April 1
April 1 is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 275 days remaining.
Events:
- 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
- 1826 - combustion engine patented.
- 1939 - the official recognition of Francisco Franco's government ends the Spanish Civil War.
- 1949 - Newfoundland joins Canada.
- 1976 - Apple Computer Company formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
- 2001 - Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.
Births:
- 1732 - Franz Joseph Haydn, composer (+ 1809)
- 1776 - Sophie Germain, mathematician
- 1875 - Edgar Wallace, writer (+ 1932)
- 1809 - Nikolaj Gogol, writer (+ 1852)
- 1815 - Otto von Bismarck, politician (+ 1898)
- 1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, pianist, and conductor (+ 1943)
- 1883 - Lon Chaney, actor
- 1915 - Willie Dixon, blues musician/songwriter
- 1915 - Otto Wilhelm Fischer, actor
- 1920 - Toshirô Mifune, actor
- 1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, writer
- 1932 - Debbie Reynolds, actress
Deaths:
- 1917 - Scott Joplin, musician
- 1968 - Lev D. Landau, physicist
Holidays and observances:
- April 1 is known as April Fool's Day in many countries (but compare December 28 in many catholic countries).
- Japan - Most of universities, schools and offices in Japan, [New Fiscal Year] and [New School Year] starts on April 1. In Tokyo cherry blossoms(Sakura) that one of National flowers in Japan(another one is chrysanthemum(Kiku - at best in November)) are at their best around this day. April Fool's Day is not common in Japan yet because of The Day that New Fiscal Year starts in common ... and character of Japanese? :-)
March 31 - April 2 - March 1 - May 1 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December