Page 4: Historical Events In April - 14
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas on April - 14.
1881 On this day in history anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)
1883 On April - 14 leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé," premieres in Paris
1886 On April - 14 edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG) on April - 14.
1888 On April - 14 william Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62
1889 Adolph Hitler, Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)[NS=Apr 20] on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC)
1891 On April - 14 b. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956)
1892 On April - 14 giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
1894 Firt public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures) on this day in history.
1894 On April - 14 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony on April - 14.
1895 Mary Marquet, St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance) on this day in history.
1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (NYC) on April - 14.
1897 On this day in history barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
1898 Commissioning of first Post Civil War hospital ship, USS Solace on April - 14.
1898 Lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye) on April - 14.
1900 On this day in history veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established
1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris on this day in history.
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 April - 14.
1903 On April - 14 dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC)
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 Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips) on April - 14.
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 April - 14.
1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti on April - 14.
1909 On this day in history anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
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