Events in History
Event of Interest
Apr 2 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity"
Election of Interest
Apr 7 Revolutionary leader, Sun Yat-sen is elected President of China at Canton, though China remains divided into north and south and subject to rivalries of warlords
- Apr 11 Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax
- Apr 11 The Emirate of Transjordan created
- Apr 11 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
- Apr 13 Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party.
- Apr 14 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
- Apr 15 Black Friday in Britain: leaders of transport and rail unions announce a decision not to call for strike action in support of the miners; despite widespread feeling decision a breach of solidarity and a betrayal of the miners
- Apr 16 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague, Netherlands
- Apr 18 Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Spring
- Apr 18 Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy" premieres in NYC
- Apr 19 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
- Apr 23 Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
- Apr 24 1st municipal elections for men & women in Belgium
- Apr 24 Under Allies supervision, a plebiscite in the Tyrol favors merging with Germany; unhappy with the outcome, Allies give the area to Italy
- Apr 27 Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam
Catholic Encyclical
Apr 30 Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante"
Birthdays in History
- Apr 4 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South African minister of Administration
- Apr 5 Patricia Ford, Lady Fisher, Irish politician and founder (British Women Caring Trust), born in Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland (d. 1995)
- Apr 6 Franta Belsky, Czecg-British sculptor, born in Brno, Czechia (d. 2000)
- Apr 6 Lord Moore of Wolvercote [Philip Brian Cecil Moore], Private Secretary to the Sovereign (UK)
- Apr 9 Yitzhak Navon, President of Israel (1978-83), born in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (d. 2015)
- Apr 10 Peter Herbert Penwarden, English priest, born in Walthamstow, England (d. 1995)
- Apr 11 Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, British barrister and diplomat, born in Paddington, London, England (d. 2007)
- Apr 12 Alfred Mabbs, British archivist (Public Records Office), born in London (d. 2009)
- Apr 13 Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss industrialist, born in Scheveningen, Netherlands (d. 2002)
- Apr 13 Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet and publisher (Gift of Blood), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1995)
- Apr 14 Rosanell Eaton, American voting rights advocate, born near Louisburg, North Carolina (d. 2018)
- Apr 14 Thomas Schelling, American economist, (Nobel Prize 2005 - game-theory analysis), born in Oakland, California (d. 2016)
- Apr 15 Georgy Beregovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 3), born in Fedorivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1995)
- Apr 19 Glyn England, British electrical engineer and CEO (CEGB, Windcluster Ltd), born in Llantrisant, Cardiff, South Wales (d. 2013)
- Apr 20 Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist, born in Glasgow (d. 1997)
- Apr 25 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet (Pastures of Silence), and playwright, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1986)
- Apr 25 Karel Appel, Dutch painter (Vragende Children), born in Amsterdam (d. 2006)
- Apr 26 Margaret Gowing, English historian (Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy), born in Kensington, London (d. 1998)
- Apr 29 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun), born in Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands
- Apr 30 Roger L. Easton, American scientist and inventor (GPS), born in Craftsbury, Vermont (d. 2014)
Weddings in History
Charles de Gaulle
Apr 7 French army captain, and future president, Charles de Gaulle (30) weds Yvonne Vendroux (20) in the Notre-Dame de Calais church
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