Page 8: Historical Events In April - 01

1971  HM-12, the Navy's first helicopter squadron devoted exclusively to mine countermeasures was established at NAS Norfolk on this day in history.   

1971  United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership on April - 01.   

1971  US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico   

1972  On April - 01 major league baseball players stages first collective strike   

1972  Pacific Great Eastern Railway changes its name to British Columbia Railway on April - 01.   

1973  Japan allows its citizens to own gold on April - 01.   

1973  On April - 01 arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies   

1974  Pioneer Hall opens on this day in history.   

1974  Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 01 canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius, so 32 degrees becomes 0 go figure   

1975  On this day in history eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95   

1976  Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1976  On April - 01 n Chernykh discovers asteroid #2206 Gabrova, #2312 Duboshin, #2361 Gogol, #2606 Odessa, #2722 Abalakin, #2734 Hasek,   

1976  Ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour on this day in history.   

1976  Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1977  On April - 01 nFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games   

1979  Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah on this day in history.   

1979  National Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00, Albertians are not happy on this day in history.   

1979  Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 on April - 01.   

1980  Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 01 e Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante   

1981  D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1982  On April - 01 uS formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama   

1984  8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles on this day in history.   

1984  Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA on this day in history.   

1984  Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 on this day in history.   

1986  On April - 01 uS sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea   

1986  On April - 01 world oil prices dip below $10 a barrel   

1988  On April - 01 iran accuses Iraq of using mustard gas on civilians   

1988  Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall on this day in history.   

1988  On April - 01 jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91   

1989  Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 01 cBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger   

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1220  On April - 01 birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

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

1582  On this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On April - 01 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 this day in history death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

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

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

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1528  On this day in history death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

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