Assassination Attempt on Edward VII
Apr 4 Assassination attempt on Prince of Wales, later British King Edward VII when shot by Jean-Baptiste Sipido in protest over Boer war
- Apr 4 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet
- Apr 5 Attempted assassination of Edward Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
Jeffries vs Finnegan
Apr 6 James J. Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
USS Holland
Apr 11 The first modern submarine designed and built by John Philip Holland, USS Holland is acquired by the U.S. Navy
- Apr 12 The US Congress passes the Foraker Act, establishing Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory (effective 1 May)
- Apr 14 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley forms
- Apr 15 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
- Apr 15 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris opens (till 12th Nov)
- Apr 16 4th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:39:44.4
- Apr 16 US Post Office issues its first stamp booklets, containing 12, 24, or 48 two-cent stamps [1]
- Apr 17 High chiefs of American Samoa sign the Instrument of Cession of Tutuila and swear allegiance to the United States [1]
- Apr 19 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
- Apr 23 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)
- Apr 26 Newly renamed American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 (still as a minor league, was Western League)
- Apr 30 Casey Jones dies heroically in a train wreck at Vaughn, Mississippi, while driving Cannonball Express (immortalized in "Ballad of Casey Jones")
- Apr 30 The "Hawaiian Organic Act" is enacted by US Congress making Hawaii a US territory
Fitzsimmons KOs Dunkhost
Apr 30 Weighing in at 170 lbs British former world heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 270 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York
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