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{{Day}} April 1 is most notable in the [[English language|English speaking]] world for being [[April Fools' Day]].
==Events==
* [[527]] - [[Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Justin I]] names his nephew [[Justinian I]] as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*[[1318]] - [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] is captured by the [[Scotland|Scottish]] from the [[England|English]].
*[[1340]] - [[Niels Ebbesen]] kills [[Gerhard III of Holstein]] in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 [[interregnum]] in [[Denmark]].
*[[1572]] - In the [[Eighty Years' War]], the [[Geuzen|Watergeuzen]] capture [[Brielle]] from the [[Spanish Empire|Spaniards]], gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the [[Dutch Republic]].
*[[1789]] - In [[New York City]], the [[United States House of Representatives]] holds its first quorum and elects [[Frederick Muhlenberg]] of [[Pennsylvania]] as its first [[House Speaker]].
*[[1826]] - [[Samuel Morey]] patents the [[internal combustion engine]].
*[[1854]] - ''[[Hard Times]]'' begins serialisation in [[Charles Dickens]] magazine, ''Household Words''.
*[[1857]] - [[Herman Melville]] publishes ''[[The Confidence-Man]]''.
*[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Five Forks]] - In [[Siege of Petersburg]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]] begins his final offensive.
*[[1867]] - [[Singapore]] becomes a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] [[crown colony]].
*[[1873]] - The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] steamer [[SS Atlantic|SS ''Atlantic'']] sinks off [[Nova Scotia]], killing 547.
*[[1891]] - The [[Wrigley Company]] is founded in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]].
*[[1912]] - The Greek athlete [[Konstantinos Tsiklitiras]] breaks the world record -in [[standing long jump]] jumping 3.47 meters.
*[[1918]] - The [[Royal Air Force]] is created by merging the [[Royal Flying Corps]] and the [[Royal Naval Air Service]].
*[[1924]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] is sentenced to five years in [[Prison|jail]] for his participation in the "[[Beer Hall Putsch]]". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes the book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''.
* 1924 - First revenue flight for [[Belgium]]'s [[Sabena]] Airlines
*[[1924]] - The [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] is formed.
*[[1933]] - The recently elected [[Nazism|Nazis]] under [[Julius Streicher]] organize a one-day boycott of all [[Jewish]]-owned businesses in [[Germany]], ushering in the series of [[anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] acts that will gradually, yet ultimately lead to the [[Holocaust]].
*[[1936]] - [[Orissa]] Formerly known as [[Kalinga (India)|Kalinga]] or Utkal became a state in [[India]].
*[[1937]] - [[Aden]] becomes a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] [[crown colony]].
*[[1939]] - [[Generalissimo|Generalísimo]] [[Francisco Franco]] of the [[Spanish State]] announces the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]], when the last of the [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican]] forces surrender.
*[[1941]] - The [[Blockade Runner Badge]] for [[Germany|German]] navy is instituted.
*[[1944]] - Accidental [[United States|American]] bombing of the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] city of [[Schaffhausen]]. The bombers were lost.
*[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Okinawa|Operation Iceberg]] - [[United States]] troops land on [[Okinawa]] in the last campaign of the war.
*[[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, Hawaii]]).
* 1946 - Formation of the [[Malayan Union]].
*[[1948]] - [[Cold War]]: [[Berlin Airlift]] - [[Military forces]], under direction of the [[Soviet]]-controlled [[government]] in [[East Germany]], set-up a land blockade of [[West Berlin]].
* 1948 - [[Faroe Islands]] receive [[self-governance|autonomy]] from [[Denmark]].
*[[1949]] - [[Chinese Civil War]]: [[Communist Party of China]] holds unsuccessful peace talks with the [[Kuomintang]] in [[Beijing]], after three years of fighting.
* 1949 - The twenty-six counties of the [[Irish Free State]] become the [[Republic of Ireland]].
*[[1954]] - [[President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] authorizes the creation of the [[United States Air Force Academy]] in [[Colorado]].
*[[1955]] - The [[EOKA]] rebellion against The Brtish Empire starts in [[Cyprus]], with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece.
*[[1967]] - The [[United States Department of Transportation]] begins operation.
