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April 1 Historical Events

The following events took place on April 1. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 78 events. Showing 31 - 60.

  • 1935
    India’s central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India is formed.
  • 1936
    Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
  • 1937
    Aden becomes a British crown colony.
  • 1937
    Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by Nazi forces.
  • 1939
    Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • 1941
    Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
  • 1941
    The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted.
  • 1941
    A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
  • 1944
    Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
  • 1945
    World War II: Operation Iceberg: United States troops land on Okinawa in the last major campaign of the war.
  • 1946
    Aleutian Islands earthquake: An 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo.
  • 1946
    Formation of the Malayan Union.
  • 1947
    Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
  • 1947
    The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • 1948
    Cold War: Berlin Airlift: Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set up a land blockade of West Berlin.
  • 1948
    Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
  • 1949
    Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
  • 1949
    The Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
  • 1949
    The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland.
  • 1954
    United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
  • 1955
    The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification (“enosis”) with Greece.
  • 1957
    The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti-tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama.
  • 1959
    Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
  • 1960
    The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
  • 1960
    Dr. Martens released its first boots, the model 1460.
  • 1967
    The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
  • 1969
    The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
  • 1970
    President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General’s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.
  • 1971
    Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
  • 1973
    Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.

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