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 91st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 19, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,296 hours 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 ‘enneacontahenagon’ day.
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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 322 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 4,484 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
- 1833 –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
- 1924 –The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
- 1936 –Orissa formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
- 1945 –World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
- 1947 –Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
- 1957 –The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama.
- 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.
- 1978 –The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
- 1999 –Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
Who were born on April 1?
- 1922 –William Manchester, American historian (d. 2004)
- 1927 –Peter Cundall, Australian horticulturist
- 1941 –Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer
- 1949 –Gil Scott-Heron, American musician and composer (d. 2011)
- 1952 –Annette O'Toole, American actress
- 1966 –Chris Evans, English disc jockey
- 1973 –Rachel Maddow, American radio personality and political analyst
- 1974 –Richard Christy, American drummer
- 1985 –Josh Zuckerman, American actor
- 1987 –Oliver Turvey, British racing driver
Who died on April 1?
- 1204 –Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of Richard I of England and John of England (b. 1122)
- 1872 –Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b. 1805)
- 1917 –Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1868)
- 1922 –Charles I of Austria (b. 1887)
- 1991 –Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
- 1992 –Michael Havers, British barrister and politician (b. 1923)
- 1994 –Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
- 1999 –Jesse Stone, American record producer (b. 1901)
- 2002 –Simo Häyhä, Finnish marksman (b. 1905)
- 2007 –Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923)
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