Today in History for April 1904

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 17 of 17

5th - The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
8th - Gr Brit & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
8th - British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law.
13th - Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
13th - Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin
14th - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premiered in London
18th - L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing
19th - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4
19th - Much of Toronto destroyed by fire
20th - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premieres in London
20th - Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis
21st - Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
23rd - American Academy of Arts & Letters forms
25th - NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
26th - Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms
27th - The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
30th - Ice cream cone makes its debut

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 38 of 38

1st - Juan Gil-Albert, poet
3rd - Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp)
3rd - Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank)
3rd - Russel Wright, American industrial designer (d. 1976)
6th - Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
8th - John Antill, composer
8th - John R Hicks, British economist (Nobel 1972)
9th - Lyle Latell, IA, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon)
9th - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (d. 1972)
11th - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist
11th - Paul McGrath, Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love)
12th - Harald James Penrose, pilot
13th - Georges Yves Marie Congar, dominican Theologian cardinal
13th - Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (d. 1987)
14th - John Gielgud, London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
14th - Lionel Birkett, cricketer (WI vice-capt on Australian tour 1930-31)
14th - Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist
14th - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer
15th - Arshile Gorky, Armenian Artist (d. 1948)
16th - Clifford Case, (Sen-R-NJ)
16th - Fifi D'Orsay, Montreal, actress (Life Jimmy Dolan, Girl from Calgary)
16th - Lily Pons, Draguignan France, soprano diva (Hitting a New High)
17th - Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Story of Louis Pasteur)
17th - Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman)
18th - Pigmeat Markham, American comedian (d. 1981)
20th - Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong)
20th - George Stibitz, American scientist (d. 1995)
21st - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
22nd - J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
23rd - Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)
23rd - Leslie French, actor/singer (More than a Miracle)
24th - Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)
26th - Paul E "Cardinal" Leger, archbishop (Montreal)
27th - Arthur F Burns, economist/chairman (Federal Reserve Board)
27th - Cecil Day-Lewis, England, poet laureate/detective (Nicholas Blake)
27th - Ragnar Skrede, Norwegian poet (Lauvfall)
29th - Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate
29th - Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

9th - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
13th - Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War & Peace), dies
16th - Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (b. 1888)
16th - Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer and reformer (b. 1812)
24th - Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77