Events in History
Historic Event
Apr 5 British Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns
Historic Event
Apr 8 H. H. Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British Prime Minister
- Apr 12 Fire at the Boston Blacking Company (producer of leather dyes), spreads by high wind, kills 19 and 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 and their children depart Los Angeles in a Packard Thirty, endeavoring to become 1st family to travel across United States by car; arrive in NYC 32 days, 5 hours and 25 minutes later
Birthdays in History
- 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)
Deaths in History
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Apr 22 Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1905-08), dies at 71
- Apr 22 Ellison Capers, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
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