Historical Events on April 1, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on April 1st This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2016 | The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact. |
| 2011 | After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers. |
| 2006 | Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013. |
| 2004 | Google launches its Email service Gmail. |
| 2001 | An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained. |
| 2001 | Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges. |
| 2001 | Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it. |
| 1999 | Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. |
| 1997 | Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion. |
| 1989 | Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland. |
| 1986 | Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. |
| 1984 | Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California. |
| 1979 | Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah. |
| 1976 | Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc. |
| 1974 | The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect. |
| 1973 | Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India. |
| 1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh. |
| 1970 | President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. |
| 1969 | The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force. |
| 1964 | The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom. |
| 1960 | The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space. |
| 1955 | The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece. |
| 1954 | United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 1949 | Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. |
| 1949 | The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years. |
| 1948 | Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin. |
| 1948 | Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark. |
| 1947 | The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins. |
| 1946 | The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii. |
| 1946 | The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later. |
| 1945 | World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa. |
| 1944 | World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. |
| 1941 | Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops. |
| 1941 | A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister. |
| 1939 | Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender. |
| 1937 | Aden becomes a British crown colony. |
| 1937 | The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service. |
| 1935 | India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed. |
| 1933 | The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts. |
| 1924 | Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail. |
| 1924 | The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. |
| 1918 | The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. |
| 1908 | The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. |
| 1900 | Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State. |
| 1873 | The White Star steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century. |
| 1867 | Singapore becomes a British crown colony. |
| 1865 | American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line. |
| 1833 | The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin. |
| 1789 | In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker. |
| 1572 | In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. |
| 1081 | Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates,[4] and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4. |
| 527 | Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. |
| 33 | According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.[1] |
Famous People Born on April 1
Here is a random list who born on April 1. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1220 | Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) |
| 1721 | Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799) |
| 1985 | Beth Tweddle, English gymnast |
| 1948 | Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (d. 2006) |
| 1866 | Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924) |
| 1946 | Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager |
| 1905 | Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993) |
| 1697 | Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763) |
| 1973 | Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author |
| 1971 | Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver |
Famous People Deaths On April 1
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 1. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888) |
| 1922 | Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887) |
| 1971 | Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (b. 1903) |
| 2003 | Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1956) |
| 1621 | Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577) |
| 1839 | Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757) |
| 2002 | Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905) |
| 1914 | Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876) |
| 1986 | Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928) |
| 1431 | Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (b. 1360) |
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