Page 5: Historical Events In April - 01
Sunday, 18 May 2025
1916 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force on this day in history.
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 On April - 01 in Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force.
1918 On April - 01 karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64
1919 Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate on April - 01.
1920 Church disestablished in Wales on April - 01.
1920 Church disforms in Wales on April - 01.
1920 On this day in history joan Frances Will, actress
1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on April - 01.
1921 On this day in history douglas Allenbrook, composer
1922 On this day in history william Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President)
1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies on this day in history.
1923 Bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild) on April - 01.
1924 On this day in history crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
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 On April - 01 imperial Airways formed in Britain
1924 On this day in history gunther Becker, composer
1925 Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925] on April - 01.
1925 On this day in history 1st transmission of Danish state radio
1925 Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 on April - 01.
1926 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren on April - 01.
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 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 On April - 01 the birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer
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 "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 April - 01.
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