April in Hoboken History
April 1, 1867. Edwin A. Stevens bequeathed land and $650,000 for the founding of Stevens Institute of Technology.
April 6, 1917. With World War I declared, a squad of secret service men seized German properties and ships in Hoboken.
April 10, 1855. Cornelius V. Clickener was elected first Mayor of Hoboken
April 10, 1906. Maxim Gorky, would famous author, arrived in Hoboken. He was greeted by thousands of admirers.
April 11, 1873. Secretary of Fred Klennen absconded with funds from the Hoboken Bank for Savings. Every depositor was eventually paid back in full.
April 13, 1969. The First Spanish Baptist Church was dedicated.
April 16, 1849. Hoboken became a township.
April 26, 1971. 5,000 attended the Earth Day celebration in Church Square Park.
April 28, 1857. The first bank in Hoboken, the Hoboken City Bank, began business.