*[[1969]] - The [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]] enters service with the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]].
*[[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]].
*[[1973]] - [[Project Tiger]], a [[tiger]] conservation project, is launched in the [[Corbett National Park]], [[India]].
*[[1974]] - In the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties]] come into being.
*[[1976]] - [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] is formed by [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Steve Wozniak]].
*1976 - [[Conrail]] takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the [[northeastern U.S.]].
*1976 - [[Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect]] is first reported by the [[astronomer]] [[Patrick Moore]].
*[[1978]] - Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]].
*[[1979]] - [[Iran]]'s [[government]] becomes an [[Islamic Republic]] by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the [[Shah]].
*[[1980]] - [[New York City]]'s [[Transport Workers Union of America|Transit Worker Union 100]] begins a [[1980 transit strike|strike]] lasting 11 days.
*[[1981]] - [[Daylight saving time]] is introduced in the [[USSR]].
*[[1989]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s new [[local government]] tax, the [[Community Charge]] (commonly known as the 'poll tax'), is introduced in [[Scotland]].
*[[1996]] - The [[Halifax Regional Municipality]] in [[Nova Scotia]] is created.
*[[1999]] - [[Nunavut]] is established as a [[Canada|Canadian]] territory carved out of the eastern part of the [[Northwest Territories]].
*[[2001]] - An [[EP-3E]] [[United States Navy]] plane collides with a [[China|Chinese]] [[People's Liberation Army]] [[fighter jet]]. The [[Navy]] crew makes an emergency landing in [[Hainan]], [[People's Republic of China]] and is detained. See [[Hainan Island incident]].
* 2001 - Former [[president]] of [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] [[Slobodan Milošević]] surrenders to police [[special forces]], to be tried on charges of [[war crime]]s.
* 2001 - [[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|Same-sex marriage]] becomes legal in the [[Netherlands]], which is the [[Timeline of same-sex marriage|first]] country to allow it.
*[[2002]] - The [[Netherlands]] legalizes [[euthanasia]], becoming the first nation in the world to do so.
*[[2004]] - [[Google]] introduces its [[Gmail]] product to the public. The launch is met with scepticism on account of the launch date.
*[[2006]] - The [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]], dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the [[United Kingdom]].
==Births==
*[[1220]] - [[Emperor Go-Saga]] of Japan (d. [[1272]])
*[[1543]] - [[François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières]], Constable of France (d. [[1626]])
*[[1578]] - [[William Harvey]], English physician (d. [[1657]])
*[[1610]] - [[Charles de Saint-Évremond]], French soldier (d. [[1703]])
*[[1640]] - [[Georg Mohr]], Danish mathematician (d. [[1697]])
*[[1647]] - [[John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]], English poet (d. [[1680]])
*[[1697]] - [[Antoine François Prévost]], French author and novelist (d. [[1763]])
*[[1753]] - [[Joseph de Maistre]], French diplomat and writer (d. [[1821]])
*[[1765]] - [[Luigi Schiavonetti]], Italian engraver (d. [[1810]])
*[[1776]] - [[Sophie Germain]], French mathematician (d. [[1831]])
*[[1815]] - [[Otto von Bismarck]], 1st [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1898]])
* 1815 - [[Edward Clark]], Governor of Texas (d. [[1880]])
