Historical Events In April - 01

1990  On April - 01 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  On April - 01 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.   

1990  On this day in history wrestlemania VI-Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship   

1991  Richard Thorpe director (MGM), dies at 95 on April - 01.   

1991  US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour on April - 01.   

1991  Warsaw Pact officially disolves on April - 01.   

1991  Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 on April - 01.   

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

1992  NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 01 juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash   

1993  On this day in history alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38   

1994  On April - 01 leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies   

1995  On April - 01 cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50   

1996  Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies on this day in history.   

2009  Croatia and Albania joined NATO on this day in history.   

2011  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history 9 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Tikrit, Iraq   

2014  NATO suspends all practical civilian and military cooperation with Russia on April - 01.   

2017  On this day in history bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm   

2017  On April - 01 chinese leaders announce plans to build city in Xiongan New Area, 3x size of New York   

2019  On this day in history japanese government announces the name of a new era 'Reiwa' for the next Emperor, Crown Prince Naruhito Learn More >>   

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 this day in history.   

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

1283  Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47) was born on April - 01.   

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 this day in history birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  On April - 01 birth of thomas Simpson, composer   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

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

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

1132  On April - 01 death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

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 this day in history.   

1528  Death of Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer on April - 01.   

1548  On this day in history sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81   

1580  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  On this day in history death of gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72