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April 1



April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ==Events== *527 - Byzantine Emperors Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1318 - Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scotland from the England *1789 - In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker. *1826 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. *1854 - Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, ''Household Words''. *1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks - In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive. *1867 - Singapore becomes British crown colony. *1873 - The United Kingdom steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia killing 547. *1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago. *1918 - The Royal Flying Corps is replaced by the Royal Air Force. *1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch." However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book ''Mein Kampf''. *1924 - First revenue flight for Belgium's Sabena Airlines *1933 - The recently elected Nazism under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in the series of anti-Semitism acts that will be known as the Holocaust. *1934 - Bonnie and Clyde kill two young highway patrolmen near Grapevine, Texas. *1937 - Aden becomes a British crown colony. *1945 - World War II: Battle of Okinawa - United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war. *1946 - Aleutian Island earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159 (mostly in Hilo, Hawaii). *1948 - Cold War: Berlin Airlift - Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. *1949 - Newfoundland becomes the tenth Province of Canada * 1949 - Chinese Civil War: Communist Party of China hold unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting. *1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. *1960 - The United States launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1. *1967 - The United States Department of Transportation begins operation. *1969 - The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force. *1970 - Phil Spector finishes the orchestral overdubs for the upcoming Beatles album, ''Let it Be'', including the songs "Let it Be", "Across the Universe", and "The Long and Winding Road". This causes controversy among Beatles fans who feel that Phil Spector has overproduced the album. *1970 - President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law banning cigarette advertisements in the United States starting on January 1, 1971. *1970 - American Motors introduces the AMC Gremlin. *1973 - Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India. *1976 - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. *1979 - Iran's government becomes Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially. *1985 - David Lee Roth announces his departure from ''Van Halen''. *1996 - University of Kentucky team wins NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. *1999 - Nunavut is established as a Canada territory carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. *2001 - An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained. * 2001 - Former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes. * 2001 - The first legal same-sex marriage in the Netherlands is celebrated. *2002 - The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the only nation in the world to do so. *2003 - In Sturgis, Michigan, seven men place signs around town reading "All your base are belong to us", "Someone set us up the bomb", and "You have no chance to survive make your time", based on the popular mistranslation from the Japan video game ''Zero Wing.'' *2004 - Google unveils their invitation-based email service Gmail. *2004 - George W. Bush signs the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which makes an attack that leads to the death of a mother and her unborn child two criminal charges. *2004 - The first legal same-sex marriage in Canada of Quebec: Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf wed in Montreal. *2005 - Terri Schiavo dies of starvation two weeks after her feeding tube is removed, ending a 15-year legal battle that made headlines worldwide, over a person's right to die. ==Births== *1578 - William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657) *1732 - Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809) *1776 - Sophie Germain, mathematician (d. 1831) *1815 - Otto von Bismarck, German politician (d. 1898) *1815 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880) *1834 - James Fisk, entrepreneur (d. 1872) *1856 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, famous doctor, president of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. (d. 1933) *1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929) *1866 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924) *1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943) *1875 - Edgar Wallace, writer (d. 1932) *1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930) *1885 - Wallace Beery, actor (d. 1949) *1895 - Alberta Hunter, singer (d. 1984) *1899 - Gustavs Celmins, politician (d. 1968) *1901 - Whittaker Chambers, Hiss case witness (d. 1961) *1906 - Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. 