*[[1834]] - [[Big Jim Fisk]], American entrepreneur (d. [[1872]])
*[[1854]] - [[Bill Traylor]], American artist (d. [[1949]])
*[[1856]] - [[Acacio Gabriel Viegas]], Indian physician (d. [[1933]])
*[[1865]] - [[Richard Adolf Zsigmondy]], Austrian-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1929]])
*[[1866]] - [[Ferruccio Busoni]], Italian pianist and composer (d. [[1924]])
*[[1868]] - [[Edmond Rostand]], French dramatist (d. [[1918]])
*[[1873]] ([[Gregorian calendar|N.S.]]) - [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. [[1943]])
*[[1875]] - [[Edgar Wallace]], English writer (d. [[1932]])
*[[1880]] - [[Agha Petros]], Assyrian general (d. [[1932]])
*[[1882]] - [[Paul Anspach]], Belgian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1991)
*[[1883]] - [[Lon Chaney, Sr.]], American actor (d. [[1930]])
*[[1885]] - [[Wallace Beery]], American actor (d. [[1949]])
*[[1893]] - [[Cicely Courtneidge]], English actress and comedian (d. [[1980]])
*[[1895]] - [[Alberta Hunter]], American singer (d. [[1984]])
*[[1897]] - [[Nita Naldi]], American actress (d. [[1961]])
*[[1898]] - [[William James Sidis]], American genius (d. [[1944]])
*[[1899]] - [[Gustavs Celmins]], Latvian politician (d. [[1968]])
*[[1900]] - [[Robert McDowell]], Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. [[1988]])
*[[1901]] - [[Whittaker Chambers]], American writer, editor, and defector (d. [[1961]])
*[[1902]] - [[Maria Polydouri]], Greek poet (d. [[1930]])
*[[1906]] - [[Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev|Aleksandr Yakovlev]], Russian engineer and aeroplane designer (d. [[1989]])
*[[1908]] - [[Abraham Maslow]], American psychologist (d. [[1970]])
*[[1909]] - [[Eddy Duchin]], American popular pianist & bandleader (d. [[1951]])
*[[1914]] - [[Lor Tok]], Thai comedian and actor (d. [[2002]])
*[[1915]] - [[Otto Wilhelm Fischer]], Austrian actor (d. [[2004]])
*[[1917]] - [[Melville Shavelson]], American film director, producer and screenwriter (d. [[2007]])
*[[1919]] - [[Joseph Murray]], American surgeon, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]]
*[[1920]] - [[Toshirō Mifune]], Japanese actor (d. [[1997]])
*[[1921]] - [[Ken Reardon]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1922]] - [[William Manchester]], American historian (d. [[2004]])
*[[1924]] - [[Brendan Byrne]], Governor of [[New Jersey]]
*[[1924]] - [[Miodrag Petrović]], Serbian actor (d. [[2003]])
*[[1926]] - [[Charles Bressler]], American tenor
* 1926 - [[Anne McCaffrey]], American author
*[[1927]] - [[Amos Milburn]], American pianist (d. [[1980]])
*[[1928]] - [[George Grizzard]], American actor (d. [[2007]])
*[[1929]] - [[Milan Kundera]], Czech-born writer
* 1929 - [[Payut Ngaokrachang]], Thai animator
* 1929 - [[Jane Powell]], American dancer, actress, and singer
* 1929 - [[Bo Schembechler]], American football coach (d. [[2006]])
*[[1930]] - [[Grace Lee Whitney]], American actress
*[[1931]] - [[Rolf Hochhuth]], German writer
* 1931 - [[Ita Ever]], Estonian actress
*[[1932]] - [[Gordon Jump]], American actor (d. [[2003]])
* 1932 - [[Debbie Reynolds]], American actress
*[[1933]] - [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]], French physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]]
* 1933 - [[Dan Flavin]], American artist (d. [[1996]])
*[[1934]] - [[Don Hastings]], American actor
* 1934 - [[Rod Kanehl]], American baseball player (d. [[2004]])
* 1934 - [[Vladimir Posner]], Russian journalist
*[[1935]] - [[Larry McDonald]], American politician (d. [[1983]])
*[[1936]] - [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]], Swiss politician, president of the Confederation in 1989 and 1996 (d. [[1998]])
