Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 1
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Frederick Muhlenberg
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Richard Nixon
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Assembled Apple Computer "do-it-yourself" kit
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
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George Pickett
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The Curragh plain, County Kildare, Ireland
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier taking off
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First locomotive used on the Brill Tramway
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The hurley used by Meelick captain, Pat Madden, in the first ever all-Ireland hurling final
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Two men marrying in Amsterdam, 1 April 2001
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Philip Sheridan
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Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Assyrian New Year; | many unreliable sources |
| Edible Book Day | actual date not specified in article ("on or around 1 April") |
| 1572 – Dutch Revolt: The Geuzen captured the undefended town of Brielle from Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, providing the first foothold on land for the rebels. | refimprove section (CN tags) |
| 1789 – Frederick Muhlenberg became the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. | refimprove section |
| 1854 – Hard Times, the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, was released. | unreferenced sections |
| 1888 - The first ever all-Ireland hurling final was played in Birr, County Offaly. | Too much uncited |
| 1924 – William Wrigley Jr. founded the Wrigley Company, the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of chewing gum. | unreferenced section |
| 1935 – The Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, was founded during the British Raj. | refimprove section |
| 1944 – The town of Schaffhausen in Switzerland was accidentally bombed by United States aircraft. | Too much uncited |
| 1947 – The main mutiny in a series of mutinies of the Royal New Zealand Navy began. | single source |
| 1976 – Apple Computer was originally founded to sell the Apple I, an early personal computer sold as kits. | missing information |
| 1978 – The Philippine College of Commerce became a chartered state university and renamed the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. | refimprove section; primary sources |
| 1996 – The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality. | refimprove section |
| 1999 – Canada's newest territory Nunavut came into being. | refimprove section |
| 2004 – Google launched Gmail, now the most widely used web mail system. | expansion |
| 2006 – Several British policing agencies joined together to become the Serious Organised Crime Agency. | refimprove |
| William Harvey |b|1578 | refimprove |
| Anne McCaffrey |b|1926| | Too much uncited |
| Alan Kulwicki |d|1993 | Too much uncited |
Eligible
- 1234 – Richard Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, was defeated by knights loyal to King Henry III of England at the Battle of the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland.
- 1293 – Robert Winchelsey left England for Rome to be consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury, but a papal vacancy delayed the ceremony.
- 1865 – American Civil War: The Union Army under Major General Philip Sheridan (pictured) inflicted more than 2,900 casualties on the Confederates at the Battle of Five Forks.
- 1871 – The Duke of Buckingham (pictured) opened the first section of the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
- 1879 – The Inland Customs Line, established by the British for the collection of the salt tax in India, was abandoned.
- 1922 – Under the South Seas Mandate, Japan set up a government in Koror, precipitating large-scale Japanese settlement in Palau.
- 1933 – English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual score in Test cricket of 336 not out during a match against New Zealand.
- 1941 – Soviet border guards opened fire on civilians attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania near Fântâna Albă, killing between 44 and 3,000 people.
- 1952 – Israel enacted a citizenship law, prior to which the country technically had no citizens.
- 1963 – On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the tenth novel of Ian Fleming's James Bond series, was released in the United Kingdom.
- 1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with V/STOL capabilities, entered service with the Royal Air Force.
- 1970 – U.S. president Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring that a prominent warning by the surgeon general be placed on cigarette packages.
- 1970 – The American Motors Corporation introduced its Gremlin, promoted as America's first subcompact car.
- 1990 – The longest prison riot in British penal history began at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, lasting 25 days.
- 2001 – Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalized, making it the first country to do so.
- Born/died this day: | Aimery of Cyprus |d|1205| Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg |d|1682| Sophie Germain |b|1776| Giuditta Pasta |d|1865| Shivakumara Swami |b|1907| Scott Joplin |d|1917| Alexander Stubb |b|1968| Marvin Gaye |d|1984| Henri Cochet |d|1987| Alex Gilbert |b|1992| Jofra Archer |b|1995| Logan Paul |b|1995| Álex Palou |b|1997| King Combs |b|1998|
Notes
- Federation of Stoke-on-Trent appears on March 31, so Halifax should not appear in the same year
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- 1340 – A band of warriors led by Niels Ebbesen killed Count Gerhard III, ending Holstein rule in Denmark.
- 1833 – Mexican Texans met at San Felipe de Austin to begin the Convention of 1833.
- 1918 – The United Kingdom established the Royal Air Force (badge depicted), near the end of the First World War.
- 1955 – The British Army's Mobile Defence Corps, intended to assist with civil defence after a nuclear attack, was established by royal warrant.
- 2001 – An American [[Lockheed EP-3|Lockheed Template:Nowrap]] and a Chinese [[Shenyang J-8|Shenyang Template:Nowrap]] collided in mid-air off Hainan, resulting in an international dispute between the two countries.