What are the important events that happened on April 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 1 is the 91st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 19, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,743,465,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontahenagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 322 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,484 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 1: This Day In History
April 1 is most notable in many countries for being April Fools’ Day.
April 1 Historical Events
- 1871 –The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened.
- 1918 –The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
- 1941 –The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted.
- 1945 –World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
- 1947 –Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
- 1967 –The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
- 1969 –The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
- 1976 –The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect hoax is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore.
- 1997 –Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
- 2001 –Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it.
Who were born on April 1?
- 1873 –Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943)
- 1933 –Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1940 –Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2011)
- 1947 –Robin Scott, English singer
- 1955 –Terry Nichols, American mass murderer
- 1965 –Mark Jackson, American basketball player
- 1972 –Albert Hughes, American film director
- 1975 –George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
- 1978 –Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player
- 1983 –Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby player
Who died on April 1?
- 1132 –St. Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)
- 1621 –Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)
- 1878 –John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796)
- 1890 –Alexander F. Mozhayskiy, Russian aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
- 1914 –Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
- 1946 –Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
- 1966 –Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (b. 1911)
- 1981 –Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 1992 –Nigel Preston, English drummer (b. 1959)
- 2004 –Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946)
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