Historical Events In April - 01

1990  On this day in history it becomes illeagal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers  

1990  On this day in history jack Nicklaus wins first start on Senior PGA tour  

1990  Ottawa signs final land claim agreement with Yukon First Nations; gives them surface title to 41,000 sq km; of land, plus mineral rights and $232 million cash on April - 01.  

1990  Wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship on April - 01.  

1991  On this day in history richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95  

1991  On this day in history uS minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour  

1991  Warsaw Pact officially disolves on this day in history.  

1991  Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 on this day in history.  

1992  Juanito soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history nFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games  

1992  Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash on April - 01.  

1993  Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies  

1995  On this day in history cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50  

1996  Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies on April - 01.  

2009  On April - 01 croatia and Albania joined NATO.  

2011  On April - 01 after protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.  

2012  Plane crash in Western Siberia kills at least 31 people ( UTair Aviation ATR-72) on April - 01.  

2013  On April - 01 9 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Tikrit, Iraq  

2014  On April - 01 nATO suspends all practical civilian and military cooperation with Russia  

2017  Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm on April - 01.  

2017  Chinese leaders announce plans to build city in Xiongan New Area, 3x size of New York on this day in history.  

2019  Japanese government announces the name of a new era 'Reiwa' for the next Emperor, Crown Prince Naruhito Learn More >> on April - 01.  

2020  US President Donald Trump says the US Strategic National Stockpile is almost depleted amid widespread shortages of medical equipment to fight Coronavirus COVID-19 on April - 01.  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] China reports 130 asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, its first reported asymptomatic cases on this day in history.  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] Yemen's internationally recognised government releases more than 470 of its prisoners amid concerns of the spread of the virus in Yemen's overcrowded jails. The United Nations Human Rights Council has called for the release of all political prisoners on this day in history.  

2021  On this day in history seven democracy protesters convicted for unauthorized assembly in Hong Kong including Martin Lee and Jimmy Lai  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.  

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)  

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on April - 01.  

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on this day in history.  

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on April - 01.  

1528  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer  

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

1580  Death of Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer on April - 01.  

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