Historical Events
Pankhurst Sent to Jail
Apr 3 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is sentenced to 3 years in jail for incitement to place an explosive in a building at Walton
- Apr 4 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith's 2nd straight GN victory and 3rd overall
- Apr 4 Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes
- Apr 8 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Congress, providing for election of senators by popular vote
- Apr 8 China's National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history
- Apr 9 Brooklyn Superbas' (later Dodgers) Ebbets Field opens; visiting Philadelphia Phillies win, 1-0
- Apr 10 During the Montenegrin siege of Scutari, the Montenegrin coastline is blockaded
Sports History
Apr 10 New York Highlanders play first MLB game as the New York Yankees; lose to the Washington Senators, 2-1 at Griffith Stadium, President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball
- Apr 14 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
- Apr 16 Bulgarians and the Turks agree to an armistice that will be accepted by the other nations involved
- Apr 21 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson in 2:25:14.8
- Apr 21 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
- Apr 22 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
Woolworth Building Opens
Apr 24 The Woolworth Building opened in New York City by Frank Winfield Woolworth at a cost of $13.5 million, at 792 feet then the world's tallest building
Sun Yet San Calls for Revolt
Apr 26 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 2 Benny Lynch, Scottish boxer (World flyweight title 1937-38), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1946)
- Apr 3 George Barati, American cellist, composer, and conductor (Honolulu Symphony, 1950-67), born in Győr, Hungary (d. 1996)
- Apr 3 Per Borten, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (1965-71), born in Flå, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway (d. 2005)
- Apr 4 Dave Brown, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests, 19 games NSW; Eastern Suburbs, Warrington; RL "Immortal") and coach (Eastern Suburbs), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1974)
- Apr 4 Frances Langford, American singer (I'm In The Mood For Love), entertainer (Armed Forces Hour; USO tours), actress (All-American Co-Ed; Born To Dance), and philanthropist, born in Hernando, Florida (d. 2005)
- Apr 4 Jerome Weidman, American writer (Tenderloin), born in New York City (d. 1998)
- Apr 4 Jules Léger, Canadian diplomat and Governor General of Canada, born in Saint-Anicet, Quebec (d. 1980)
Muddy Waters (1913-1983)
Apr 4 American blues guitarist ("Hoochie Coochie Man"), born in Jug's Corner (Issaquena County) or Rolling Fork, Mississippi
- Apr 4 Rosemary Lane, American actress (An Angel from Texas, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody), born in Indianola, Iowa (d. 1974)
- Apr 5 Father Alan Cheales, British Dominican priest (served 33 years at St Dominic's priory, London), born in Rhodesia, South Africa (now Zimbabwe) (d. 1996)
- Apr 7 Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007)
- Apr 8 Hubertus Ernst, Dutch Roman Catholic bishop of Breda, born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 2017)
- Apr 10 Stefan Heym, German-American author (Crusaders, Family Benda), born in Chemnitz, German Empire (d. 2001)
- Apr 10 Steven Nagy, American bowler (first televised perfect game [300], 1954; ABC Hall of Fame 1963), born in Shoaf, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
- Apr 11 John Lee Granderson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, born in Ellendale, Tennessee (d. 1979)
- Apr 11 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006)
- Apr 12 Gabor Jodal, Romanian composer, born in Székelyudvarhely (d. 1989)
- Apr 12 Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-born American martial artist, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2013)
- Apr 13 Bernard Chacksfield, British Air Vice-Marshal, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1999)
- Apr 13 Dave Albritton, American high jumper (Olympic silver 1936), born in Danville, Alabama (d. 1994)
- Apr 14 Jean Fournet, French conductor (Rotterdam Philharmonic, 1968-73; Orchestre National de l’Île, 1973-82; Tokyo Metropolitan, 1983-86), born in Rouen, France (d. 2008)
- Apr 14 John Howard, American actor (The Philadelphia Story, My Three Sons), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1995)
- Apr 16 Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway, British industrialist and CEO (John Brown & Co) (d. 2003)
- Apr 16 Constance Shacklock, English opera singer, born in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (d. 1999)
- Apr 16 Lester "Les" Tremayne, British radio, film and television actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds), born in London, England (d. 2003)
- Apr 17 Paul Langton, American actor (Till the Clouds Roll By, Peyton Place), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1980)
- Apr 17 Richard Travis, American actor (Missile to the Moon), born in Carlsbad, New Mexico (d. 1989)
- Apr 18 Albert "Al" Hodge, American actor on radio (Green Hornet), and early television (Captain Video), born in Ravenna, Ohio (d. 1979)
- Apr 18 Kent Kennan, American composer, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2003)
- Apr 18 Miloš Sokola, Czech violinist and composer, born in Bučovice, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)
- Apr 18 Susan Bosence, British textile designer and blockprinter, born in Luton, Bedfordshire (d. 1996)
- Apr 19 Ken Carpenter, American athlete (Olympic gold discus 1936), born in Compton, California (d. 1984)
- Apr 20 Dick Wessel, American actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1965)
- Apr 21 Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American bio-chemist (isolated growth hormones), born in Guangzhou, China (d. 1987)
- Apr 21 Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician (President of Bundestag 1969-72), born in Gare, German East Africa (d. 1997)
- Apr 21 Norman Parkinson, English fashion photographer (Harper's Bazaar), born in London (d. 1990)
- Apr 23 Jan Meyerowitz, German-American composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1998)
- Apr 24 Violet Archer [Balestreri], Canadian percussionist, composer, teacher, and organist, born in Montréal, Quebec (d. 2000)
- Apr 25 Earl Bostic, American jazz alto saxophonist (Flamingo, Temptation), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1965)
- Apr 25 Russ Conway, Canadian-American character actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye), born in Brandon, Manitoba (d. 2009)
- Apr 27 Philip Abelson, American physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate, born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2004)
- Apr 29 Jack Bently, English big band trombonist (Ted Heath), and journalist (Sunday Mirror), born in Manchester, England (d. 1994)
- Apr 29 Thomas Chalmers, British broadcaster (BBC), born in Lewisham, London (d. 1995)
- Apr 30 Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of British Independent Television Authority (d. 1996)
- Apr 30 Edith Fowke, Canadian folklorist, born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 1996)
Famous Weddings
Chester Nimitz
Apr 9 US Admiral Chester Nimitz (28) weds Catherine Freeman (21) in Wollaston, Massachusetts
Upton Sinclair
Apr 12 Author Upton Sinclair (34) weds writer Mary Craig (31)
