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What happend on 1. April in History
In our data base we found 433 events happened on 1. April:
• 286: Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 325: Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. [category: Events]
• 457: Majorian is acclaimed emperor by the Roman army. [category: Events]
• 527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. [category: Events]
• 1085: Emperor Shenzong of Song (b. 1048) [category: Deaths]
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• 1132: St. Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) [category: Deaths]
• 1204: Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. 1122) [category: Deaths]
• 1205: King Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145) [category: Deaths]
• 1220: Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) [category: Births]
• 1293: Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. [category: Events]
• 1318: Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from England. [category: Events]
• 1340: Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark. [category: Events]
• 1528: Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer [category: Deaths]
• 1543: François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) [category: Births]
• 1572: In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. [category: Events]
• 1578: William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657) [category: Births]
• 1580: Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer [category: Deaths]
• 1610: Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1621: Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
• 1629: Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French composer, harpsichordist and organist (d. 1691) [category: Births]
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• 1637: Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) [category: Births]
• 1647: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1682: Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1721: Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch organist and violinist, and composer (d. 1799) [category: Births]
• 1732: Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1753: Joseph de Maistre, French diplomat and writer (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1765: Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1776: Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1787: Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1809: Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1815: Edward Clark, American politician (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1815: Otto von Bismarck, German statesman (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1826: Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. [category: Events]
• 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 [category: Events]
• 1834: James Fisk, American businessman (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1839: Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1854: Charles Dickens' Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine, Household Words. [category: Events]
• 1856: Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1865: Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1865: Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks – [category: Events]
• 1866: Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1867: Singapore becomes a British crown colony. [category: Events]
• 1868: Edmond Rostand, French dramatist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1871: F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian violinist and conductor (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1871: The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened. [category: Events]
• 1872: Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1872: William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1873: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1873: The British steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547. [category: Events]
• 1874: Ernest William Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1875: Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1878: John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1881: Henri Laurent, French fencer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1882: Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1883: Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1884: Laurette Taylor, American actress (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1885: Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1887: H. S. Lloyd, British dog breeder (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1887: Mumbai Fire Brigade is established. [category: Events]
• 1889: K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and Hindu nationalism advocate (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1890: Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1893: Cicely Courtneidge, English actress and comedian (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1893: The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established. [category: Events]
• 1895: Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1895: Paul Richter, Austrian actor (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1897: Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1897: Jandamarra, Indigenous-Australian resistance leader (b. c. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: William James Sidis, American mathematician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1899: Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1901: Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1902: Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1902: Mary Miles Minter, American actress (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1904: Sid Field, English comedian and actor (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1905: Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Aleksandr Yakovlev, Russian engineer and designer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1908: Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1908: The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. [category: Events]
• 1909: Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1909: Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1911: Fauja Singh, Indian athlete [category: Births]
• 1912: Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1913: Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1914: Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1914: Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1917: Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1917: Leon Janney, American actor and radio personality (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1917: Melville Shavelson, American director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1917: Sydney Newman, Canadian producer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1917: Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. [category: Events]
• 1919: Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: The Staatliches Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. [category: Events]
• 1920: Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1920: Walter Simon, German philanthropist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American musician and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1921: Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: William Bergsma, American composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1922: William Manchester, American historian (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1922: Charles I of Austria (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1923: Bobby Jordan, American actor (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1923: Don Butterfield, American tuba player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Leora Dana, American actress (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1924: Brendan Byrne, American politician [category: Births]
• 1924: Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lloyd Hildebrand, French racing cyclist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 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 Mein Kampf. [category: Events]
• 1924: The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. [category: Events]
• 1925: Lars Jørgen Madsen, Danish rifle shooter (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Anne McCaffrey, American author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1926: Charles Bressler, American tenor [category: Births]
• 1926: Gérard La Forest, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada [category: Births]
• 1926: John Scott Martin, English actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1927: Amos Milburn, American pianist (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1927: Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian soccer player (d.2006) [category: Births]
• 1927: Peter Cundall, Australian horticulturist [category: Births]
• 1927: Walter Bahr, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1928: George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1929: Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1929: Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1929: Jonathan Haze, American actor [category: Births]
• 1929: Milan Kundera, Czech writer [category: Births]
