What Happened In April 1894 - Historical Events 1894 April

Historical Events for April, 1894

14th » The first ever commercial film e.g motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
21st » Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.

6th » Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
10th » Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian businessman (d. 1983)
12th » Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal (d. 1964)
13th » Arthur Fadden, Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)
15th » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)
15th » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1937)
16th » Ernst Ziegler, German actor (d. 1974)
19th » Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (d. 1966)
23rd » Cow Cow Davenport, American singer and pianist (d. 1955)
26th » Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)
27th » George Petty, American painter (d. 1975)
27th » Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
29th » Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist (d. 1970)