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 91^st 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, 29,057,760 minutes 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.

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.

April 1: This Day In History

April 1 is most notable in many countries for being April Fools’ Day.

April 1 Historical Events

• 1340 –
  Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
• 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
• 1922 –
  Six Irish Catholic civilians are shot and beaten-to-death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
• 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.
• 1948 –
  Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
• 1955 –
  The EOKA rebellion against The British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification (“enosis”) with Greece.
• 1969 –
  The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
• 1978 –
  The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Who were born on April 1?

• 1887 –
  H. S. Lloyd, British dog breeder (d. 1963)
• 1924 –
  Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (d. 2003)
• 1937 –
  Jordan Charney, American actor
• 1952 –
  Annette O'Toole, American actress
• 1974 –
  Beatriz Batarda, Portuguese actress
• 1974 –
  Sandra Völker, German swimmer
• 1983 –
  Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 –
  Matt Lanter, American actor and model
• 1985 –
  Josh Zuckerman, American actor
• 1993 –
  Keito Okamoto, Japanese singer

Who died on April 1?

• 1204 –
  Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard I of England and John of England (b. 1122)
• 1994 –
  Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
• 1995 –
  H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914)
• 1996 –
  John McSherry, American baseball umpire (b. 1944)
• 1998 –
  Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2000 –
  Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist (b. 1924)
• 2001 –
  Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (b. 1919)
• 2004 –
  Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
• 2010 –
  John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2010 –
  Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)