*[[1938]] - [[Ali MacGraw]], American actress
* 1938 - [[John Quade]], American actor
*[[1939]] - [[Phil Niekro]], American baseball player
* 1939 - [[Rudolph Isley]], American singer
*[[1940]] - [[Wangari Maathai]], Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
*[[1942]] - [[Samuel R. Delany]], American author
* 1942 - [[Annie Nightingale]], British disc jockey
*[[1944]] - [[Rusty Staub]], American baseball player
*[[1945]] - [[John Barbata]], American drummer
*[[1946]] - [[Ronnie Lane]], English musician (d. [[1997]])
* 1946 - [[Arrigo Sacchi]], Italian football coach
*[[1947]] - [[Alain Connes]], French mathematician
* 1947 - [[Robin Scott|M]], English singer
* 1947 - [[Norm Van Lier]], American basketball player
*[[1948]] - [[Jimmy Cliff]], Jamaican musician
*[[1949]] - [[Gérard Mestrallet]], French businessman
* 1949 - [[Sammy Nelson]], Northern Irish footballer
* 1949 - [[Gil Scott-Heron]], American musician and composer
*[[1950]] - [[Samuel Alito]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice
*[[1951]] - [[John Philip Abizaid]], [[U.S. Army]] General, former [[CENTCOM]] commander
*[[1952]] - [[Annette O'Toole]], American actress
* 1952 - [[Bernard Stiegler]], French philosopher
*[[1953]] - [[Barry Sonnenfeld]], producer and director
*[[1954]] - [[Jeff Porcaro]], American drummer (d. [[1992]])
*[[1955]] - [[Gregg Jarrett]], American television anchor
* 1955 - [[Humayun Akhtar Khan]], Pakistani statesman
*[[1957]] - [[David Gower]], English cricketer
*[[1958]] - [[D. Boon]], American musician d. ([[1985]])
*[[1960]] - [[Michael Praed]], British actor
*[[1962]] - [[Dave Ulliott]], English poker player
* 1962 - [[Samboy Lim]], Filipino basketball player
*[[1964]] - [[Erik Breukink]], Dutch cyclist and manager
* 1964 - [[Scott Stevens]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1965]] - [[Mark Jackson (basketball)|Mark Jackson]], American basketball player
* 1965 - [[Robert Steadman]], English composer
*[[1966]] - [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]], English disc jockey
*[[1967]] - [[Phil Demmel]], American musician
*[[1968]] - [[Andreas Schnaas]], German horror film director
* 1968 - [[Julia Boutros]], Lebanese singer
*[[1969]] - [[Fadl Shaker]], Lebanese singer
*[[1970]] - [[Sung Hi Lee]], Korean-born model
*[[1971]] - [[Method Man]], American rapper
* 1971 - [[Jessica Collins (I)|Jessica Collins]], American actress
* 1971 - [[Lachy Hulme]], Australian actor and screenwriter
* 1971 - [[Shinji Nakano]], Japanese race car driver
*[[1972]] - [[Hughes Brothers|Allen and Albert Hughes]], American film directors
* 1972 - [[Darren McCarty]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1972 - [[Jesse Tobias]], American musician
*[[1973]] - [[Christian Finnegan]], American comedian
* 1973 - [[Stephen Fleming]], New Zealand cricketer
* 1973 - [[Rachel Maddow]], [[United States|American]] [[radio]] personality and political analyst
* 1973 - [[Joe Francis]], American adult video producer
*[[1974]] - [[Richard Christy]], American drummer
* 1974 - [[Hugo Benjamín Ibarra]], Argentine footballer
* 1974 - [[Sandra Völker]], German swimmer
*[[1975]] - [[George Bastl]], Swiss tennis player
* 1975 - [[John Butler (musician)|John Butler]], Australian singer and musician
*[[1976]] - [[David Oyelowo]], English-Nigerian actor
*[[1977]] - [[Haimar Zubeldia]], Spanish cyclist
*[[1978]] - [[Jean-Pierre Dumont]], Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 - [[Miroslava Vavrinec]], Swiss tennis player
*[[1979]] - [[Ivano Balić]], Croatian handballer
*[[1980]] - [[Randy Orton]], American professional wrestler
* 1980 - [[Bijou Phillips]], American actress
* 1980 - [[Yūko Takeuchi]], Japanese actress
