About April 1
April 1, 2024 is the 92nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 303 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
April 1: More About This Day
April 1 is most notable in many countries for being April Fools’ Day.
What Happened On April 1
- 286 –Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.
- 1826 –Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
- 1833 –The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin
- 1891 –The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1908 –The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
- 1919 –The Staatliches Bauhaus school was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar.
- 1933 –English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
- 1933 –The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
- 1939 –Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
- 1941 –A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali as Prime Minister.
- 1949 –Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
- 1949 –The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
- 1959 –Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
- 1971 –Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacred over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
- 1973 –Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.
- 1976 –Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.
- 1976 –The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect hoax is first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore.
- 1979 –Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
- 1999 –Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
- 2009 –Croatia and Albania join NATO.
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