Historical Events
- Apr 1 Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Jack Darragh scores a hat-trick as Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA), 6-1 for a 3-2 series win
- Apr 1 The (Anglican) Church in Wales disestablished
- Apr 4 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
- Apr 6 To force German evacuation of the Ruhr area, the French occupy Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Hanau
- Apr 13 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
- Apr 15 New Canadian small cent coin is released
- Apr 15 Sacco & Vanzetti Trial: paymaster shot and killed along with his guard
- Apr 19 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31
- Apr 20 Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
- Apr 20 Phillies manager Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats NY Giants 3-0
- Apr 20 Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi
- Apr 21 John Galsworthy's "Skin Game" premieres in London
Grand National Assembly
Apr 23 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets in Ankara, under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution
- Apr 24 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)
- Apr 24 Fritz Kreisler, Victor Jacobi, and William LeBaron's operetta "Apple Blossoms" closes at the Globe Theatre, NYC;, after 256 performances
- Apr 24 Polish troops attack Ukraine
- Apr 25 Magda Julin of Sweden beats teammate Svea Norén for the gold medal in women's singles figure skating at the Antwerp Olympics
San Remo Conference
Apr 25 San Remo conference establishes three League of Nations mandates: a French mandate for Syria, and British mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine with effect to the terms of the Balfour Declaration
- Apr 26 Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold the "Great Debate" on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
- Apr 26 Husband and wife team Ludowika & Walter Jakobsson representing Finland, win the pairs skating gold medal at the Antwerp Olympics; Ludowika is the only German-born athlete at the Games
- Apr 26 Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring 7 goals in Canada's 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match
- Apr 27 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
- Apr 27 Sweden takes the figure skating double at the Antwerp Olympics when Gillis Grafström wins his first of 3 consecutive men's gold medals; Magda Julin earlier wins the women's singles event
- Apr 28 Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
- Apr 29 Duke Kahanamoku wins his 2nd gold medal of the day in the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team with Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha and Norman Ross in world record 10:04.4
- Apr 30 The British Government ends military conscription
Famous Birthdays
Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997)
Apr 1 Japanese writer and actor (Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Shogun), born in Tsingtao, China
- Apr 2 Jack Webb, American screenwriter, director and actor (Dragnet, Sunset Boulevard), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1982)
- Apr 3 John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi and convicted war criminal (under appeal at death), born in Berdychiv uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic (d. 2012)
- Apr 3 Stan Freeman, American composer (Melody Tour), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2001)
- Apr 4 Éric Rohmer [Maurice Schérer], French director, journalist and teacher (My Night at Maud's, Claire's Knee, Le rayon vert), born in Tulle, Corrèze, France (d. 2010)
- Apr 5 Arthur Hailey, English novelist (Hotel, Airport), born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England (d. 2004)
- Apr 5 Barend Biesheuvel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1971-73), born in Haarlemmerliede, Netherlands (d. 2001)
- Apr 5 Rafiq Zakaria, Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric, born in Nala Sopara, British India (d. 2005)
- Apr 5 Robert Q. Lewis, American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), born in New York City (d. 1991)
- Apr 6 Bernard Carter, British painter and curator (National Maritime Museum) (d. 2006)
- Apr 7 Allan Cuthbertson, Australian-British stage and screen actor (Man and Superman; Captain Nemo and the Underwater City; The WInds of War), born in Perth, Australia (d. 1988)
- Apr 7 Gino Marinuzzi, Jr., Italian-American conductor, symphonic and film score composer (Le Carrosse d’or), and electronic music pioneer (Fonosynth), born in New York City (d. 1996)
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)
Apr 7 Bengali Brahmin sitar master and Indian classical music composer (West Meets East; Concert for Bangladesh), born in Benares, British, India
- Apr 7 Terence Armstrong, British polar geographer (d. 1996)
- Apr 8 Carmen McRae, American jazz singer and pianist ("Dream of Life"), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- Apr 8 Erik Pausin, Austrian figure skater (Olympic silver pairs 1936; World C'ship silver x 5 [with sister Ilse Pausin]), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
- Apr 9 Alexander Moulton, English engineer and bicycle designer (folding bicycle), born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England (d. 2012)
- Apr 9 Art Van Damme, American jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz), born in Norway, Michigan (d. 2010)
- Apr 9 F. Don Miller, American sports executive (executive director USOC 1973-85; President US Olympic Foundation 1985-96), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
- Apr 9 William Raynor, American screenwriter (Gomer Pyle; Get Smart; McDuff, The Talking Dog; Dukes of Hazzard), born in Queens, New York (d. 1994)
- Apr 11 Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72), born in Potenza, Basilicata (d. 2013)
