Historical Events In April - 01

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.  

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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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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.  

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)  

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on April - 01.  

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter  

1582  On this day in history birth of thomas Simpson, composer  

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.  

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on April - 01.  

1204  On this day in history eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81  

1205  On this day in history amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies  

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on this day in history.  

1548  On this day in history sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81  

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer  

1611  On this day in history death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72