Today in History for April 1913

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 16 of 16

3rd - British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
4th - The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
8th - 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
8th - Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
9th - Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
10th - Pres Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
10th - Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
14th - Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
19th - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minn in 2:25:14.8
21st - German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
21st - Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
22nd - Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
24th - The skyscraper Woolworth Building in New York City is opened.
26th - Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
26th - Sun Yet San calls for revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China
29th - Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 42 of 42

3rd - F H Tate, vice-CEO (Tate & Lyle)
3rd - George Barati, composer
3rd - Per Borten, Premier of Norway (d. 2005)
4th - Frances Langford, Lakeland Fla, singer (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time)
4th - Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin)
4th - Rosemary Lane, Indianola IA, actress (4 Mothers, Harvest Melody)
4th - Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], American blues guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
4th - Jules Léger, Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980)
5th - Alan Cheales, dominican priest
7th - Charles Vanik, American politician (d. 2007)
8th - H Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth)
10th - Stefan Heym, German/US author (Crusaders, Family Benda)
11th - Oleg Cassini, Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
12th - Gabor Jodal, composer
12th - Keiko Fukuda, Tokyo, Japan, martial artist, (d. 2013)
13th - Bernard Chacksfield, Air Vice-Marshal
13th - David Donald Albritton, Danville Al, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1936)
14th - Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica)
14th - Jean Fournet, French conductor
14th - John Howard, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dave-My Three Sons)
16th - Constance Shacklock, opera singer
16th - Les Tremayne, London, actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds)
16th - Lord Aberconway, CEO (John Brown & Co)
17th - Paul Langton, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place)
17th - Richard Travis, Carlsbad NM, actor (Missile to the Moon)
18th - Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video)
18th - Kent Wheeler Kennan, composer
18th - Milos Sokola, composer
18th - Susan Bosence, textile designer
19th - Cyril English, British educator
20th - Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie)
21st - Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)
21st - Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
21st - Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar)
23rd - Jan Meyerowitz, composer
25th - Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)
25th - Russ Conway, Brandon Manitoba, actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye)
27th - Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (d. 2004)
29th - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist
29th - Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster
30th - Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general (ITA)
30th - Edith Fowke, folklorist