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01/04/1889
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Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum, actor/director (Abandoned Child)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1890
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Alfred G Jodl, German Wehrmacht general/chief of staff
Type: Birth
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01/04/1890
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Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, MP (communist)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1891
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Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies
Type: Death
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01/04/1893
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Manuel Palau Boix, composer
Type: Birth
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01/04/1893
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US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
Type: Event
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01/04/1894
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Wesley La Violette, composer
Type: Birth
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01/04/1894
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France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia
Type: Event
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01/04/1895
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Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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01/04/1896
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Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1896
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Andr‚ Aim‚ Ren‚ Masson, French Surrealist artist (Labyrinth)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1896
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Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
Type: Event
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01/04/1896
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AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
Type: Event
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01/04/1898
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Roger Vuataz, composer
Type: Birth
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01/04/1898
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Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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01/04/1898
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1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears
Type: Event
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01/04/1902
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Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick v England at the MCG
Type: Event
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01/04/1903
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Ram¢n Ernesto Cruz Ucl‚s, Honduras president (1971-72); overthrown
Type: Birth
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01/04/1903
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Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49
Type: Death
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01/04/1903
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W H M "Dicky" Richards, cricketer (score 4 and 0 in Test for S Af), dies
Type: Death
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01/04/1903
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Joris Diels, Flemish actor/director (Haagsche Comedy)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1904
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
Type: Event
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01/04/1904
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Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US
Type: Event
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01/04/1905
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Sterling Holloway, Cedartown Ga, actor (Waldo-Life of Riley)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1906
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South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
Type: Event
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01/04/1907
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George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London
Type: Event
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01/04/1908
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Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian
Type: Birth
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01/04/1908
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Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/04/1908
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Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal, Austrian nude model/Hitler's lover
Type: Birth
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01/04/1910
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L‚on Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
Type: Death
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01/04/1912
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Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr
Type: Event
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01/04/1913
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Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79
Type: Death
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01/04/1913
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Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of West-Samoa (1962- )
Type: Birth
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01/04/1914
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Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1914
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Jane Wyman, St Joseph Mo, 1st Mrs Ron Reagan, (Magnificent Obsession)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1914
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Redjƒizade M Ekrem, Turkish poet/writer, dies at about 66
Type: Death
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01/04/1914
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Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
Type: Death
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01/04/1915
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1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho
Type: Event
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01/04/1915
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Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops
Type: Event
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01/04/1916
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Robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1916
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Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter
Type: Birth
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01/04/1917
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Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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01/04/1919
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Al "Jazbo" Collins, NYC, DJ (Tonight! America After Dark)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1919
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Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, underwriter (Lloyd's of London)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1920
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Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
Type: Event
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01/04/1920
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1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
Type: Event
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01/04/1920
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William Egan Colby, CIA director (Nixon)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1920
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Benito P‚rez Gald¢s, Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at 76
Type: Death
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01/04/1920
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Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish writer (Fortunata y Jacinta)
Type: Birth
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01/04/1921
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Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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