- Apr 11 Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (The Wall), born in Frauenstein, Austria (d. 1970)
- Apr 12 Robert Fizdale, American pianist (Misia), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Apr 13 Claude Cheysson, French politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs), born in Paris (d. 2012)
- Apr 13 John LaPorta, American jazz clarinetist and composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
- Apr 13 Ken Nordine, American voice-over and recording artist (World Jazz), born in Cherokee, Iowa (d. 2019)
- Apr 13 Liam Cosgrave, Irish politician (Fine Gael Party), born in Castleknock, Dublin (d. 2017)
- Apr 13 Roberto Calvi, Italian banker and director (Banco Ambrosiano), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1982)
- Apr 14 Eduardo Maturana, Chilean composer, born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 2003)
- Apr 15 Richard von Weizsacker, German politician and 1st president of reunited Germany (1990-94), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 2015)
- Apr 15 Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (The Myth of Mental Illness, The Manufacture of Madness), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2012)
- Apr 16 John William Farr, American bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Detroit, Michigan (likely deceased)
- Apr 16 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
- Apr 17 Bengt Anderberg, Swedish poet and writer (Kain), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2008)
- Apr 17 Genevieve [Ginette Auger], French actress and singer (The Jack Paar Show), born in Paris, France (d. 2004)
- Apr 17 Joan Warburton, Scottish painter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Apr 18 Walter Clegg, British politician (C), born in Bury, Lancashire (d. 1994)
- Apr 19 Frank Fontaine, American comedian (Crazy Guggenheim), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
- Apr 20 John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975-2010), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2019)
- Apr 20 Ronald Speirs, American Army officer (CO of Easy Company), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2007)
- Apr 21 Bruno Maderna, Italian conductor, and avant garde composer (Quadrivium; Satyricon), born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1973)
- Apr 21 Christopher Dark [Alfred Francis DeLeo], American character actor, (World Without End; The Time Tunnel), born in New York City (d. 1971)
- Apr 21 Edmund Adamkiewicz, German soccer forward (2 caps; Hamburger SV, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1991)
- Apr 22 Hal March [Harold Mendelson], American comedian, actor and TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
- Apr 22 Jos de Haes, Flemish philological and poet (Misery of the Word), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1974)
- Apr 23 Louis Barron, American composer (electronic music), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1989)
- Apr 25 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), born in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France (d. 1994)
- Apr 26 Padú del Caribe [Juan Chabaya Lampe], Aruban pianist and composer, known as the "Father of the Caribbean" ("Aruba Dushi Tera" - Aruba's national anthem), born in Oranjestad, Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 2019)
- Apr 26 Russell Nype, American singer and actor (The Stuff, Call Me Madam, Dorothy), born in Zion, Illinois (d. 2018)
- Apr 27 Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet (At Eighty), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2010)
- Apr 27 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor, born in Novara, Italy (d. 1956)
- Apr 27 Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (nonlinear functional analysis), born in Starokostiantyniv, Ukraine (d. 1997)
- Apr 28 Nan Merriman, American-Dutch singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
- Apr 29 Edward Blishen, English author (The God Beneath the Sea), born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1996)
- Apr 29 Harold Shapero, American composer (9 Minute Opera), born in Lynn, Massachusetts (d. 2013)
- Apr 30 Duncan Hamilton, Irish racing driver, born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1994)
- Apr 30 Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist and composer, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- Apr 30 Tom Moore, English Captain knighted for raising £32 million for the NHS, born in Keighley, England (d. 2021)
Famous Weddings
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Apr 3 Novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (23) weds novelist Zelda Sayre (19) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
Erwin Schrödinger
Apr 6 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger (32) weds Annemarie Bertel
Jimmie Rodgers
Apr 7 American country singer Jimmie Rodgers (22) weds Carrie Williamson
Harold Macmillan
Apr 21 Future UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (26) weds daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish (19) at St. Margaret's, Westminster
Famous Deaths
- Apr 3 Homer Newton Bartlett, American pianist, organist and composer, dies at 74
- Apr 7 Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
- Apr 8 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (White Peacock), dies of influenza at 35
- Apr 10 Moritz B. Cantor, German historian of mathematics, dies at 90
- Apr 10 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
- Apr 16 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, dies at 80
- Apr 21 Maria Stanford, American pioneering educator and professor, dies at 83
- Apr 26 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (number theory), dies of illness at 32
- Apr 29 William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)
