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History Events on April 01

By  Crystal Morris  01 Apr   65 Views

History Events on April 01

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Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.

#Adolf_Hitler

In 1924

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.

#Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Mashal)

In 1986

Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.

#Apple_Inc.

In 1976

Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.

#Chinese_Civil_War

In 1949

Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.

#Diocletian

In 286

Robert II of France is married to Rozala of Italy. The marriage is arranged by his father, King Hugh Capet.

#Robert_II_of_France

In 988

Singapore becomes a British crown colony.

#Singapore

In 1867

World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.

#World_War_II

In 1945

Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.

#Margaret_Thatcher

In 1989

Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

#Nunavut

In 1999

The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.

#Wrigley_Company

In 1891

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.

#Bangladesh_Liberation_War

In 1971

The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

#Royal_Air_Force

In 1918

Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.

#Cold_War

In 1948

The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.

#Nova_Scotia

In 1996

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, entered service with the Royal Air Force.

#Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier

In 1969

The White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.

#White_Star_Line

In 1873

Aden becomes a British crown colony.

#Aden

In 1937

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.

#Royal_Canadian_Air_Force

In 1924

In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.

#New_York_City

In 1789

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

#Dwight_D._Eisenhower

In 1954

Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.

#Project_Tiger

In 1973

Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Miloševi? surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.

#President_of_Yugoslavia

In 2001

Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.

#Comet_Hale-Bopp

In 1997

The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.

#Television_Infrared_Observation_Satellite

In 1960

Potosí, Bolivia, is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.

#Potosí

In 1545

English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.

#Cricket

In 1933

Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine Household Words.

#Charles_Dickens

In 1854

The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.

#EOKA

In 1955

The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.

#Local_Government_Act_1972

In 1974

The 8.6 Mw? Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.

#1946_Aleutian_Islands_earthquake

In 1946

Google announces Gmail to the public.

#Google

In 2004

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.

#Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force

In 1937

The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

#Territorial_Force

In 1908

President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.

#Richard_Nixon

In 1970

Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.

#Spanish_Civil_War

In 1937

The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.

#Chief_petty_officer_(United_States)

In 1893

Majorian is acclaimed emperor by the Roman army after defeating 900 Alemanni near Lake Maggiore (Italy).

#Majorian

In 457

In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

#Eighty_Years'_War

In 1572

Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.

#Schaffhausen

In 1944

Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.

#Niels_Ebbesen

In 1340

The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins were released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.

#AMC_Gremlin

In 1970

Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.

#Faroe_Islands

In 1948

India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India is formed.

#Reserve_Bank_of_India

In 1935

Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine".

#Samuel_Morey

In 1826

Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.

#Iran

In 1979

Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.

#Serious_Organised_Crime_Agency

In 2006

A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch-Portuguese War.

#Portuguese_Empire

In 1625

American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.

#American_Civil_War

In 1865

A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.

#1941_Iraqi_coup_d'état

In 1941

Nagorno-Karabakh clashes: The Four Day War or April War, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on April 1.

In 2016

After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.

In 2011

Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.

In 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, China and is detained.

In 2001

The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

In 1978

The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.

In 1949

The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.

In 1947

Fântâna Alb? massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.

In 1941

Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.

In 1939

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.

In 1933

The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.

In 1889

The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.

In 1871

The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin

In 1833

Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by Scotland from England.

In 1318

Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.

In 1293

Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was defeated by knights loyal to King Henry III of England in the Battle of the Curragh in Ireland.

In 1234

The daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the "Emperor" as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu. Deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day, she was the first female monarch in the History of China, but is not widely recognised.

In 528

Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.

In 527

Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.

In 325

According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.

In 33

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