• 1929: Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Eugene Weingand, German actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1930: Grace Lee Whitney, American actress [category: Births]
• 1930: Cosima Wagner, Hungarian daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: George Baker, English actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1931: Ita Ever, Estonian actress [category: Births]
• 1931: Rolf Hochhuth, German writer [category: Births]
• 1932: Debbie Reynolds, American actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1933: Dan Flavin, American artist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1933: English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1934: Don Hastings, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Jim Ed Brown, American singer (The Browns) [category: Births]
• 1934: Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist [category: Births]
• 1935: Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1936: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist [category: Births]
• 1936: Don Steele, American disc jockey (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1936: Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1936: Peter Collinson, British director (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1936: Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Assam [category: Births]
• 1936: Orissa formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India. [category: Events]
• 1937: Jordan Charney, American actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Yılmaz Güney, Turkish actor and director (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1937: Aden becomes a British crown colony. Bombing of Jaén, Spain by Nazi forces. [category: Events]
• 1938: John Quade, American actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ali MacGraw, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Phil Niekro, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1939: Rudolph Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1939: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender. [category: Events]
• 1940: Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1941: Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1941: Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali as Prime Minister. [category: Events]
• 1941: The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted. [category: Events]
• 1942: Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1942: Phil Margo, American musician (The Tokens) [category: Births]
• 1942: Richard D. Wolff, American economist [category: Births]
• 1942: Samuel R. Delany, American author [category: Births]
• 1943: Carol White, British actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1944: Rusty Staub, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. [category: Events]
• 1945: John Barbata, American drummer (The Sentinals, The Turtles, and Jefferson Airplane) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war. [category: Events]
• 1946: Arrigo Sacchi, Italian football coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Eva Polttila, Finnish news anchor [category: Births]
• 1946: Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Ronnie Lane, English musician, songwriter, and producer (Faces and Small Faces) (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1946: Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1946: Formation of the Malayan Union. [category: Events]
• 1947: Alain Connes, French mathematician [category: Births]
• 1947: Norm Van Lier, American basketball player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1947: Philippe Kirsch, Canadian diplomat and judge [category: Births]
• 1947: Robin Scott, English singer (M) [category: Births]
• 1947: King George II of Greece (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II. [category: Events]
• 1948: Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician, singer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Cold War: Berlin Airlift – Military forces, under direction of the Russian-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1948: Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark. [category: Events]
• 1949: Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1949: Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman [category: Births]
• 1949: Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting. [category: Events]
• 1949: The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1949: The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. [category: Events]
• 1950: Daniel Paillé, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1950: Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist [category: Births]
• 1950: Charles R. Drew, American physician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: John Philip Abizaid, American army general [category: Births]
• 1952: Annette O'Toole, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher [category: Births]
• 1953: Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director [category: Births]
• 1954: Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto and Clover) (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. [category: Events]
• 1955: Don Hasselbeck, American football player [category: Births]
• 1955: Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani statesman [category: Births]
• 1955: Terry Nichols, American convicted accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing [category: Births]
• 1955: The EOKA rebellion against The British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece. [category: Events]
• 1956: Jeffrey Beecroft, American production designer [category: Births]
• 1957: Andreas Deja, German-American animator [category: Births]
• 1957: David Gower, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Denise Nickerson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. [category: Events]
• 1958: D. Boon, American musician (Minutemen and The Reactionaries) (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1959: Ivan G'Vera, Czech actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Margita Stefanović, Yugoslav musician (Ekatarina Velika) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1959: Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America. [category: Events]
• 1960: J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1960: Michael Praed, English actor [category: Births]
• 1960: The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space. [category: Events]
• 1961: Mark White, British guitarist (ABC) [category: Births]
• 1961: Susan Boyle, Scottish singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Chris Grayling, English politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Phillip Schofield, English broadcaster and television personality [category: Births]
• 1962: Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish major (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Teddy Diaz, Filipino guitarist (The Dawn) (d.1988) [category: Births]
• 1964: Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager [category: Births]
• 1964: José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese writer, journalist, and educator [category: Births]
• 1964: Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1964: Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Jackson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Robert Steadman, English composer [category: Births]
• 1965: Simona Ventura, Italian television host [category: Births]
• 1965: Tomas Alfredson, Swedish director [category: Births]
• 1965: Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American cosmetics manufacturer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Chris Evans, English disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1966: Craig Kelly, American snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1966: Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Phil Demmel, American musician (Machine Head and Vio-Lence) [category: Births]
• 1967: Dang Van Ngu, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: The United States Department of Transportation begins operation. [category: Events]
• 1968: Andreas Schnaas, German director [category: Births]
• 1968: Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Traci Lind, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Dean Windass, English football player [category: Births]
• 1969: Fadl Shaker, Lebanese singer [category: Births]
• 1969: The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force. [category: Events]
• 1970: Mark Wheeler, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Sung Hi Lee, Korean model [category: Births]
• 1970: President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. [category: Events]
• 1971: Danielle Smith, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Jessica Collins, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Karen Dunbar, Scottish comedienne and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1971: Method Man, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) [category: Births]
• 1971: Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1971: Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacred over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh. [category: Events]
• 1972: Albert Hughes, American director [category: Births]
• 1972: Allen Hughes, American director [category: Births]
• 1972: Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jesse Tobias, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers and Splendid) [category: Births]
