April 1919 in History

Events in History

Apr 3 Austria expels all Habsburgers

Event of Interest

Apr 5 Eamon de Valera becomes President of Dail Eireann

Revolutionary and President of Ireland Éamon de Valera

Apr 5 Polish Army executes 35 young Jews
Apr 6 Bavaria proclaims itself a soviet republic

Event of Interest

Apr 6 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a General Strike

Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi

Apr 7 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks
Apr 10 Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos
Apr 11 The International Labour Organization is founded.
Apr 12 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
Apr 13 British troops open fire on demonstrators in Amritsar, India, killing 350
Apr 13 Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Apr 19 French assembly decides on 8 hour work day
Apr 19 Leslie Irvin of US makes first premeditated free-fall parachute jump
Apr 20 King Nicholas of Montenegro abdicates under duress
Apr 20 Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from Soviet Army
Apr 28 1st jump with US Army Air Corps (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)

Birthdays in History

Apr 1 Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate, (d. 2012)
Apr 2 Antoon Hubben, Dutch Mayor of Maasbree and trade union leader, born in Nieuwenhagen, Netherlands (d. 1992)
Apr 3 Duke of Grafton, 11th Duke of Grafton, born in Cape Town (d. 2011)
Apr 5 Douglas Henley, British auditor-general, born in Beckenham, Kent (d. 2003)
Apr 5 Les Munro, New Zealand WWII pilot (Dambusters), born in Gisbourne (d. 2015)
Apr 8 Ian Smith, Rhodesian farmer, fighter pilot, and politician (Prime Minister of Rhodesia, 1964-79), born in Selukwe, Rhodesia (d. 2007)
Apr 9 J. Presper Eckert, Jr., American engineer and co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
Apr 11 Hugh Carey, American politician and attorney (Gov-D-NY), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
Apr 11 Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony's College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset, England (d. 2015)
Apr 12 Maurice Girodias, French publisher and founder (Olympia Press), born in Paris (d. 1990)
Apr 13 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist who opposed prayer in school and was murdered in 1995, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
Apr 13 Roland Gaucher, French journalist, born in Paris (d. 2007)
Apr 15 Clive Beadon, British RAF Wing Commander and pilot (WWII), born in Conoor near Poona, India (d. 1996)
Apr 15 Meriol Trevor, English novelist and biographer (Civil Prisoners), born in London (d. 2000)
Apr 16 Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), born in Centralia, Washington (d. 2009)
Apr 16 Tom Willmore, English geometer, born in Gillingham, England (d. 2005)
Apr 17 Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984-90), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
Apr 17 Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Cuban communist politician and 14th President of Cuba (1959-76), born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 1983)
Apr 20 Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (The Last Enemy), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1943)
Apr 21 Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
Apr 22 Donald J. Cram, American biochemist (development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity - Nobel 1987), born in Chester, Vermont (d. 2001)
Apr 23 Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet military intelligence (GRU), born in Vladikavkaz, Russia (d. 1963)
Apr 27 Walter Ritchie, British sculptor (Man's Struggle), born in Coventry, England (d. 1997)
Apr 30 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer (De Bungalow), born in Sleidinge, Belgium (d. 1982)

Deaths in History

Apr 4 William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium), dies at 86

Frank Winfield Woolworth (1852-1919)

Apr 8 American businessman, retail pioneer (Five-and-Dimes; self-service display cases) and founder of F. W. Woolworth Co, dies at 66 [1]

Apr 8 Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (introduced idea of molecular surface tension), dies at 70 (b. 1848)
Apr 10 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
Apr 13 Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist & suffragist, dies at 76
Apr 15 Jane Delano, American nurse & educator (Red Cross Nursing Service during WWI), dies at 57