April 1, 1921 William L Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island) April 1, 1920 Church disforms in Wales April 1, 1920 Joan Frances Will, actress April 1, 1920 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2 April 1, 1920 Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun) April 1, 1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force April 1, 1918 Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St. New York City April 1, 1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64 April 1, 1917 Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) April 1, 1917 Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk) April 1, 1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 April 1, 1916 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held April 1, 1916 Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed April 1, 1916 Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist/writer (Abbingawƒld), dies April 1, 1915 Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show) April 1, 1915 Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82 April 1, 1915 Willy Dixon, blues artist (Mellow Down Easy) April 1, 1914 Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist April 1, 1914 Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB April 1, 1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead