Historical Events
- Apr 4 Susanna Madora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor in Argonia, Kansas
Event of Interest
Apr 5 Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Event of Interest
Apr 10 US President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Ilinois
Abraham Lincoln
- Apr 10 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
- Apr 12 Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" premieres in Oslo
- Apr 14 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
- Apr 26 Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity
- Apr 30 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
Famous Birthdays
- Apr 1 Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist
- Apr 4 William Cumming Rose, American biochemist who discovered threonine (an amino acid), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 1985)
- Apr 8 Walter Connolly, American actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1940)
- Apr 10 Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1971)
- Apr 10 Heinz Tiessen, German composer, born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 1971)
- Apr 12 Harold Lockwood, American actor (Tess of the Storm Country), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1918)
- Apr 13 Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association (d. 1995)
- Apr 21 Lillian Walker, entertainer, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Apr 21 Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (d. 1978)
- Apr 24 Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter, born in Kensington, London (d. 1931)
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Apr 22 Business magnate Andrew Carnegie (51) weds Louise Whitfield (30) in NYC, New York
Andrew Carnegie