Historical Events In April - 01

1916  On April - 01 gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed   

1917  On this day in history johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)   

1917  On April - 01 scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48   

1918  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  On this day in history 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 this day in history in Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force.   

1918  On this day in history karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64   

1919  On this day in history joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate   

1920  On this day in history church disestablished in Wales   

1920  On this day in history church disforms in Wales   

1920  On this day in history joan Frances Will, actress   

1921  On this day in history k Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa   

1921  On April - 01 douglas Allenbrook, composer   

1922  William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President) on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 01 charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies   

1923  Bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild) on April - 01.   

1924  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on April - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1924  Imperial Airways formed in Britain on April - 01.   

1924  Gunther Becker, composer on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice on April - 01.   

1927  On April - 01 the American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA.   

1927  On this day in history 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

1928  On April - 01 chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse   

1929  The birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer on April - 01.   

1929  On April - 01 austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls   

1930  Zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies on April - 01.   

1930  "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America on April - 01.   

1930  Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 on April - 01.   

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1220  Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) was born on this day in history.   

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

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  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703) was born on April - 01.   

1640  Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697) was born on April - 01.   

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  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  On April - 01 amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on this day in history.   

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  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.