Page 4: Historical Events In April - 03
Sunday, 15 March 2026
1889 Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Va 

1889 Grigoras Dinicu, composer 

1893 1st New South Wales vs Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground. 

1893 Leslie Howard, American actor is born 

1893 1st NSW v Queensland F-C game, at Brisbane Exhibition Ground. 

1893 Leslie Howard, [Stainer], London, actor (Gone With the Wind). 

1894 Dooley Wilson, Tyler Tx, actor (Bill-Beulah, Casablanca). 

1895 Bjarne Brustad, composer 

1896 Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement) 

1897 Johannes Brahms, German composer/conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63 

1898 In the Yukon at Chilkoot Pass avalanche results in the deaths of 88 men during the Klondike gold rush. 

1898 Henry Luce, American publisher (founder of Time magazine) is born. 

1898 George Jessel, toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic) 

1899 Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy) 

1900 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon. 

1901 Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert and Sullivan operas), dies. 

1902 Henri Garat, Paris France, actor (Congress Dances). 

1903 Peter Huchel, writer 

1904 Iron Eyes Cody, Tulsa OK, actor (Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp). 

1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome. 

1906 Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College). 

1907 Isaac Deutscher, Polish/English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography) 

1908 In this year, Frank Gotch claims world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hours 

1908 In this year, Frank Gotch claims world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs. 

1909 Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71 

1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed. 

1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed 

1911 Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh", premieres in NYC. 

1911 Harry James Smith' "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh," premieres in NYC. 

1911 Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist. 

1912 Addeke H Boerma, Dutch dir-gen (FAO). 

1913 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail. 

1913 F H Tate, vice-CEO (Tate and Lyle) 

1914 Katherine Stammers Menzies, England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935). 

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