Page 4: Historical Events In April - 14
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas on this day in history.
1881 On April - 14 anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)
1883 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé," premieres in Paris on April - 14.
1886 On this day in history edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
1887 On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
1888 William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1889 Adolph Hitler, Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)[NS=Apr 20] on April - 14.
1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC) on April - 14.
1891 On April - 14 b. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956)
1892 Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906) on this day in history.
1894 Firt public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) on this day in history.
1894 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) on April - 14.
1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony on April - 14.
1895 On this day in history mary Marquet, St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance)
1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (NYC) on April - 14.
1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader on April - 14.
1898 On this day in history commissioning of first Post Civil War hospital ship, USS Solace
1898 On this day in history lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye)
1900 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established on April - 14.
1900 On April - 14 president Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris
1900 On April - 14 salvatore Baccaloni, Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby)
1901 On this day in history alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits)
1902 JC Penney opens his 1st store, in Kemmerer, Wyo on April - 14.
1902 Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews) on this day in history.
1903 Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC) on this day in history.
1904 On this day in history the birth of John Gielgud, British actor
1904 George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premiered in London on this day in history.
1904 John Gielgud, London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man) on this day in history.
1905 On this day in history frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips)
1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press on this day in history.
1906 On April - 14 faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75)
1907 The birth of Francois Duvalier, Dictator of Haiti on this day in history.
1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti on April - 14.
1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London on this day in history.
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