Page 8: Historical Events In April - 01

1971  On this day in history 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  On April - 01 uS/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere   

1972  30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico on April - 01.   

1972  Major league baseball players stages first collective strike on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history pacific Great Eastern Railway changes its name to British Columbia Railway.   

1973  On April - 01 japan allows its citizens to own gold   

1973  On this day in history arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies   

1974  Pioneer Hall opens on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history 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  Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95 on April - 01.   

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

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

1976  Ottawa raises the federal minimum wage to $2.90 per hour on April - 01.   

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 April - 01.   

1979  On this day in history iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah   

1979  On April - 01 national Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00, Albertians are not happy   

1979  Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 on April - 01.   

1980  Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist on April - 01.   

1981  E Bowell discovers asteroid #3480 Abante on this day in history.   

1981  D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 on April - 01.   

1982  On April - 01 uS formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama   

1984  On this day in history 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles   

1984  Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44   

1986  On this day in history uS sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea   

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

1988  Iran accuses Iraq of using mustard gas on civilians on this day in history.   

1988  On April - 01 jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall   

1988  Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91 on this day in history.   

1989  Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57 on April - 01.   

1990  On this day in history cBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger   

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1220  On April - 01 birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

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 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  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1640  On this day in history birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

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

1132  On this day in history death of st-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)   

1204  Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81 on April - 01.   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1528  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1580  On April - 01 death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

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