April 1906 in History

Events in History

Apr 14 US President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press, taken from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress

Apr 18 San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 while destroying 75% of the city

Apr 18 The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement
Apr 19 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail
Apr 19 SF Earthquake ends killing 452
Apr 26 Motion pictures begin regular showings at the Orpheum Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii

Apr 3 Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College), born in Berwick-upon-Tweed (d. 2001)
Apr 5 Guy Clutton-Brock, English social worker (declared as national hero in Zimbabwe), born in Northwood, Middlesex (d. 1995)
Apr 6 Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-1966), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)

Apr 9 King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75), born in Riyadh, Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

Apr 9 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician (Leader of the Labour Party), born in Kensington, London (d. 1963)
Apr 9 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter and author (Op Art), born in Pécs, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1997)
Apr 10 Kathleen Major, British historian and principal (St Hilda's College, England), born in Lincolnshire (d. 2001)
Apr 11 Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)

Apr 13 Irish novelist and playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969), born in Foxrock, Ireland

Apr 16 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist (d. 1994)
Apr 16 Marion Lloyd Vince, American fencer (National champion 1928, 31), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
Apr 17 Sidney Garfield, American physician and pioneer of health maintenance organizations (Kaiser Permanente), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1984)
Apr 18 Clara Eggink, Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1991)
Apr 21 Tom Burns, British-Chilean publisher and editor, born in Chile (d. 1995)
Apr 22 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Swedish prince second in line to the Swedish throne, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1947)

Apr 24 American-born Irish Fascist politician and NAZI propagandist, born in Brooklyn, New York

Apr 25 Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), born in Vårdö, Finland (d. 1976)
Apr 25 William J. Brennan, Jr, American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)
Apr 27 Mark Alexander Abrams, English market researcher, born in Edmonton, London (d. 1994)
Apr 27 Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (Leonís), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
Apr 28 Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1983)
Apr 28 Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician (Gödel's incompleteness theorems), born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1978)
Apr 28 Pierre Boileau, French novelist (Vertigo), born in Paris, France (d. 1989)
Apr 28 Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, American mobster (St Valentine's Day) and boss of the Chicago Outfit, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)

Apr 6 Alexander Lange Kielland, Norwegian writer (Gist; Fortuna; St. Hans Fest), and politician (mayor; governor), dies at 57
Apr 8 Auguste Deter, German woman notable for being the 1st person diagnosed with Alzheimer's, dies of sepsis caused by an infected bedsore at 55
Apr 10 Georgi Gapon, Russian-orthodox clergyman, and tsarist infromant agent, dies at 36
Apr 11 Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (The New York Sun - "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus"), dies at 67

Apr 11 American circus ringmaster and showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58

Apr 13 Richard Garnett, English librarian and writer (Keeper of Printed Books British Museum), dies at 71
Apr 18 Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, dies at 59
Apr 19 Pierre Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1903) and husband of Marie Curie, dies in a cart accident at 46
Apr 20 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 (London, England)