April 9, 1872 Leon Blum, French premier (People's front government) April 9, 1872 Samuel R Percy patents dried milk April 10, 1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans April 10, 1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22 April 12, 1872 Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500) April 13, 1872 A Roda Roda, writer April 14, 1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act April 14, 1872 San Francisco organizes Bar Association April 20, 1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 April 20, 1872 SF Bar Association organized April 21, 1872 GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA April 24, 1872 Volcano Vesuvius erupts April 25, 1872 Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper April 27, 1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 April 29, 1872 Eyvind Alnaes, composer May 1, 1872 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies May 1, 1872 Hugo Alfven, Stockholm Sweden, composer (Midsommarvaka) May 2, 1872 G G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC) May 10, 1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for U.S. president May 15, 1872 Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87