THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CLEVELAND ADMINISTRATION.
Date: 16 April 1894
EVERETT P. WHEELER
Everett WHEELER
Cleveland Administration (First Year) Reviewed
Bessie Smith Birthday, Date of Birth
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Smith was young when her parents died, and she and her six siblings survived by performing on street corners. She began touring and performed in a group that included Ma Rainey, and then went out on her own. Her successful recording career with Columbia Records began in 1923, but her performing career was cut short by a car crash that killed her at the age of 45.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Sunday, April 15, 1894
- Place of Birth
- Chattanooga
- Age
- 131
- Star Sign
- ♈
The April 15, 1894 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 104 day of the year. President of the United States was Grover Cleveland Second Term.
If you were born on this day, you are 131 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 204 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in 160 days. You have lived for 48,051 days, or about 1,153,226 hours, or about 69,193,590 minutes, or about 4,151,615,400 seconds.
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15th of April 1894 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 15, 1894
Editorial Article 1 -- No Title
Date: 16 April 1894
Capitol Grounds Rules Which Will Prevent Presentation of Petition to Congress
BRAZIL HAS A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.; Peace Restored, Charles R. Flint Predicts Great Financial Prosperity.
Date: 16 April 1894
Mello Surrenders to Uruguayan Government
BANVILLE'S IDEA OF "HAMLET."; Young, Blonde, a Little Stout, Asthmatic -- His Criticism of the French Hamlets.
Date: 16 April 1894
T. de Banville's Impressions in 1883
DR. MIQUEL STILL HOPEFUL; HE BELIEVES HIS FINANCIAL PROJECTS WILL PREVAIL. Coming Events Will Coerce Public Opinion in Their Favor, He Says -- German Deputies as Neglectful of Their Duties as United States Senators -- A Magnificent New Building for the Use of the Reichstag -- American Swindlers Abroad.
Date: 16 April 1894
Monument in Germany Opposed
THE COLLAPSE OF THE REVOLT.; The Flight of Mello Confirmed by a Dispatch to the Brazilian Minister.
Date: 16 April 1894
Cabinet Crisis
INDIAN HEAD PROVING GROUND; WHERE UNCLE SAM TESTS HIS BIG GUNS AND ARMOR PLATE. NOT MANY MILES FROM WASHINGTON. Great Improvement Over the Old Ground at Annapolis, Md. HOW AND WHEN ESTABLISHED. Not Much Money Has Been Spent on This Station, but There Is Something to Show for Every Dollar Expended -- Valuable Work That Is Being Done -- Capt. Sampson and His Able Assistants -- The Grounds Under the Direction of the Ordnance Bureau of the Navy Department -- Ensign Dashiell, Who Set Up the Plant and Made the First Trials Armor and Projectiles -- The Great Thirteen-Inch Gun Known as the "Peacemaker" -- Bomb-Proofs for Protection.
Date: 15 April 1894
Buildings Described; Cuts
EASTERN YACHTING NEWS.; Steamer Formosa to be Launched Soon -- Mosquito Fleet's Regatta.
Date: 15 April 1894