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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Gunther Becker: Composer | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Company | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Imperial Airways forms in Britain | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed. | |||
| 01 Apr 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. | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876) | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870) | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888) | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | Čkalja, Serbian actor and singer (d. 2003) | |||
| 01 Apr 1924 | WW2 | Adolf Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch; he would be released after only 9 months. | ||
| 01 Apr 1924 | WW2 | Canada established its own air force. The Royal Canadian Air Force began its existence with just 68 officers and 307 airmen. Its role was specified as mapping, flying treaty money to native Canadians, hunting smugglers and illegal immigrants, and carrying mail and injured persons. | ||
| 01 Apr 1924 | WW2 | Settsu began its conversion into a target ship. One of her boiler rooms and her center funnel would be removed, and her armor was to be thickened to absorb more hits. | ||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 1949 | Gill Scott-Heron: United States -- Writer / poet / singer (Whities on the Moon) | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland. | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | The Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011) | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | Sammy Nelson, Irish footballer and coach | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman | |||
| 01 Apr 1949 | WW2 | General Alexander Vandegrift, Commandant of the US Marine Corps, retired after over 40 years of service. | ||
01 Apr 1949
Manchester Mark 1 |
Manchester Mark 1 (computer science) Manchester Mark 1 computer operable at the University of Manchester. |
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| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Alfred Ernest Whitehead: Composer, dies at 86 | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Pioneer Hall opens | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Yourdon, Inc forms | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | The metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England come into being. | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Sandra Völker, German swimmer | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | John Glen, English politician | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Colby Donaldson, American television host and actor | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Richard Christy, American drummer and actor (Death, Iced Earth, and Charred Walls of the Damned) | |||
| 01 Apr 1974 | Beatriz Batarda, English-Portuguese actress | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 1999 | Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories. | |||
| 01 Apr 1999 | Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901) | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Korea Train Express was opened to traffic from Seoul to –Dongdaegu. | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Google announces Gmail to the public. | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Nilo Soruco, Bolivian-Venezuelan singer-songwriter (b. 1927) | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1946) | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952) | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Aaron Bank, American colonel, founded the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902) | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Paul Atkinson, English guitarist and producer (The Zombies) (b. 1946) | |||
| 01 Apr 2004 | Paul Atkinson guitarist with The Zombies died aged 58 due to liver and kidney disease. They scored the 1964 US No.2 & UK No.12 single 'She's Not There'. | |||
01 Apr 2004
Gmail |
Gmail (computing) Gmail launches. |
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01 Apr 2004
Genesis |
Genesis (space exploration) The Genesis probe closes and seals its particle collection instrument, and begins to return to Earth. |
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| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 2009 | Croatia and Albania join NATO. | |||
| 01 Apr 2009 | Lou Perryman, American actor (b. 1941) | |||
| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 01 Apr 2014 | Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925) | |||
| 01 Apr 2014 | Bill Mitchell, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930) | |||
| 01 Apr 2014 | Andrew Joseph McDonald, American bishop (b. 1923) | |||
| 01 Apr 2014 | Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924) | |||
| 01 Apr 2014 | Rudolph Hargrave, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925) | |||
| 01 Apr 2014 | King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922) | |||
| 01 Apr 2014 | Recordings by U2, (The Joshua Tree), the Everly Brothers, ('Cathy's Clown'), Jeff Buckley, ('Hallelujah'), Linda Ronstadt, (Heart Like a Wheel) and Creedence Clearwater Revival's ('Fortunate Son') were among those newly selected for induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. | |||
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