What Happened In April 1900 In History

Historical Events for April, 1900

• 2nd » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• 5th » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
• 15th » Philippine–American War: Filipinos Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a Siege of Catubig four-day siege of Catubig, Northern Samar Catubig, Philippines.
• 30th » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• 30th » Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the 'Cannonball Express'.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1900

• 2nd » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
• 2nd » Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
• 3rd » Camille Chamoun, Lebanese politician, 7th President of Lebanon (d. 1987)
• 3rd » Albert Walsh, Canadian politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador called Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1958)
• 5th » Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer (d. 1985)
• 5th » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1928)
• 5th » Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
• 6th » Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984)
• 9th » Allen Jenkins, American actor (d. 1974)
• 11th » Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989)
• 13th » Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
• 19th » Richard Hughes (writer) known as Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
• 19th » Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
• 23rd » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)
• 23rd » Joseph Green (actor) or Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)
• 24th » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (d. 1984)
• 25th » Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996)
• 25th » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 26th » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)
• 26th » Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
• 27th » August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989)
• 28th » Heinrich Müller (Gestapo) known as Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 28th » Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
• 30th » Erni Krusten, Estonian author (d. 1984)
• 30th » David Manners, Canadian-American actor (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for April 1900

• 5th » Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)
• 21st » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian Maharajah (b. 1819)
• 30th » Casey Jones, American engineer (b. 1863)

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