April 1907 calendar

Events

• 11 Apr 1907 New York Giants Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards.
• 12 Apr 1907 Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns.
• 17 Apr 1907 Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive
• 18 Apr 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens.
• 19 Apr 1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24.
• 24 Apr 1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
• 30 Apr 1907 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.

Famous Birthday

• Dorothy Boyd
• François Duvalier

  Haitian physician and politician 40th President of Haiti (d. 1971).

• Tino Rossi

  Singer / actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76.

• Gérard Cordonnier
• Violette Leduc

  French author of autobiography and fiction.

• Jean Fourastié

  French economist, notable for having coined the expression Trente Glorieuses ("the glorious thirty [years]") to describe the period of...

• Agnès Capri

  French actress, theatre director, writer, singer and painter.

• André Thirion

  French writer, member of the Surrealists, theoretician and political activist.

• Joan Grant

  American writer of metaphysical novels of her past incarnations, wonderful adventure stories that include "Winged Pharaoh," "Scarlet...

• Lee Miller

  American photographer who began her career as a model.

• Pierre Lazareff

  French newspaper and magazine publisher.

• Gaston Bardet
• Louis Arbessier

  French actor, who also lent his voice in the dubbing of many films.

• Miklos Rozsa

  Hungarian-born American composer (Born 1907).

• Lex McLean
• Fred Zinnemann

  Austrian-born American director (High Noon (1952), From here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma (1955), A Man for all Seasons (1966), The Day of...

• Mady Correll
• Harold Stassen

  American politician, the three-time Governor of Minnesota from 1948.

• George Platt Lynes
• Lina Basquette San Mateo California

  actress (Paradise Park, Pleasure, Goldie).

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Famous Deaths

• Anton G van Hamel founder (Roman philosphy in Netherlands)

  dies at age 65.

• Pietro Plantania composer

  dies at age 79.

• Alferd Packer

  American prospector and accused cannibal (Born 1842).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ada Jones - I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave
2. Bert Williams - I've Such a Funny Feeling When I Look at You
3. Enrico Caruso - Ideale (My Ideal!)
4. Harry Macdonough & Elise Stevenson - Because You're You
5. Steve Porter - Flanagan's Troubles in a Restaraunt