1989) *1908 - Abraham Maslow, psychologist (d. 1970) *1914 - Jerome L. Walton. author *1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, actor *1920 - Toshiro Mifune, actor (d. 1997) *1922 - William Manchester, writer (d. 2004) *1924 - Brendan Byrne, governor of New Jersey *1926 - Charles Bressler, American tenor * 1926 - Anne McCaffrey, American author *1929 - Jane Powell, dancer, actress, singer *1929 - Milan Kundera, Czech writer *1929 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach *1930 - Grace Lee Whitney, American actress *1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, German writer *1932 - Gordon Jump, American television actor (d. 2003) *1932 - Debbie Reynolds, American actress *1934 - Rod Kanehl, Major League Baseball player (d. 2004) *1934 - Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer *1934 - Don Hastings, American actor *1935 - Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983) *1938 - Ali MacGraw, American actress *1939 - Phil Niekro, American baseball pitcher *1940 - Wangari Maathai, environmentalist *1942 - Samuel R. Delany, science fiction author *1942 - Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey *1946 - Ronnie Lane, British musician (The Small Faces, The Faces) (d. 1997) *1947 - Alain Connes, French mathematician *1948 - Jimmy Cliff, musician *1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, musician, composer *1952 - Annette O'Toole, American actress *1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer, director *1955 - Ronnie Burk, artist and AIDS activist (d. 2003) *1965 - Mark Jackson (basketballer), basketball player *1965 - Robert Steadman, composer *1970 - Sung Hi Lee, model *1971 - Method Man, musician *1972 - Hughes Brothers, American film directors *1980 - Randy Orton, professional wrestler *1981 - Hannah Spearritt, United Kingdom singer (S Club 7) *1959 - Stephane Pirard, language-obsessed, dented teacher ==Deaths== *1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II of England (b. c. 1122) *1637 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo and retainer (b. 1571) *1839 - Benjamin Pierce (governor) (b. 1757) *1872 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) *1878- John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796) *1914 - Rube Waddell, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1876) *1917 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1868) *1922 - Emperor Karl of Austria (b. 1887) *1946 - Noah Beery, actor (b. 1882) *1947 - King George II of Greece (b. 1890) *1950 - Charles R. Drew, physician (b. 1904) *1966 - Flann O'Brien, humorist (b. 1911) *1968 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist (b. 1908) *1976 - Max Ernst, German artist (b. 1891) *1984 - Marvin Gaye, singer (b. 1939) *1988 - Joe Besser, American actor and comedian *1988 - Jim Jordan (actor), American actor *1991 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894) *1994 - Léon Degrelle, Belgian Nazi (b. 1906) *1993 - Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954) *1996 - John McSherry, American baseball umpire *1998 - Rozz Williams, musician (Christian Death) (b. 1963) *1998 - Gene Evans, American actor *2001 - Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese songwriter (b. 1939) *2003 - Leslie Cheung, actor and singer (b. 1956) * 2003 - Hyosuke Kujiraoka, Japanese politician *2004 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946) *2005 - Cheryl Barrymore, wife and agent of Michael Barrymore (lung cancer) * 2005 - Harald Juhnke, German entertainer (b. 1929) * 2005 - Jack Keller (songwriter), songwriter * 2005 - Robert Coldwell Wood, American university president and political appointee ==Holidays and observances== * April 1 is known as April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day in many countries. * Feast day of Hugh of Grenoble in the Roman Catholic Church calendar * Roman Empire - Veneralia celebrated to honor Venus (goddess) * Japan - The official start of school years in most universities and schools. Also, the official First Day of Work at companies and offices for new university graduates hires, marked by welcoming ceremonies and speeches. * India - Start of financial year. * Brielle celebrates victory of 1572 over Spaniards. * In San Marino, two Captains Regent, elected by Parliament, take office for six months * Date that bobhouses, used for ice-fishing, must be taken off frozen lakes in New Hampshire. * Fortuna Virilis (Old Roman Women's Festival to Venus, seeking good relations with men) * Loki's Day (Norse) * Islamic Republic Day (Iran) * EOKA Day (Greece) * San Marino National Day * Tater Days begin (Kentucky) * St. Lasarus' Day (patron of spring, love, Bulgaria) * St. Mary of Egypt's Day (Eastern) == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/4/1 Today in History: April 1] ---- March 31 - April 2 - March 1 - May 1 -- historical anniversaries ga:1 Aibreán simple:April 1 th:1 เมษายน vi:1 tháng 4

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