1st Woman in US House
Apr 2 Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Montana) begins her term as 1st woman member of US House of Reps
Wilson Asks for War
Apr 2 US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
Stieglitz Shows Georgia O'Keeffe
Apr 3 Alfred Stieglitz opens first one-person show of the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe at 291 art gallery in New York
Lenin Returns to Russia
Apr 3 Vladimir Lenin arrives in Petrograd, returning to Russia from exile in Switzerland [NS=April 16]
Event of Interest
Apr 7 J.M. Barrie's play "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" premieres in London
- Apr 7 Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos" ("The Three-Cornered Hat") premieres at Teatro Eslava in Madrid, Spain
- Apr 9 Battle of Arras begins
Vimy Ridge
Apr 9 Vimy Ridge in France stormed by Canadian troops
- Apr 10 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone, Pennsylvania, kills 133 workers
- Apr 12 Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th Street, NYC; demolished in 1982
- Apr 12 Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
- Apr 14 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
- Apr 16 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 2:28:37.2
- Apr 16 Vladimir Lenin issues his radical "April Theses" calling for Soviets to take power during the Russian Revolution [OS Apr 4]
- Apr 16 [OS Apr 3] Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station, Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution
- Apr 24 NY Yankees left-handed pitcher George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox, 2-1 at Fenway Park
- Apr 24 US Congress passes the Liberty Loan Act, authorizing the Treasury to issue a public subscription for 2 billion in bonds for the war
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Gangsters
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