What Happened In April 1914 In History

Historical Events for April, 1914

• 21st » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz, Veracruz.
• 23rd » First baseball game at History of Wrigley Field called Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park in Chicago.
• 24th » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of Introduction to quantum mechanics named quantum mechanics, is presented to the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft or German Physical Society.
• 27th » Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention known as Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1914

• 1st » Lor Tok, Thai actor (d. 2002)
• 2nd » Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• 3rd » Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 3rd » Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
• 4th » Richard Coogan, American actor (d. 2014)
• 4th » Marguerite Duras, French author, screenwriter, and director (d. 1996)
• 7th » Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
• 8th » María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
• 11th » Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)
• 11th » Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
• 12th » Armen Alchian, American economist (d. 2013)
• 17th » George Davis (art director) known as George W. Davis, American art director (d. 1984)
• 17th » Mac Raboy, American illustrator (d. 1967)
• 18th » Claire Martin (author) or Claire Martin, Canadian author (d. 2014)
• 20th » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
• 21st » Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 21st » Angelo Savoldi, Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer (d. 2008)
• 22nd » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (d. 2002)
• 22nd » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (d. 1941)
• 22nd » Michael Wittmann, German SS officer (d. 1944)
• 24th » Larry J. Blake, American actor (d. 1982)
• 24th » William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 24th » Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
• 24th » Justin Wilson (chef) called Justin Wilson, American chef and author (d. 2001)
• 25th » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author (d. 1948)
• 26th » Charlie Chester, English radio and television host (d. 1997)
• 26th » Bernard Malamud, American author (d. 1986)
• 26th » James Rouse, American real estate developer, founded The Rouse Company (d. 1996)
• 28th » Philip E. High, English author (d. 2006)
• 30th » Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths for April 1914

• 1st » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 2nd » Paul Heyse, German author, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 14th » Hubert Bland, English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (b. 1855)
• 16th » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 19th » Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1839)

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