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 92nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 19, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,532,160 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 ‘enneacontadigon’ 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 303 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 4,119 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
- 1865 –American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks – In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
- 1918 –The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
- 1939 –Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
- 1945 –World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
- 1946 –Formation of the Malayan Union.
- 1949 –The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
- 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.
- 2006 –The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the “British FBI”, is created in the United Kingdom.
- 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.
Who were born on April 1?
- 1697 –Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763)
- 1815 –Edward Clark, American politician (d. 1880)
- 1889 –K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and Hindu nationalism advocate (d. 1940)
- 1895 –Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1937 –Yılmaz Güney, Turkish actor, film director (d. 1984)
- 1946 –Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1976 –Clarence Seedorf, Dutch footballer
- 1978 –Miroslava Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player
- 1981 –Bjoern Einar Romoeren, Norwegian skijumper
- 1989 –Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
Who died on April 1?
- 1132 –St. Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)
- 1839 –Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)
- 1984 –Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
- 1991 –Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
- 1994 –Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
- 1995 –H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914)
- 2002 –Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer (b. 1947)
- 2004 –Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
- 2005 –Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist and composer (b. 1915)
- 2005 –Robert Coldwell Wood, American educator (b. 1923)
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