April 01

Thursday 01, 2004:

The first legal same-sex marriage in the Canadian province of Quebec: Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf wed in Montreal.

Monday 01, 2002:

The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the only nation in the world to do so.

Sunday 01, 2001:

2001 - The first legal same-sex marriage in the Netherlands is celebrated.

Thursday 01, 1999:

Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

Monday 01, 1996:

University of Kentucky team wins NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Sunday 01, 1979:

Iran's government becomes Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, overthrowing the Shah officially.

Thursday 01, 1976:

Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The Central Railroad of New Jersey is bankrupt and Conrail takes over it's operations.

Monday 01, 1974:

In the United Kingdom, new administrative counties come into being.

Sunday 01, 1973:

Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.

Wednesday 01, 1970:

American Motors introduces the Gremlin.

Tuesday 01, 1969:

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the RAF.

Saturday 01, 1967:

The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.

Friday 01, 1960:

The United States launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1.

Thursday 01, 1954:

President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

Friday 01, 1949:

The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.

Thursday 01, 1948:

Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin.

Monday 01, 1946:

1946 - Formation of the Malayan Union.

Sunday 01, 1945:

United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.

Tuesday 01, 1941:

The Blockade Runner Badge for German navy is instituted.

Thursday 01, 1937:

Aden becomes a British crown colony.

Sunday 01, 1934:

Bonnie and Clyde kill two young highway patrolmen near Grapevine, Texas.

Saturday 01, 1933:

The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in the series of anti-Semitic acts that will be known as the Holocaust.

Tuesday 01, 1924:

First revenue flight for Belgium's Sabena Airlines

Monday 01, 1918:

The Royal Flying Corps is replaced by the Royal Air Force.

Wednesday 01, 1891:

The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.

Tuesday 01, 1873:

The British steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia killing 547.

Wednesday 01, 1868:

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute is established in Hampton, Virginia

Monday 01, 1867:

Singapore becomes British crown colony.

Saturday 01, 1865:

In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.

Wednesday 01, 1857:

Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.

Saturday 01, 1854:

Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens magazine, Household Words.

Saturday 01, 1826:

Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.

Wednesday 01, 1789:

In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.

Saturday 01, 1572:

The Watergeuzen succeeded in capturing Den Briel, effectively sealing off the Meuse from the Spaniards.

Friday 01, 1318:

Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from the English

Tuesday 01, 527:

Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.

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