Historical Events
- Apr 6 1st credit union forms in US
Peary's Arctic Expedition
Apr 6 North Pole almost reached by American explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson. Navigational errors discovered decades later in the travel log likely place the expedition a few miles short.
- Apr 9 The US Congress pass the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States
- Apr 11 Establishment of Tel Aviv by Jewish settlers (named 1910)
- Apr 12 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium), baseball's first steel and concrete stadium, opens; Athletics win 8-1 against Boston Red Sox
- Apr 13 In Constantinople the primarily Albanian First Army Corps seizes the parliament building and telegraphs offices, forcing the Ottoman statesman Hilmi Pasha to resign
- Apr 14 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
Beatification of Joan of Arc
Apr 18 Joan of Arc receives beatification by the Roman Catholic Church at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 (Edwin) "Eddy" Duchin, American jazz pianist and bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1951)
- Apr 1 Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1977)
- Apr 2 Jean Kurt Forest, German composer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1975)
- Apr 5 Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as "Cubby", born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Apr 5 Gerald Bond, South African cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1938, 0 & 0-16), born in Cape Town (d. 1965)
- Apr 6 Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
- Apr 6 William M. Branham, American evangelist (d. 1965)
- Apr 7 Robert Charroux, French writer (d. 1978)
- Apr 7 Robert Raglan, British character actor (Dad's Army - " Colonel Pritchard"), born in Reigate, Surrey, England (d. 1985)
- Apr 8 George Dixon, American jazz trumpeter, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1994)
- Apr 8 John Fante, Italian-American author and screenwriter (Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Ask the Dust, Full of Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1983)
- Apr 8 Olavi Pesonen, Finnish composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1993)
- Apr 8 William James Millar Mackenzie, Scottish political scientist, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Apr 9 Domenico Enrici, Roman Catholic Curia Archbishop, born in Cervasca, Italy (d. 1997)
- Apr 9 Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, Russian composer, born in Tambov, Dzerzhinsky, Russian Empire (d. 1978)
- Apr 9 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), born in Mount Gambier, South Australia (d. 1986)
- Apr 13 Eudora Welty, American novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 2001)
- Apr 13 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist and director (KNMI) (d. 1994)
- Apr 13 Mervyn Hugh Cowie, wildlife conservationist, born in Nairobi (d. 1996)
Stanislaw Ulam (1909-1984)
Apr 13 Polish-American mathematician and nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project, H-bomb), born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
- Apr 16 Bep Bakhuys, Dutch soccer striker (23 caps, 28 goals; Metz), born in Pekalongan, Indonesia (d. 1982)
- Apr 16 Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, born in Denderbelle (d. 1967)
- Apr 17 Alain Poher, French politician and President of the European Parliament (1966-69), born in Ablon-sur-Seine, France (d. 1996)
- Apr 17 Humphrey Sims Moore, British pacifist and journalist (founder of Peace News), born in Samoa (d. 1995)
- Apr 20 Guido Alberti, Italian film actor (Marco the Magnificent), born in Benevento, Italy (d. 1996)
- Apr 21 Rollo May, American psychologist (Love & Will), born in Ada, Ohio (d. 1994)
- Apr 22 Hymie Shertzer, American jazz and session saxophonist (Benny Goodman; NBC's Tonight Show), born in New York City (d. 1977)
- Apr 22 Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (History of the Greeks), born in Fucecchio, Italy (d. 2001)
- Apr 22 Ralph Byrd, American actor (Dick Tracy TV Show, SOS Coast Guard), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1952)
- Apr 22 Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist (Nobel 1986), born in Turin, Italy (d. 2012)
- Apr 23 (Frederick) "Erick" Hawkins, American modern ballet dancer, and choreographer (Martha Graham Dance Company, 1939-51; Erick Hawkins Dance Company, 1951-94), born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 1994)
- Apr 23 Thomas Padmore, British senior civil servant, born in Sheffield, England (d. 1996)
- Apr 24 Bernhard Grzimek, German zoologist (West Germany), born in Neisse, Prussian Silesia, German Empire (d. 1987)
- Apr 24 Irven Spence, American animator, born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 1995)
- Apr 25 Jaroslav Doubrava, Czech composer, born in Chrudim, Czech Republic (d. 1960)
- Apr 26 Dick Howorth, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 19 wickets; Worcestershire CCC), born in Bacup, England (d. 1980)
- Apr 27 Muriel C. Bradbrook, English writer (That Infidel Place), born in Birkenhead, England (d. 1993)
- Apr 29 Daniel Mayer, French journalist and resistance fighter, born in Paris (d. 1996)
- Apr 29 Tom Ewell [Sam Yewell Tompkins], American actor (Tom Ewell Show, The Seven Year Itch), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 1994)
- Apr 30 F. E. McWilliam [Frederick Edward], Northern-Irish surrealist sculptor (Four Seasons Group), born in Banbridge, County Down (d. 1992)
Queen Juliana (1909-2004)
Apr 30 Queen of the Netherlands (1948-80), born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands
Famous Weddings
- Apr 15 Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo
Famous Deaths
- Apr 3 Benjamin Johnson Lang, American conductor and composer, dies at 71
- Apr 9 Charles Conder, artist, dies
- Apr 9 F. Marion Crawford, American author (Mr. Isaacs), dies at 54
- Apr 9 Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress, dies from Bright's disease at 68
- Apr 10 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (Atalanta in Calydon), dies at 72 [1]
- Apr 12 Hermann Kotzschmar, German-American composer, dies at 79
- Apr 13 Whitley Stokes, British lawyer, dies at 79
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