April 1916 calendar

Events

• 02 Apr 1916 German troops overtake Bois de Caillette.
• 04 Apr 1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WWI.
• 05 Apr 1916 French troops occupy Bois de Caillette.
• 06 Apr 1916 German parliament authorizes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 08 Apr 1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage.
• 09 Apr 1916 World War I: The Battle of Verdun : German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• 19 Apr 1916 Italians troops conquer Colonel di Lana at Merano.
• 20 Apr 1916 German-British sea battle off Belgian coast.
• 22 Apr 1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont.
• 24 Apr 1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins
• 27 Apr 1916 WWI ampndash Battle of Hulluch: The 47th Brigade, 16th Irish Division is decimated in one of the most heavily concentrated German gas attacks of the war.
• 29 Apr 1916 Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
• 30 Apr 1916 Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds

Famous Birthday

• Gregory Peck

  American stage and film actor nominated for four Oscars, the Best Actor award for his role in "To Kill a Mockingbird," 1962.

• Yehudi Menuhin

  American musician known as one of the most exquisite violinists in history.

• Ferruccio Lamborghini

  Italian industrialist, the builder of the Lamborghini automobiles.

• Paulette Coquatrix

  French costume designer, known for her work on the films The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957), Napoléon (1955) and Le miroir à deux faces...

• Sirimavo Bandaranaike

  Ceylon politician, the first female Prime Minister of Ceylon.

• Robert Shaw

  American conductor, longtime musical director of the Atlanta Symphony and dean of American choral conducting.

• David White (actor)
• Alfie Bass

  Actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66.

• Robert Charpentier

  French athlete, an Olympic Gold Medal champion cyclist who rode in the Berlin Olympics in 1936.

• Enos Slaughter

  American baseball player and manager (d. 2002).

• Lou Thesz

  American professional wrestler (d. 2002).

• David White

  Actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74.

• Helenio Herrera

  French footballer player and manager (d. 1997).

• Alfred S Bloomingdale

  American businessman (d. 1982).

• Herbert Eugene

  Caen columnist.

• Emerson Buckley

  composer.

• Denis ApIvor

  composer.

• Brian Connell

  Writer / broadcaster.

• Sidney Clute

  Brooklyn, New York -- Actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey).

• Dan Fortmann

  NFL guard (Chicago Bears).

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Famous Deaths

• Gabrielle Petit Belgian resistance fighter

  executed.

• Vicente Goicoechea Errasti composer

  dies at age 62.

• Richard Harding Davis

  American author (Born 1864).

• Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanist

  dies at age 75.

• J?rgen Pedersen Gram

  Danish mathematician (Born 1850).

• The O'Rahilly

  Irish Nationalist and member of the Easter Rising (Born 1875).

• Ephraim Shay

  American engineer invented the Shay locomotive (d. 1916).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Billy Murray - Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?
2. Prince's Orchestra - Hello, Hawaii, How are You?
3. Billy Murray & Irving Kaufman - Are You from Dixie? ('Cause I'm From Dixie Too)
4. Blue & White Marimba Band - Marimba March
5. Billy Murray - I Love a Piano