cornwall, Ontario (d. 1987)
- Apr 3 James "Bubber" Miley, American jazz trumpet and cornet player (Duke Ellington, 1923-29 - "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"; "Black And Tan Fantasy"), born in Aiken, South Carolina (d. 1932)
- Apr 3 Peter Huchel [born Helmet Huchel], German poet expelled from the DDR (namesake of the Peter-Huchel-Preis), born in Lichterfelde, near Berlin (d. 1981)
- Apr 5 Thomas Pitfield, British composer, born in Bolton, England (d. 1999)
- Apr 6 Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer and photographer who created high-speed photography techniques, born in Fremont, Nebraska (d. 1990)
Mickey Cochrane (1903-1962)
Apr 6 American Baseball HOF catcher (MLB All-Star 1934, 35; World Series 1929, 30, 35; AL MVP 1928, 34; Philadelphia A's, Detroit Tigers) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1934–38), born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
- Apr 7 Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director (Bel Amis, Operette, Vienna Blood), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
- Apr 9 Gregory Pincus, American biologist and inventor (birth control pill), born in Woodbine, New Jersey (d. 1903)
- Apr 9 Stanislaw Wigura, Polish airplane designer and aviator (co-winner of international 'Challenge 1932'), born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1932)
- Apr 9 Ward Bond, American actor (Wagon Train, It's a Wonderful Life), born in Benkelman, Nebraska (d. 1960)
- Apr 9 Willem Pee, Belgian linguist, born in Bruges, Belgium (d. 1986)
- Apr 10 Clare Boothe Luce, American politician and U.S. ambassador to Italy, born in New York City (d. 1987)
- Apr 12 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- Apr 13 Rex Evans, British actor (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman; Zara; Matchmaker), born in Southport, Sefton, England (d. 1969)
- Apr 15 Erich Arendt, German poet and writer, born in Neuruppin, Germany (d. 1984)
- Apr 15 John Williams, British actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), born in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1983)
- Apr 16 Paul Waner, American Baseball HOF right fielder (NL MVP 1927; NL batting champion 1927, 34, 36; MLB All-Star 1933–35, 37; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Harrah, Oklahoma (d. 1965)
- Apr 17 Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist, born in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1976)
- Apr 17 Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1960)
- Apr 17 Morgan Taylor, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1924; bronze 1928, 32), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 1975)
- Apr 17 Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer (Holy Devil), born in Lubcza, Minsk, Belarus (d. 1978)
- Apr 18 Leonid Kinskey, Russian actor (Casablanca, Duck Soup), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1998)
- Apr 18 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, born in Moscow (d. 1968)
- Apr 19 Eliot Ness, US Federal agent "The Untouchables" (put away Al Capone), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1957)
- Apr 21 Hans Hedtoft, 14th Prime Minister of Denmark (1947-50, 53-55), born in Århus, Denmark (d. 1955)
- Apr 22 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1933)
- Apr 23 Guy Simonds, Canadian army, youngest General officer, born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England (d. 1974)
- Apr 24 Jose A Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (founder of Spanish Falange), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1936)
José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903-1936)
Apr 24 Spanish fascist politician and founder of Falange Española, born in Madrid, Spain
- Apr 24 Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1983)
- Apr 24 Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Austrian-British anthropologist (Black Byzantium), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1956)
- Apr 25 Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (theory of probability), born in Tambov, Russia (d. 1987)
- Apr 25 Camilla Horn, German actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol), born in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (d. 1996)
- Apr 25 Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, born in Stavanger, Norway (d. 1984)
- Apr 26 Niven Busch, American screenwriter (The Postman Always Rings Twice), born in New York City (d. 1991)
- Apr 27 Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- Apr 27 Hans Kosterlitz, German-British biochemist (endorphins), born in Berlin (d. 1996)
- Apr 27 Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (owner New York / San Francisco Giants 1936-76), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1990)
- Apr 29 Frank Parker, American singer (Arthur Godfrey Show; Masquerade Party), born in New York City (d. 1999)
- Apr 30 Günter Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve), born in Berlin (d. 1960)
Famous Weddings
William Randolph Hearst
Apr 28 Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst (40) weds Millicent Veronica Willson (21) in New York City
Famous Deaths
- Apr 4 Margaret Ann Neve, British 1st recorded female Supercentenarian, who lived in three centuries, dies at 110
- Apr 11 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint and mystic, dies of tuberculosis at 25
- Apr 19 Oliver Mowat, Canadian lawyer and politician (Premier of Ontario 1872-96, a founder of the Canadian Confederation), dies at 82 [1]
- Apr 22 Alexander Ramsey, American politician (1st Governor of Minnesota Territory), dies at 87
- Apr 28 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American theoretical physicist and chemist (created statistical mechanics, 1st US doctorate in engineering) dies at 64
- Apr 29 Paul du Chaillu, French-American explorer who the 1st modern explorer to confirm existence of gorillas and pygmies, dies aged between 61-73
- Apr 30 Emily Stowe, Canadian suffragist and first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada, dies at 71
