Page 8: Historical Events In April - 01

1971  HM-12, the Navy's first helicopter squadron devoted exclusively to mine countermeasures was established at NAS Norfolk on this day in history.   

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

1972  Major league baseball players stages first collective strike on April - 01.   

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  Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies on April - 01.   

1974  On this day in history pioneer Hall opens   

1974  Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 on April - 01.   

1975  On April - 01 canadian radio and TV stations first start giving the temperature in Celsius, so 32 degrees becomes 0 go figure   

1975  Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95 on this day in history.   

1976  On April - 01 freddie Lennon father of John Lennon, dies at 63   

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  On this day in history nFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games   

1979  On April - 01 iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah   

1979  National Energy Board raises export tax on light crude oil $1.00 per barrel to $8.00, Albertians are not happy on this day in history.   

1979  Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama on this day in history.   

1984  On April - 01 8 men record longest distance rowed in 24 hours at 13 miles   

1984  On April - 01 marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA   

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

1986  US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea on April - 01.   

1986  On April - 01 world oil prices dip below $10 a barrel   

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  On April - 01 jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91   

1989  On April - 01 henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57   

1990  On this day in history cBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

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  On April - 01 birth of françois de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)   

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

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

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

1610  On this day in history birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

1085  Death of Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) on this day in history.   

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

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on April - 01.   

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

1548  On April - 01 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