What Happened In April 1905 - Historical Events 1905 April

Historical Events for April, 1905

4th » In India, 1905 Kangra earthquake an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh Dharamshala.
17th » The Supreme Court of the United States decides 'Lochner v. New York', which holds that the "Freedom of contract e.g right to free contract" is implicit in the Due process e.g due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution

1st » Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1988)
3rd » Robert Sink, American general (d. 1965)
4th » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor (d. 1991)
4th » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (d. 1987)
8th » Helen Joseph, English-South African activist (d. 1992)
8th » Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
9th » J. William Fulbright, American politician (d. 1995)
11th » Attila József, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
14th » Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
14th » Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (d. 1999)
16th » Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
17th » Louis Jean Heydt, American actor (d. 1960)
17th » Arthur Lake (actor) named Arthur Lake, American actor (d. 1987)
18th » Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman (d. 1990)
18th » George H. Hitchings, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
21st » Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)
22nd » Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (d. 1991)
24th » Al Bates, American long jumper (d. 1999)
24th » Robert Penn Warren, American author and poet (d. 1989)
25th » George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)
27th » John Kuck, American hammer thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)
30th » Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)

23rd » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
28th » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
29th » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)