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
- 527 –Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
- 1572 –In the Eighty Years’ War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks – In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
- 1924 –The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
- 1949 –Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
- 1954 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
- 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.
- 1976 –Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.
- 2001 –An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People’s Republic of China and is detained.
Who were born on April 1?
- 1875 –Edgar Wallace, English writer (d. 1932)
- 1901 –Whittaker Chambers, American writer, editor, and defector (d. 1961)
- 1931 –Ita Ever, Estonian actress
- 1939 –Ali MacGraw, American actress
- 1939 –Phil Niekro, American baseball player
- 1946 –Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1953 –Barry Sonnenfeld, producer and director
- 1954 –Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (d. 1992)
- 1980 –Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
- 1982 –Taran Killam, American comedian and actor
Who died on April 1?
- 1204 –Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard I of England and John of England (b. 1122)
- 1922 –Charles I of Austria (b. 1887)
- 1967 –Dang Van Ngu, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual (b. 1910)
- 1992 –Nigel Preston, English drummer (b. 1959)
- 1993 –Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
- 1999 –Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901)
- 2001 –Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (b. 1919)
- 2005 –Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (b 1925)
- 2006 –In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
- 2010 –Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)
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