Historical Events In April - 01

1971  On April - 01 hM-12, the Navy's first helicopter squadron devoted exclusively to mine countermeasures was established at NAS Norfolk   

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

1971  US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere on April - 01.   

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  On April - 01 japan allows its citizens to own gold   

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

1974  Pioneer Hall opens on this day in history.   

1974  On April - 01 alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86   

1975  Canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius, so 32 degrees becomes 0 go figure on this day in history.   

1975  On April - 01 eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95   

1976  Freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63 on April - 01.   

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

1976  On April - 01 ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour.   

1976  On this day in history freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63   

1977  NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games on this day in history.   

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 April - 01.   

1979  On this day in history marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51   

1980  On this day in history wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist   

1981  On this day in history 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 April - 01.   

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 April - 01.   

1986  US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea on this day in history.   

1986  World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history iran accuses Iraq of using mustard gas on civilians   

1988  Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall on April - 01.   

1988  On this day in history jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91   

1989  On this day in history henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57   

1990  On April - 01 cBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger   

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

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 April - 01.   

1578  On April - 01 birth of william Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)   

1582  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter was born on April - 01.   

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  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies   

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

1548  On April - 01 sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81   

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

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on April - 01.