*[[1981]] - [[Antonis Fotsis]], Greek basketball player
* 1981 - [[Hannah Spearritt]], British singer
* 1981 - [[Pieter Weening]], Dutch cyclist
* 1981 - [[Aimee Chan]], Miss Hong Kong 2006
* 1981 - [[Bjoern Einar Romoeren]], Norwegian skijumper
*[[1982]] - [[Sam Huntington]], American actor
* 1982 - [[Gemma Hunt]], British children's television presenter
* 1982 - [[Taran Killam]], American comedian and actor
*[[1983]] - [[Ólafur Ingi Skúlason]], Icelandic footballer
* 1983 - [[Sean Taylor (American football)|Sean Taylor]], American football player (d. [[2007]])
* 1983 - [[Matt Lanter]], American actor and model
*[[1984]] - [[Gilberto Macena]], Brazilian footballer
* 1984 - [[Olga Rei]], Russian television personality
*[[1985]] - [[Josh Zuckerman (actor)|Josh Zuckerman]], American actor
*[[1986]] - [[Ireen Wüst]], Dutch speed skater
*[[1987]] - [[Ding Junhui]], [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] snooker player
* 1987 - [[Li Ting (diver)|Li Ting]], Chinese diver
*[[1988]] - [[Courtney McCool]], American gymnast
* 1988 - [[Brook Lopez]], American basketball player
* 1988 - [[Robin Lopez]], American basketball player
*[[1989]] - [[Christian Vietoris| Vietoris Krisztián]], German racecar driver
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==Deaths==
*[[1085]] - [[Emperor Shenzong]] of China (b. [[1048]])
*[[1132]] - [[St-Hugues]], Bishop of Grenoble (b. [[1053]])
*[[1204]] - [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], mother of [[Richard I of England]] and [[John of England]]
*[[1205]] - King [[Amalric II of Jerusalem]] (b. [[1145]])
*[[1528]] - [[Francisco de Peñalosa]], Spanish composer
*[[1580]] - [[Alonso Mudarra]], Spanish composer
*[[1621]] - [[Cristofano Allori]], Italian painter (b. [[1577]])
*[[1637]] - [[Niwa Nagashige]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1571]])
*[[1682]] - [[Franz Egon of Fürstenberg]], Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. [[1625]])
*[[1787]] - [[Floyer Sydenham]], English classical scholar (b. [[1710]])
*[[1791]] - [[Richard Butler (general)|Richard Butler]] American soldier (b. [[1743]])
*[[1839]] - [[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], American politician (b. [[1757]])
*[[1865]] - [[Giuditta Pasta]], Italian soprano (b. [[1797]])
*[[1872]] - [[Frederick Maurice]], English theologian (b. [[1805]])
* 1872 - [[William Frederick Horry]], English convicted murderer (b. [[1843]])
*[[1878]] - [[John Corry Wilson Daly]], Canadian politician (b. [[1796]])
*[[1890]] - [[David Wilber]], American politician (b. [[1820]])
*[[1914]] - [[Rube Waddell]], American baseball player (b. [[1876]])
*[[1917]] - [[Scott Joplin]], American musician and composer (b. [[1868]])
*[[1922]] - Emperor [[Karl I of Austria]] (b. [[1887]])
*[[1930]] - [[Cosima Wagner]], daughter of [[Franz Liszt]] and wife of [[Richard Wagner]] (b. [[1837]])
*[[1946]] - [[Noah Beery]], American actor (b. [[1882]])
*[[1947]] - King [[George II of Greece]] (b. [[1890]])
*[[1950]] - [[Charles R. Drew]], American physician (b. [[1904]])
*[[1965]] - [[Helena Rubinstein]], Polish-born American cosmetics manufacturer (b. [[1870]])
*[[1966]] - [[Flann O'Brien]], Irish humorist (b. [[1911]])
*[[1968]] - [[Lev Davidovich Landau]], Russian physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1908]])
*[[1976]] - [[Max Ernst]], German artist (b. [[1891]])
*[[1979]] - [[Bruno Coquatrix]], French music impresario (b. [[1910]])
* 1979 - [[Barbara Luddy]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
*[[1981]] - [[Eua Sunthornsanan]], Thai composer and bandleader (b. [[1910]])
*[[1984]] - [[Marvin Gaye]], American singer (b. [[1939]])
