Historical Events In April - 01

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

1917  On April - 01 johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)  

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  HMS Falcon, a Royal Navy 'C' Class destroyer sunk in collision in the North Sea with the trawler John Fitzgerald on April - 01.  

1918  On this day in history 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 April - 01 joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate  

1920  On April - 01 church disestablished in Wales  

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1920  Church disforms in Wales on this day in history.  

1920  Joan Frances Will, actress on April - 01.  

1921  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa  

1921  On April - 01 douglas Allenbrook, composer  

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

1922  On April - 01 charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies  

1923  Bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild) on this day in history.  

1924  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on this day in history.  

1924  On April - 01 founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade.  

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on this day in history.  

1924  Gunther Becker, composer on this day in history.  

1925  Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on this day in history.  

1925  On April - 01 1st transmission of Danish state radio  

1925  On April - 01 francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77  

1926  Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren on April - 01.  

1927  Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice on April - 01.  

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

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

1928  Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse on this day in history.  

1929  The birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer on April - 01.  

1929  Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls on April - 01.  

1930  Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies on this day in history.  

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 April - 01 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  On this day in history birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)  

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

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.  

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 April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81  

1205  On April - 01 amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies  

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

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer  

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.