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 92^nd 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.

April 1: This Day In History

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

April 1 Historical Events

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1936 –
  Orissa formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
• 1941 –
  A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali as Prime Minister.
• 1944 –
  Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
• 1960 –
  The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• 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.
• 1974 –
  In the United Kingdom, the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being.
• 1999 –
  Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

Who were born on April 1?

• 1610 –
  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)
• 1882 –
  Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (d. 1991)
• 1895 –
  Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1920 –
  Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 1937 –
  Yılmaz Güney, Turkish actor, film director (d. 1984)
• 1947 –
  Alain Connes, French mathematician
• 1947 –
  Norm Van Lier, American basketball player (d. 2009)
• 1952 –
  Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
• 1968 –
  Andreas Schnaas, German horror film director
• 1971 –
  Method Man, American rapper

Who died on April 1?

• 1872 –
  William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer (b. 1843)
• 1878 –
  John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796)
• 1962 –
  Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish major (b. 1910)
• 1967 –
  Dang Van Ngu, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual (b. 1910)
• 1991 –
  Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
• 1992 –
  Michael Havers, British barrister and politician (b. 1923)
• 1995 –
  H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914)
• 1999 –
  Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901)
• 2000 –
  Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist (b. 1924)
• 2003 –
  Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer (b. 1956)