Historical Events
- Apr 3 Harry James Smith's "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh" premieres in NYC
- Apr 4 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
- Apr 5 MCC tour match v Jamaica finishes in a tie
- Apr 5 Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
- Apr 12 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
- Apr 13 Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames in Manhattan, New York City
- Apr 13 The US House of Representatives votes to institute direct elections of senators to Congress, a step towards direct democracy
- Apr 15 Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St NYC
Johnson's Strike Out Record
Apr 15 Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning
15th Boston Marathon
Apr 17 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:21:39.6; first of 7 race victories
Fanny's First Play
Apr 19 George Bernard Shaw's play "Fanny's First Play" premieres in London
- Apr 27 Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore (for the time being) of the United States Senate
Passive Resistance Suspended
Apr 27 Indian passive resistance in South Africa is suspended when General Jan Smuts enters into negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi
- Apr 30 Portugal approves female suffrage
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Günther Rennert, German film and opera director and administrator, born in Essen, Germany (d. 1978)
- Apr 1 Joe Fortenberry, American basketball forward (captain Olympic gold 1936), born in Leo, Texas (d. 1993)
- Apr 2 Charles "Honi" Coles, American actor and tap dancer (Tito Suarez-Dirty Dancing), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
- Apr 3 Michael Woodruff, English surgeon and scientist (organ transplantation), born in Mill Hill, London (d. 2001)
- Apr 3 Stanislawa Walasiewicz [Stella Walsh], Polish-American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1932), born in Wierzchownia, Poland (d. 1980)
- Apr 3 W. R. Lee, English language teacher and internationalist, born in Hillingdon, Middlesex (d. 1996)
- Apr 3 Watkins Shaw, British musicologist, born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England (d. 1996)
- Apr 5 Goddard Lieberson, English composer and record label executive (President of Columbia Records, 1957-71 & 73-75), born in Hanley, Staffordshire, England (d. 1977)
- Apr 5 Gordon Jones, American character actor (The Green Hornet, Flying Tigers, Abbott & Costello), born in Alden, Iowa (d. 1963)
- Apr 5 Johnny Revolta, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1935; 18 PGA Tour titles), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1991)
- Apr 6 Phyllis Tate, English composer, born in Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1987)
- Apr 7 Kenneth Oakley, English Anthropologist, paleontologist and geologist whose method for the relative dating of fossils using fluorine content was instrumental in exposing the Piltdown Man hoax, born in Amersham, England (d. 1981)
- Apr 8 Douglas Hyde, England political journalist, born in Worthing, England (d. 1996)
- Apr 8 Emil Mihai Cioran, Romanian born writer and aphorist, born in Resinár, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1995)
Melvin Calvin (1911-1997)
Apr 8 American biochemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1961 - for discovery of chemical pathways of photosynthesis), born in St. Paul, Minnesota [1]
- Apr 9 Richard Arthur de Yarburgh-Bateson, 6th Lord Deramore, British architect, born in London (d. 2006)
- Apr 10 Martin Denny, American musician (Exotica), born in New York City (d. 2005)
- Apr 10 Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-73), born in Paris (d. 1998)
- Apr 12 Darrell A. Amyx, American classical archaeologist (Greek Ceramics), born in Exeter, California (d. 1997)
- Apr 12 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (d. 1982)
- Apr 12 Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1976)
- Apr 13 Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer, born in Zagreb, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
- Apr 13 Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist, born in Nouvelle, Quebec, Canada (d. 1994)
- Apr 13 Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor (La Fenice) and composer, born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1983)
- Apr 15 Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect (Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1990)
- Apr 16 Alton Purnell, American Dixieland jazz pianist, and singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1987)
- Apr 16 Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (The Three Stooges, The Rangers' Round-Up), born in Nogales, Arizona (d. 1984)
- Apr 16 Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy, born in Devonport, England (d. 1963)
- Apr 16 William T. Stearn, British botanist, born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (d. 2001)
- Apr 17 Hervé Bazin, French writer (Head Against the Wall), born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France (d. 1996)
Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)
Apr 17 Russian World Chess Champion (1948-63), born in Repino, Russia
- Apr 18 Francis Johnson, British architect (country homes, churches, historic restorations), born in Bridlington, England (d. 1995)
- Apr 18 George Huntington Hartford II, American heir (A&P), born in New York City (d. 2008)
- Apr 19 Francesco Maria Saraceni, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1961)
- Apr 20 Kukrit Pramoj, Thai politician (13th Prime Minister of Thailand) and scholar, born in In Buri, Singburi, Siam (d. 1995)
- Apr 21 Ivan Combe, American inventor of personal care products (Clearasil), born in Fremont, Iowa (d. 2000)
- Apr 21 Leonard Warren [Warenoff], American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1939-60) who died on stage, born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 1960)
- Apr 22 Max Dupain, Australian photographer ("Sunbaker"), born in Ashfield, Australia (d. 1992)
- Apr 23 Ronald Neame, British director (1st Monday in October; The Poseidon Adventure), born in London, England (d. 2010)
- Apr 23 Simone Simon, French actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love), born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 2005)
- Apr 24 Jack E. Leonard, American comedian (Disorderly Orderly), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
- Apr 24 Karl Schiller, German economist and politician (Minister of Economics), born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 1994)
- Apr 24 Robert Joseph Kane, President of US Olympic Committee (1977-80), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1992)
- Apr 26 Marianne Hoppe, German theater and film actress (Der Schimmelreiter), born in Rostock, Germany (d. 2002)
- Apr 27 Colin Gordon, British actor (The Pink Panther, Casino Royale), born in Ceylon (d. 1972)
- Apr 27 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), born in Paris (d. 1990)
- Apr 28 Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (The Phantom), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1999)
- Apr 30 Hans Studer, Swiss composer, born in Murii (d. 1984)
- Apr 30 Luise Rinser, German writer (Prison Journal), born in Pitzling, Bavaria (d. 2002)
Famous Weddings
Famous Deaths
- Apr 10 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian composer (Miške (In the Forest); Jūra (The Sea)), art nouveau painter, and writer, dies died of pneumonia at 35
- Apr 13 George Washington Glick, American politician, dies at 83
- Apr 13 John McLane, American politician, dies at 59
- Apr 14 Addie Joss, American Baseball HOF pitcher (perfect game 1908; 2 x no-hitters 1908, 10; 1.89 career ERA second-lowest in MLB history; career WHIP 0.968 MLB record; Cleveland Bronchos), dies of TB at 31
- Apr 14 Henri Elzéar Taschereau, French Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836)
- Apr 15 Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains), dies at 51
- Apr 25 Emilio Salgari, Italian novelist (b. 1862)
