April 1

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 1. From 1900 until now. April 1 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Cécile Duflot (1975), Randy Orton (1980) and Susan Boyle (1961). Several movies were released around April 1 over the years, such as 12 Angry Men in 1957 directed by Sidney Lumet and Monsieur Verdoux in 1947 directed by Charles Chaplin.
But much more happened on April 1 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Waleric
Saint Hugh of Grenoble
Orissa - a state in eastern India celebrates "Utkal Divas", its statehood day.
India - Start of financial year.
Canada - Beginning of government's fiscal year.
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.
April 1 is known as April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day in many countries.
Roman Empire - Veneralia celebrated to honor Venus.
In San Marino, two Captains Regent, elected by Parliament, take office for six months.
Last day of the Assyrian New Year Celebration
Saint Jacoba
International Day of the Birds.
In England and Wales, local government reorganisations traditionally happen on April 1.
Brielle celebrates victory of 1572 over Spaniards.
Pigasus Award announcement.
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Events

2019 2019 Iran floods: The Iranian government announces an emergency in southwestern provinces threatened by flooding and worked to evacuate dozens of villages as forecasters predicted more of the heavy rains that have killed at least 45 people last week. (Reuters)
2018 2016–18 Kashmir unrest: Clashes in South Kashmir, India, kill two civilians, three soldiers, and 13 militants. (The Times of India)
2017 Military intervention against ISIL: An Iraqi airstrike near Al Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq, kills Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be ISIL's second-in-command. (Al Jazeera)
2016 Syrian Civil War: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports airstrikes on the village of Deir al-Asafir, Rif Dimashq Governorate, have killed at least 30 people and left dozens more injured. (The Telegraph)
2015 Two United States Marine Corps F-18 fighters make a precautionary landing at Taiwan's Tainan Air Force Base. (Focus Taiwan) (The Washington Times)
2014 American internet cartoon series Homestar Runner makes its first update to its webpage after three years on hiatus. (Time)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: A suicide attacker blows up a tanker lorry at the police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, killing at least nine people. Three people are killed in a separate shooting in Baghdad. (CNN)
2012 2011-2012 Syrian uprising: Dozens are killed as the Syrian army bombards the city of Homs with artillery fire. (ABC News)
2011 After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
2010 The Indian government initiates The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to provide free and compulsory education to all children aged between 6 and 14 years, making education a fundamental right for millions of children. (The Hindu) (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (The Times) (Press TV)
2009 Croatia and Albania join NATO
2008 A human rights group in Sri Lanka has blamed local security forces for the massacre of 17 aid workers in 2006 and accused the government of a cover-up. (BBC News)
2007 Second and last day of 177th Annual General Conference
2006 The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is launched in the United Kingdom. (BBC)
2005 Hamas and Islamic Jihad have declared, in principle, their intention to join the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). (Al Ahram)
2004 U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, commonly known as Laci and Conner's Law, that states that an act of violence that leads to the death of a pregnant mother and her child can be counted as two offenses. (White House) (UPI)
2003 In Japan, The Postal Services Agency becomes Japan Post, a public corporation.
2001 An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained.
2000 Japanese prime minister Obuchi Keizo suffers a stroke and falls into a coma.
1999 Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Russians Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze win.
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn)
1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
1994 Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated.
1993 Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
1992 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287 - Toronto SkyDome)
1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
1990 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
1989 1st New York Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
1986 World oil prices dip below US$10 a barrel.
1984 American singer Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles, California at age 44 (born 1939).
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England.
1982 US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam�.
1981 CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
1980 New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.
1979 Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
1978 The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games.
1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
1975 Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer.
1974 Pioneer Hall opens
1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold.
1972 Major league baseball players stage first collective strike.
1971 US / Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
1970 Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
1969 Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Kansas City Royals.
1968 KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
1967 The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution".
1965 Syncom 3, first geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control.
1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
1963 Soap operas General Hospital andDoctors Premier on TV
1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
1960 2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara)
1959 Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
1958 KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC / ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win.
1955 WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast
1954 US Air Force Academy forms
1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow
1951 Female suffrage begins in Greece.
1949 Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
1948 Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
1947 Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
1946 Weight Watchers forms
1945 Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st and 9th army
1944 German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
1942 Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang, Timor.
1941 Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq.
1939 US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war.
1938 Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1937 Aden becomes a British crown colony.
1936 Orissa constitutes a province of British India.
1935 First radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York.
1933 Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
1931 Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
1930 Blue Angel, starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
1929 Morehouse College, Spelman College and Atlanta University affiliate to form Atlanta University Center.
1927 U.S. Bureau of Prohibition founded (under Department of the Treasury).
1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated
1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted
1923 First sound short films shown in New York's Rivoli Theatre.
1922 Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1920 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), three games to 2.
1918 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
1910 Dumitru Dan (Romania) completed a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk.
1908 The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
1905 British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya.
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