March–April March 4 – Native American tribal governments are terminated in Indian Territory, a prerequisite for creating the US state of Oklahoma in 1907. March 10 – Courrières mine disaster: An explosion in a coal mine in France kills 1,060. March 18 – In France, Romanian inventor Traian Vuia becomes the first person to achieve an unassisted takeoff in a heavier-than-air powered monoplane, but it is incapable of sustained flight. April 14 – The Azusa Street Revival, the primary catalyst for the revival of Pentecostalism this century, opens in Los Angeles. April 18 The San Francisco Earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages. Xerox, the global digital office machine brand, is founded in Rochester, New York as the Haloid Photographic Company.Online Fact Book: Xerox at a Glance , xerox.com. Article retrieved December 13, 2006. April 23 – In the Russian Empire, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma.
March–April March 4 – Native American tribal governments are terminated in Indian Territory a prerequisite for creating the US state of Oklahoma in 1907. March 10 – Courrières mine disaster: An explosion in a coal mine in France kills 1,060. March 18 – In France, Romanian inventor Traian Vuia becomes the first person to achieve an unassisted takeoff in a heavier-than-air powered monoplane, but it is incapable of sustained flight. April 14 – The Azusa Street Revival, the primary cat.alyst for the revival of Pentecostalism this century, opens in Los Angeles. April 18 The San Francisco Earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 mill.ion in damages. Xerox, the global digital office machine brand, is founded in Roc,hester, New York as the Haloid Photographic CompanyOnline Fact Book: Xerox at a Glance , xeroxcom. Article retrieved December 13, 2006. April 23 – In the Russian Empire, the Fundamental Laws are announced at the first state Duma.