Page 4: Historical Events In April - 14
Sunday, 21 December 2025
1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas on this day in history. 

1881 On this day in history anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater) 

1883 On this day in history leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé," premieres in Paris 

1886 Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism) on April - 14. 

1887 On April - 14 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG) 

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 April - 14 pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC) 

1891 B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956) on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader on April - 14. 

1898 Commissioning of first Post Civil War hospital ship, USS Solace on April - 14. 

1898 On April - 14 lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye) 

1900 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley established on this day in history. 

1900 On April - 14 president Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris 

1900 On this day in history salvatore Baccaloni, Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby) 

1901 Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits) on April - 14. 

1902 On April - 14 jC Penney opens his 1st store, in Kemmerer, Wyo 

1902 On April - 14 menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews) 

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 On this day in history john Gielgud, London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man) 

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 this day in history 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 On April - 14 anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London 

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