Historical Events In April - 02
Thursday, 15 April 2021
1892 Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1894 On this day in history rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
1898 Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms on this day in history.
1900 On April - 02 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
1900 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist on April - 02.
1901 On this day in history anis Fuleihan, composer
1902 On this day in history the first motion picture theater opens (LA)
1902 On April - 02 1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
1902 Danilo Svara, composer on this day in history.
1905 On this day in history cairo-Capetown railway opens
1905 On this day in history edmond Jouhaud, general
1906 South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England on this day in history.
1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday on this day in history.
1908 On April - 02 buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
1909 Jean Kurt Forest, composer on April - 02.
1910 On April - 02 arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
1910 Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 on April - 02.
1911 Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap) on April - 02.
1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power on this day in history.
1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history the birth of Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen
1914 Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai) on April - 02.
1915 On this day in history antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
1916 Belyavskij disc asteroid #851 Zeissia ͔ Wladilena ͕ Nansenia on April - 02.
1916 On April - 02 german troops overtake Bois de Caillette
1917 On this day in history pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1917 On April - 02 jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps
1917 Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
1920 On this day in history jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
1921 On April - 02 prof Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity
1922 On this day in history nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
1923 Hugh Overton, British diplomat on April - 02.
1924 Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas) on this day in history.
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