April 1, 1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses April 1, 1932 Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor April 1, 1932 Debbie Reynolds, El Paso Texas, actress (Singin' in the Rain) April 1, 1932 Gordon Jump, Dayton Ohio, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains) April 1, 1932 Jiri Smutny, composer April 1, 1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000 April 1, 1931 George Baker, Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly) April 1, 1931 Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball April 1, 1931 Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Deputy) April 1, 1930 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 April 1, 1930 Grace Lee Whitney, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek) April 1, 1930 Joan Franks-Williams, composer April 1, 1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies April 1, 1929 Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls April 1, 1929 Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens April 1, 1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo April 1, 1929 Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being) April 1, 1929 Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate April 1, 1928 Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse April 1, 1928 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa)