What Happened In April 1893 - Historical Events 1893 April

Historical Events for April, 1893

1st » The rank of Chief Petty Officer United States or Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
6th » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.

1st » Cicely Courtneidge, English actress (d. 1980)
3rd » Leslie Howard (actor) named Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1943)
3rd » Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (d. 1945)
5th » Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
7th » Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1969)
9th » Victor Gollancz, English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd (d. 1967)
9th » Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian and author (d. 1963)
11th » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (d. 1971)
12th » Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920)
16th » Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968)
18th » Violette Morris, French shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1944)
20th » Harold Lloyd, American actor and producer (d. 1971)
20th » Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983)
20th » Edna Parker, American super-centenarian (d. 2008)
23rd » Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1952)
27th » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (d. 1946)
27th » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1939)
29th » Harold Urey, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
30th » Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician, 14th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany) called German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1946)