1st APRiL ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

please enjoy your travel through time on the 1st day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

1st April History Timeline

1700s / the 18th century on the 1st of April

1700 : APRiL FOOLS DAY was popularized when English pranksters began celebrating  the annual pranking tradition also known as All Fools’ Day, by playing practical jokes on each other on the 1st April in 1700, but some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched to the Gregorian calendar, from the Julian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were too slow to get the news and fail to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to the 1st January and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), which is said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.

The History of April Fools Day (JeremiahJW video)

1800s / the 19th century on the 1st of April

1867 : Singapore became a British crown colony.

1873 : The White Star RMS Atlantic steamer sank off Nova Scotia killing, in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century, which resulted in the death of 547 people.

1900s / the 20th century on the 1st of April

1924 : Adolf Hitler was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch. He only spent 9 months in jail.

1948 : Jimmy Cliff the Jamaican musician was born James Chambers in St. James, Colony of Jamaica.

Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now (Jimmy Cliff VEVO verified video)

1960 : The TIROS-1 satellite transmitted the 1st television picture from space.

1961 : Susan Boyle the Scottish singer was born in Dechmont, West Lothian, Scotland.

Susan Boyle’s First Audition ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ (Britain’s Got Talent verified video)

1965 : Helena Rubinstein the Polish-American businesswoman died aged 92 (born in 1870).

1970 : President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, which required the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products, and banned cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, to be effective as of the 1st January 1971.

1973 : Project Tiger conservation project was launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, in India.

Launching Project Tiger – Battle to save the tiger – BBC wildlife & animals : Sir David Attenborough narrates this video with insight into the continuous battle to save the tiger from extinction, one of the most endangered species of big cat. (BBC Studios video)

1976 : Max Ernst the German painter and sculptor died aged 84 (born in 1891).

1984 : Marvin Gaye the American singer-songwriter died aged 44 (born in 1939).

Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing song released 1982 (Marvin Gaye verified video)

1997 : Comet Hale-Bopp was seen passing at perihelion.

2000s / the 21st century on the 1st of April

2001 : Same-sex marriage became legal in the Netherlands, becoming the first contemporary country to allow it.

Today in History for April 1st by Associated Press

Video features : Slobodan Milosevic was arrested, American forces invaded Okinawa island in Japan, Nazi Germany began persecuting Jews, Marvin Gaye the soul singer was shot to death by his father…

Today in History for April 1st (Associated Press verified video)

We hope you enjoyed your travel through time on the 1st day of April

see more interesting events on all the other days of APRiL (History On This Day @ Azoosh)

This page was last updated on the 1st April 2021

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