• 1973: Christian Finnegan, American comedian, actor, and writer [category: Births]
• 1973: Daryn Tufts, American writer, director, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Joe Francis, American adult video producer, founder of Girls Gone Wild [category: Births]
• 1973: Kris Marshall, British actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Kym Wilson, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Rachel Maddow, American television host and political analyst [category: Births]
• 1973: Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India. [category: Events]
• 1974: Beatriz Batarda, Portuguese actress [category: Births]
• 1974: China Chow, British actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Colby Donaldson, American television host and actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Hugo Benjamín Ibarra, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Richard Christy, American drummer and radio personality [category: Births]
• 1974: Sandra Völker, German swimmer [category: Births]
• 1974: In the United Kingdom, the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being. [category: Events]
• 1975: George Bastl, Swiss tennis player [category: Births]
• 1975: John Butler, Australian singer and musician (The John Butler Trio) [category: Births]
• 1976: Aaron Goodwin, American paranormal investigator and cameraman [category: Births]
• 1976: Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: David Gilliland, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: David Oyelowo, English-Nigerian actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Max Ernst, German artist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne [category: Events]
• 1976: Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.. [category: Events]
• 1976: The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect hoax is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore. [category: Events]
• 1977: Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1977: Jon Gosselin, American television personality [category: Births]
• 1977: Vitor Belfort, Brazilian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1978: Anamaria Marinca, Romanian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1978: Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player [category: Births]
• 1978: Etan Thomas, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: J. J. Feild, English-American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. [category: Events]
• 1979: Ivano Balić, Croatian handballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Barbara Luddy, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Bruno Coquatrix, French music impresario (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah. [category: Events]
• 1980: Bijou Phillips, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Dennis Kruppke, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Randy Orton, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Aimee Chan, Canadian model and actress, Miss Hong Kong 2006 [category: Births]
• 1981: Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Asli Bayram, Turkish-German model and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper [category: Births]
• 1981: Hannah Spearritt, British singer and actor (S Club 7) [category: Births]
• 1981: Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Sam Huntington, American actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Taran Killam, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: John Axford, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jussi Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby league player [category: Births]
• 1983: Matt Lanter, American actor and model [category: Births]
• 1983: Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1983: Sergey Lazarev, Russian singer (Smash!!) [category: Births]
• 1983: Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Marvin Gaye, American singer (The Moonglows) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Beth Tweddle, English gymnast [category: Births]
• 1985: Daniel Murphy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Josh Zuckerman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Hillary Scott, American singer (Lady Antebellum) [category: Births]
• 1986: Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1986: Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese musician and actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Kayla Collins, American model [category: Births]
• 1987: Li Ting, Chinese diver [category: Births]
• 1987: Oliver Turvey, British racing driver [category: Births]
• 1988: Alessandra Perilli, Sammarinese target shooter [category: Births]
• 1988: Brook Lopez, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Courtney McCool, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1988: Robin Lopez, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1988: Jim Jordan, American actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Christian Vietoris, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1989: David N'Gog, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1989: Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1990: Julia Fischer, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1991: Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Michael Havers, British barrister and politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Nigel Preston, English drummer (The Cult) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Start of the Bosnian war. [category: Events]
• 1993: Blair Fowler, American beauty guru [category: Births]
• 1993: Keito Okamoto, Japanese singer (Hey! Say! JUMP) [category: Births]
• 1993: Nico Schulz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Lucy Rie, American potter (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: John McSherry, American baseball umpire (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Asa Butterfield, English actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Norman Carr, British conservationist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion. [category: Events]
• 1998: Lydia Waters, English actress [category: Births]
• 1998: Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jesse Stone, American musician and songwriter (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. [category: Events]
• 2000: Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese composer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2001: Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges. [category: Events]
• 2001: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it. [category: Events]
• 2002: Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Nilo Soruco, Bolivian singer-songwriter (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Paul Atkinson, British guitarist (The Zombies) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist and composer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Harald Juhnke, German actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jack Keller, American songwriter (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (b 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and educator (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", is created in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 2007: Herb Carneal, American sportscaster (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Croatia and Albania join NATO. [category: Events]
• 2010: John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2012: Ekrem Bora, Turkish actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jerry Lynch, American baseball player (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leila Denmark, American pediatrician (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lionel Bowen, Australian politician (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (b.1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: N. K. P. Salve, Indian politician (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cellach of Armagh [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Civil Service Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Sizdah Be-dar can fall, while April 2 is the latest; celebrated on the 13th day after vernal equinox. (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Edible Book Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fossil Fools Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hugh of Grenoble [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Islamic Republic Day (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kha b-Nisan, the Assyrian New Year (Assyrians) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Melito of Sardis [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Orissa Day (Orissa, India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tewdrig [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The Capture of Brielle, marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. (Brielle) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The start of Miyako Odori, an annual geiko dance celebration. (Gion District, Kyoto, Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Theodora [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Užupis Day, celebrate the independence of Užupis. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Veneralia, in honor of Venus. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Walric, abbot of Leuconay [category: Holidays and observances]