April 1908 in History

Events in History

Apr 5 British Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns

Apr 12 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea, Massachusetts
Apr 16 Natural Bridges National Monument forms (Lake Powell, Utah)
Apr 21 American polar explorer Frederick Cook claims to have been the 1st person reach North Pole on this date (disputed)
Apr 23 Denmark, Germany, Britain, France, Netherlands & Sweden sign North Sea accord
Apr 24 Mr & Mrs Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across US by car, they leave LA in a Packard & arrive in NYC in 32d-5h-25m

Apr 1 Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
Apr 4 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (Cheaper by the Dozen), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
Apr 5 Jagjivan Ram, Indian independence activist and politician, born in Chandwa, Bhojpur, Bihar, British India (d. 1986)
Apr 7 Le Duan, Vietnamese politician
Apr 8 Neil Lawson, British high court judge
Apr 10 Aidan Crawley, British journalist and politician (Labour MP 1945-51), born in Benenden, Kent (d. 1993)
Apr 11 Masaru Ibuka, Japanese electronics industrialist (Sony Corp), born in Nikkō City, Japan (d. 1997)
Apr 11 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge, born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 2007)
Apr 12 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, President of Colombia (1966-70), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1994)
Apr 12 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American General and Air Force pilot, born in Waynesboro, Georgia (d. 2006)
Apr 20 Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers, Dutch Roman Catholic bishop of Hertogenbosch, born in Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands (d. 1966)
Apr 29 Jack Williamson, American sci-fi author (Cometeers), born in Brisbee, Arizona Territory (d. 2006)
Apr 30 Bjarni Benediktsson, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (1963-70), born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 1970)

Apr 22 Ellison Capers, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70