Page 4: Historical Events In April - 04

1882  On this day in history mary Howe, composer   

1884  On this day in history isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet   

1887  On this day in history susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)   

1887  Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on April - 04.   

1888  On this day in history tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose   

1889  On April - 04 thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56   

1892  Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86   

1895  On April - 04 arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)   

1896  On April - 04 announcement of Gold in the Yukon   

1896  News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world on this day in history.   

1896  The birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet on this day in history.   

1896  On April - 04 announcement of Gold in Yukon   

1896  On this day in history robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)   

1897  Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) on this day in history.   

1898  On April - 04 appointment of first Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks   

1899  South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) on this day in history.   

1899  On April - 04 the birth of Duke Ellington, American band leader   

1899  On April - 04 william Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)   

1900  On April - 04 assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII   

1900  On this day in history british garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet   

1900  On this day in history edward VII, King, assassinated   

1901  Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show) on April - 04.   

1902  On April - 04 british financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University.   

1902  Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million on this day in history.   

1902  On April - 04 cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million   

1902  Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage) on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 04 earthquake in Kangra India, kills 370,000   

1905  On this day in history in Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19,000 deaths   

1905  On this day in history earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000   

1905  Eugene Bozza, composer on April - 04.   

1905  On this day in history constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73   

1906  On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction)   

1907  Nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963) on April - 04.   

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0186  Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217) was born on April - 04.   

1492  Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564) was born on April - 04.   

1527  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer was born on this day in history.   

1572  On April - 04 birth of william Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)   

1593  On this day in history birth of edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)   

1646  On April - 04 birth of antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)   

1648  Grinling Gibbons, sculptor/woodcarver was born on April - 04.   

1688  On April - 04 birth of joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)   

0397  On April - 04 ambrosius, gov of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies   

0636  Death of Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560) on this day in history.   

0896  Formosus, Pope (891-96), dies on April - 04.   

1229  On this day in history hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies   

1284  On this day in history alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile/Leon (1252-84), dies at 62   

1292  Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies on this day in history.   

1305  Death of Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217) on this day in history.   

1393  Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.