Historical Events In April - 01
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
1916 Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed on April - 01.
1917 Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) on April - 01.
1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1918 On this day in history hMS Falcon, a Royal Navy 'C' Class destroyer sunk in collision in the North Sea with the trawler John Fitzgerald.
1918 On April - 01 in Alberta government declares total prohibition of alcoholic beverages. "the demon RUM"
1918 On April - 01 in Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force.
1918 Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64 on April - 01.
1919 On this day in history joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate
1920 Church disestablished in Wales on this day in history.
1920 Church disforms in Wales on April - 01.
1920 Joan Frances Will, actress on April - 01.
1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on this day in history.
1921 Douglas Allenbrook, composer on this day in history.
1922 William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President) on April - 01.
1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies on April - 01.
1923 On this day in history bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild)
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on this day in history.
1924 Founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade on this day in history.
1924 Imperial Airways formed in Britain on this day in history.
1924 On April - 01 gunther Becker, composer
1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on April - 01.
1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio on April - 01.
1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 on April - 01.
1926 On April - 01 halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
1927 On this day in history automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1927 The American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA on this day in history.
1927 On this day in history 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
1928 Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse on this day in history.
1929 The birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer on this day in history.
1929 On this day in history austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls
1930 On this day in history zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
1930 On this day in history "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
1930 On April - 01 cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92
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