*[[1985]] - [[Douglass Wallop]], American novelist and playwright (b. [[1920]])
*[[1986]] - [[Erik Bruhn]], Danish ballet dancer, choreographer (b. [[1928]])
*[[1988]] - [[Fibber McGee and Molly|Jim Jordan]], American actor (Fibber McGee) (b. [[1896]])
*[[1991]] - [[Martha Graham]], American dancer and choreographer (b. [[1894]])
*[[1991]] - [[Jaime Guzmán]], Chilean politician (b.[[1946]])
*[[1993]] - [[Alan Kulwicki]], American race car driver (b. [[1954]])
*[[1994]] - [[Robert Doisneau]], French photographer (b. [[1912]])
*[[1996]] - [[Florence Buchsbaum]], French theater director (b. [[1926]])
* 1996 - [[John McSherry]], American baseball umpire (b. [[1944]])
*[[1997]] - [[Norman Carr]], British conservationist (b. [[1912]])
*[[1998]] - [[Gene Evans]], American actor (b. [[1922]])
* 1998 - [[Rozz Williams]], American musician ([[Christian Death]]) (b. [[1963]])
*[[1999]] - [[Jesse Stone]], American record producer (b. [[1901]])
*[[2000]] - [[Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart]], Scottish jurist (b. [[1924]])
*[[2001]] - [[Olivia Barclay]], British astrologer (b. [[1919]])
* 2001 - [[Jo-Jo Moore]], American baseball player (b. [[1908]])
* 2001 - [[Trinh Cong Son]], Vietnamese composer (b. [[1939]])
*[[2002]] - [[Simo Hayha]], Finnish marksman (b. [[1905]])
*[[2003]] - [[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong actor and singer (b. [[1956]])
*[[2004]] - [[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (b. [[1946]])
* 2004 - [[Nilo Soruco]], Bolivian songwriter (b. [[1927]])
*[[2005]] - [[Alexander Brott]], Canadian violinist and composer (b. [[1915]])
* 2005 - [[Harald Juhnke]], German entertainer (b. [[1929]])
* 2005 - [[Jack Keller (songwriter)|Jack Keller]], American songwriter (b. [[1936]])
* 2005 - [[Ioannis Kyrastas]], Greek footballer and manager (b. [[1952]])
* 2005 - [[Robert Coldwell Wood]], American educator (b. [[1923]])
*[[2006]] - [[In Tam]], Cambodian politician (b. [[1916]])
*[[2007]] - [[Herb Carneal]], American sports broadcaster (b. [[1923]])
==Holidays and observances==
* [[April 1]] is known as [[April Fools' Day|April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day]] in many countries.
* Last day of the [[Assyrian New Year]] Celebration.
* [[Roman Empire]] - [[Veneralia]] celebrated to honor [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]].
* [[Brielle]] celebrates the victory of [[1572]] over the [[Spaniards]].
* In [[San Marino]], two [[Captains Regent]], elected by [[Parliament]], take office for six months.
* [[Užupis]] - Residents celebrate their independence on Užupis Day.
* This date also marks [[Cheap Trick]] day in Illinois.
* Celebrated as '''Utkal Divas''' , The Foundation Day of state of [[Orissa]], a state in Eastern [[India]].
In the [[Roman Catholic Church]] calendar:
*[[Saint Hugh of Grenoble]]
*[[Walric, abbot of Leuconay|Saint Waleric]]
==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=04|day=01}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Apr&day=01 On This Day in Canada]
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[[ru:1 апреля]]
[[se:Cuoŋománu 1.]]
[[sco:1 Aprile]]
[[sq:1 Prill]]
[[scn:1 di aprili]]
[[simple:April 1]]
[[sk:1. apríl]]
[[sl:1. april]]
[[sr:1. април]]
[[sh:1.4.]]
[[su:1 April]]
[[fi:1. huhtikuuta]]
[[sv:1 april]]
[[tl:Abril 1]]
[[ta:ஏப்ரல் 1]]
[[tt:1. Äpril]]
[[te:ఏప్రిల్ 1]]
[[th:1 เมษายน]]
[[vi:1 tháng 4]]
[[tg:1 апрел]]
[[tr:1 Nisan]]
[[uk:1 квітня]]
[[ur:1 اپریل]]
[[vec:1 de apriłe]]
[[vo:Prilul 1]]
[[fiu-vro:1. mahlakuu päiv]]
[[wa:1î d' avri]]
[[vls:1 april]]
[[war:Abril 1]]
[[wuu:4月1号]]
[[yo:1 April]]
[[zh-yue:4月1號]]
[[bat-smg:Balondė 1]]
[[zh:4月1日]]