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  On April - 01 scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48  

1918  On April - 01 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 this day in history in Alberta government declares total prohibition of alcoholic beverages. "the demon RUM"  

1918  In Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force on April - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1920  On April - 01 joan Frances Will, actress  

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

1921  On this day in history douglas Allenbrook, composer  

1922  William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President) on April - 01.  

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

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 April - 01.  

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

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

1925  Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 on April - 01.  

1926  On this day in history halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren  

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

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

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

1928  On this day in history chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse  

1929  The birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer on this day in history.  

1929  On April - 01 austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls  

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

1930  On April - 01 "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America  

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

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on April - 01.  

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on April - 01.  

1543  On this day in history birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)  

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

1085  On April - 01 death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)  

1132  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)  

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on April - 01.  

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

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.  

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

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

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