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Events

• 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
• 1318 - Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English
• 1572 - The Watergeuzen succeeded in capturing Den Briel, effectively sealing off the Meuse from the Spaniards.
• 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.
• 1857 - Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.
• 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.
• 1868 - Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute is established in Hampton, Virginia
• 1873 - The British steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia killing 547.
• 1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• 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 Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in the series of anti-Semitic 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.
• 1941 - The Blockade Runner Badge for German navy is instituted.
• 1945 - World War II: Operation Iceberg - 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).
• 1946 - Formation of the Malayan Union.
• 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.
• 1948 - Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark
• 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.
• 1949 - The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.
• 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 RAF.
• 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 Gremlin.
• 1973 - Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.
• 1974 - In the United Kingdom, new administrative counties come into being.
• 1976 - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The Central Railroad of New Jersey is bankrupt and Conrail takes over it's operations.
• 1979 - Iran's government becomes Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially.
• 1996 - University of Kentucky team wins NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
• 1999 - Nunavut is established as a Canadian 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 Milošević 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.
• 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 the Canadian province of Quebec: Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf wed in Montreal.
  

  

  Faroese Coat of Arms
• 2004 - Faroese Prime Minister's Office announces that from then on the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's Office would use a new version of the Faroese Coat of Arms. The colours were inspired from the Merkið (flag) and yellow/gold was added. The new Coat of Arms depicts a Ram on a blue shield ready to defend. It can be used by the Government Ministries and by Faroese embassies, but some still use older versions of the Coat of Arms.

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Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... The Watergeuzen (or simply Geuzen) were a fleet of privateers during the Eighty Years War, the Low Countries (or Netherlands) rebellion against the Spanish occupation, which began during the reign of Philip II of Spain (in the 1550s). ... Brielle, also called Den Briel, (population: 15,948 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... The Meuse(Maas) at Maastricht Length 925 km Elevation of the source 409  m Average discharge 230  m³/s Area watershed 36 000  km² Origin  France Mouth   Hollands Diep Basin countries France - Belgium - Netherlands The Meuse (Dutch Maas) is a large European river rising in France, flowing through Belgium and... Jump to: navigation, search 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 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Jump to: navigation, search Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles, and the largest inland city in the country. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. Origin and Early History Formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Adolf Hitler â–¶(?) 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The Blockade Runner Badge Blockade Runner Badge or the Badge for Blockade Runners (Abzeichen für Blockadebrecher) is a German military decoration awarded for service on warships or merchant vessels (also allied) that attempted to breakthrough the British sea blockade of Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Battle of Okinawa, fought on the island of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands (south of the four big islands of Japan) was the largest amphibious assault during the Pacific campaign of World War II. It was the largest sea-land-air battle in history, running... This article is about the prefecture. ... 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Births

• 1220 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
• 1543 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
• 1578 - William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657)
• 1610 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
• 1640 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
• 1647 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (d. 1680)
• 1732 - Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
• 1765 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
• 1776 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (d. 1831)
• 1815 - Otto von Bismarck, German politician (d. 1898)
• 1815 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
• 1834 - Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872)
• 1854 - Bill Traylor, American artist (d. 1949)
• 1856 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (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, English writer (d. 1932)
• 1883 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930)
• 1885 - Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1895 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1897 - Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
• 1898 - William James Sidis, eccentric genius and child prodigy (d. 1944)
• 1899 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (d. 1968)
• 1900 - Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
• 1901 - Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
• 1906 - Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. 1989)
• 1908 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970)
• 1914 - Jerome L. Walton, Canadian author
• 1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrain actor (d. 2004)
• 1920 - Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 1922 - William Manchester, American writer (d. 2004)
• 1924 - Brendan Byrne, Governor of New Jersey
• 1926 - Charles Bressler, American tenor
• 1926 - Anne McCaffrey, American author
• 1929 - Milan Kundera, Czech writer
• 1929 - Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer
• 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
• 1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 - Don Hastings, American actor
• 1934 - Rod Kanehl, baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1935 - Larry McDonald, American politician (d. 1983)
• 1938 - Ali MacGraw, American actress
• 1938 - John Quade, American actor
• 1939 - Phil Niekro, American baseball pitcher
• 1940 - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1942 - Samuel R. Delany, American author
• 1942 - Annie Nightingale, British disc jockey
• 1946 - Ronnie Lane, British musician (The Small Faces and The Faces) (d. 1997)
• 1947 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
• 1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican musician
• 1949 - Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
• 1949 - Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer
• 1952 - Annette O'Toole, American actress
• 1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director
• 1964 - Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1965 - Mark Jackson, American basketball player
• 1965 - Robert Steadman, English composer
• 1970 - Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model
• 1971 - Method Man, American musician
• 1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, American film directors
• 1973 - Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer
• 1975 - George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
• 1980 - Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
• 1980 - Takeuchi Yuko, Japanese actress
• 1981 - Hannah Spearritt, British singer (S Club 7)
• 1982 - Sam Huntington, American actor
• 1983 - Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 - Sean Taylor, American football player

Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 - 1220 - 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 See also: 1220 state leaders The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols... Emperor Go-Saga (後嵯峨天皇) (April 1, 1220 - March 17, 1272) was the 88th imperial ruler of Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... // Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1 April 1543 – 21 September 1626) was soldier of the French Wars of Religion and Constable of France. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Events January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. ... Jump to: navigation, search [[image:William_Harvey. ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ... // Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond (April 1, 1610 - September 29, 1703), was born at Saint-Denis-le-Guast, near Coutances, the seat of his family in Normandy. ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Jørgen Mohr (Latinised Georg(ius) Mohr) (April 1, 1640 - January 26, 1697) was a Danish mathematician. ... Events September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 – St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher Polhem starts Swedens first technical school. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (April 1, 1647 - July 26, 1680) was an English nobleman, a friend of King Charles II of England, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... (Franz) Joseph Haydn (in German, Josef; he never used the Franz) (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was a leading composer of the classical period. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Luigi Schiavonetti (April 1, 1765-June 7, 1810), Italian engraver, was born at Bassano in Venetia. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 1776. ... Image:Marie-Sophie Germain. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 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Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Ferruccio Busoni Dante Michaelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and conductor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Portrait of Sergei Rachmaninoff by Konstantin Somov 1925 Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasilevič Rahmaninov, April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943) was a Russian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 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Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 - October 17, 1984), was a celebrated African-American jazz singer, songwriter and nurse. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about the year 1984. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nita Naldi was one of most successful actresses of the Roaring Twenties. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... William James Sidis (April 1, 1898 - July 17, 1944) was an eccentric genius and child prodigy, famous in the United States of America in the early 20th century but now virtually unknown. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 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Whittaker Chambers in 1939 Jay Vivian (Whittaker) Chambers (April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer, editor, political operative and defector best known for his accusation and testimony against Alger Hiss, the architect of the Yalta Conference and Secretary General of the San Francisco conference that created the... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Aircraft stubs | 1906 births | 1989 deaths | Aeronautical engineers | Yakovlev ... Jump to: navigation, search 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Abraham Maslow (April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970) was a psychologist. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Science fiction writer Jerome L. Walton was born in 1914 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Jump to: navigation, search Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎 Mifune Toshirō) (April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997(MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... William Manchester William Manchester (April 1, 1922–June 1, 2004) was a historian and biographer, notable as the author of 18 books that have been translated into 20 languages. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brendan Thomas Byrne (born April 1, 1924) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charles Bressler (born April 1, 1926) is an American tenor. ... 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Jump to: navigation, search The Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Samuel Ray Chip Delany, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Annie Nightingale MBE (born in London on April 1, 1942) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom, who since the death of John Peel in October 2004 has been the longest-serving presenter on BBC Radio 1 - her career at the station is more than... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Singer, songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane (nicknamed Plonk) is best known for his membership in two prominent British rock bands, The Small Faces (1965-69) and The Faces (1970-75). ... Jump to: navigation, search Small Faces album cover For the Scottish movie Small Faces, see Small Faces (movie). ... 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Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (born April 1, 1983) is an Icelandic footballer and a midfielder, he currently plays for Brentford F.C.. Skúlason was born in Reykjavík, Iceland and, before playing for Arsenal F.C., played for Icelandic soccer team Fylkir. ... Sean Taylor (born April 1, 1983 in Miami, Florida) is an American football player who currently plays free safety for the Washington Redskins of the NFL. // Out of the University of Miami, a top NFL pick Taylor was a standout safety at the University of Miami, where he was a...

Deaths

• 1085 - Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)
• 1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of Henry II of England
• 1205 - King Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145)
• 1528 - Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer
• 1580 - Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer
• 1621 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)
• 1637 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571)
• 1682 - Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1625)
• 1684 - Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (b. 1603)
• 1787 - Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)
• 1839 - Benjamin Pierce, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1872 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)
• 1878 - John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796)
• 1914 - Rube Waddell, baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1868)
• 1922 - Emperor Karl I of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1946 - Noah Beery, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 - King George II of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 - Charles R. Drew, American physician (b. 1904)
• 1966 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911)
• 1968 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 - Max Ernst, German artist (b. 1891)
• 1984 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
• 1986 - Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1988 - Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (b. 1907)
• 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)
• 1998 - Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (b. 1963)
• 1998 - Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2003 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956)
• 2004 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946)
• 2005 - Harald Juhnke, German entertainer (b. 1929)
• 2005 - Jack Keller, songwriter (leukemia) (b. 1936)
• 2005 - Robert Coldwell Wood, American university president and political appointee (b. 1923)

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Holidays and observances

• April 1 is known as April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day in many countries.
• Feast day of Saint Hugh in the Roman Catholic Church calendar
• Roman Empire - Veneralia celebrated to honor Venus
• 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.
• Canada - Beginning of government's fiscal year
• 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.
• International Day of the Birds

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External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Today in History: April 1

March 31 - April 2 - March 1 - May 1 -- listing of all days Jump to: navigation, search March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...