What Happened In April 1860 - Historical Events 1860 April

Historical Events for April, 1860

3rd » The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
6th » The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—later renamed Community of Christ—is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois
9th » On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the history of sound recording named oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
14th » The first Pony Express rider reaches San Francisco. The pony riders carried additionally, along with the mail, Pony Express Bible known as a small personal bible.

3rd » Frederik van Eeden,Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 1932)
6th » René Lalique, French sculptor (d. 1945)
7th » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (d. 1951)
13th » James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
20th » Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (d. 1933)
22nd » Ada Rehan, American actress (d. 1916)

6th » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)