Page 5: Historical Events In April - 13
Tuesday, 05 May 2026
1918 Electrical fire results in the deaths of 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital. 

1919 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre) 

1919 Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India 

1920 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed. 

1921 Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party. 

1923 In this year, Army claims the inaugural college three-weapon fencing championships. 

1923 In this year, Army claims 1st college three-weapon fencing championships. 

1924 Greek plebiscite for a republic. 

1925 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC 

1926 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout 

1927 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games and 2 ties 

1928 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl). 

1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36. 

1932 Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms 

1932 Johannes T de Visser, 1st Dutch Min of Education, dies at 75 [or 14th]. 

1933 inaugural flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale) 

1933 NY Rangers beat Tor Maple Leafs 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup 

1933 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale). 

1934 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments 

1936 P Djurkovic discovers asteroid #1605 Milankovitch 

1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece 

1936 Demertzis, Greek premier, dies. 

1938 Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in NYC 

1939 W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in NYC 

1940 Cornelious Warmerdam became the inaugural man to pole vault 15 ft. 

1940 NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup. 

1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed. 

1941 Corporal J H Edmonson, 2/17th Battalion, 2nd AIF, awarded posthumously the inaugural Australian Victoria Cross of World War Two at Tobruk, Libya 

1941 Heavy German assault on Tobruk 

1941 Annie Jump Cannon, US astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77. 

1942 RCAF's 417 Fighter Squadron heads for Egypt to join Desert Air Force 

1942 Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58. 

1943 FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial. 

1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes 

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