Page 5: Historical Events In April - 01

1916  On April - 01 gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed   

1917  Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) on April - 01.   

1917  Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 on April - 01.   

1918  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  On April - 01 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  Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history church disestablished in Wales   

1920  Church disforms in Wales on April - 01.   

1920  Joan Frances Will, actress on this day in history.   

1921  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on April - 01.   

1921  On this day in history douglas Allenbrook, composer   

1922  On April - 01 william Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President)   

1922  On this day in history charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies   

1923  On April - 01 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 April - 01.   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on April - 01.   

1924  Gunther Becker, composer on this day in history.   

1925  On April - 01 hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

1925  1st transmission of Danish state radio on this day in history.   

1925  Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1926  On April - 01 halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren   

1927  On April - 01 automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

1927  On April - 01 the American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA.   

1927  On April - 01 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

1928  On April - 01 chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse   

1929  On April - 01 the birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer   

1929  On April - 01 austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls   

1930  On April - 01 zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   

1930  "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America on this day in history.   

1930  Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

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 April - 01.   

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

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

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  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

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  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

1548  On April - 01 sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81   

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on this day in history.   

1611  On April - 01 death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72