April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1891
Day of Week 1st » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago known as Chicago, Illinois.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1891
2nd » Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1957)
2nd » Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
7th » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group (d. 1958)
10th » Frank Barson, English footballer and coach (d. 1968)
13th » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)
13th » Nella Larsen, American author (d. 1964)
13th » Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (d. 1973)
14th » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist and politician (d. 1956)
14th » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1958)
16th » Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (d. 1980)
17th » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (d. 1965)
19th » Françoise Rosay, French actress and singer (d. 1974)
22nd » Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
22nd » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (d. 1965)
22nd » Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1989)
22nd » Sacco and Vanzetti e.g Nicola Sacco, Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
23rd » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1953)
Famous Deaths for April 1891
2nd » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
7th » P. T. Barnum, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
24th » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
25th » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
30th » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)