The 1st o Aprile is the 91st day o the year (92nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 274 days ti come.
Events
1318 : Berwick-upon-Tweed 1946 : Tsunami hittin Hilo, Hawaii efter Alaskan yirdquauk 1999 : Inauguration ceremony o Nunavut 1999 : Banner o Nunavut 1318 - Scotland taks Berwick-upon-Tweed frae Ingland .
1789 - Frederick Muhlenberg is electit the first Speaker o the Unitit States Hoose o Representatives.
1867 - Singapore becomes a Breetish croun colony.
1873 - The ship "RMS Atlantic" sinks near Nova Scotia , Canadae , killin 545 fowk.
1897 - The ceety o Nagano in Japan is foondit.
1899 - Germany taks control o present-day Papua New Guinea , unner the nemme o "German New Guinea".
1918 - The Breetish Ryal Air Force is foondit.
1921 - Adrienne Bolland becomes the first wumman tae fly across the Andes , frae Mendoza , Argentinae tae Santiago , Chile .
1924 - The Ryal Canadian Air Force is foondit.
1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentencit tae 5 year in preeson for his pairt in the Beer Haw Putsch ; he only spends 9 month there an writes Mein Kampf .
1935 - Indie 's Central Bank is foondit.
1936 - Orissa becomes a state o Indie .
1939 - Spaingie Ceevil War ends, as the last Republicans surrender.
1946 - A yirdquauk aff Alaska 's Aleutian Islands causes a tsunami that hits the toun o Hilo , Hawaii .
1947 - Paul o Greece becomes King.
1948 - The Faroe Islands gain autonomy frae Denmark .
1949 - Canadae ends internment o Japanese fowk.
1957 - The BBC braidcasts a Hunt the gowk -prank documentary aboot a spaghetti hairst in Swisserland .
1974 - Ingland an Wales : The Local Govrenment Act 1972 enters intae force, chyngin coonty mairches an the nummer o coonties; Monmouthshire an Newport are offeecially transferred frae Ingland tae Wales .
1979 - The Islamic Republic o Iran is creatit.
1990 - Margaret Thatcher introduces the poll tax in Scotland .
1998 - Blackpool , Ingland becomes an independent unitary authority.
1999 - Nunavut becomes a territory o Canadae .
2001 - The Netherlands becomes the first kintra tae introduce same-sex marriage.
2004 - Gmail appens.
2009 - Albanie an Croatie jyn NATO .
2009 - A Super Puma helicopter crashes intae the North Sea aff Scotland , killin 18 fowk.
2012 - Aung San Suu Kyi wins a seat in pairlament in Burma 's elections.
2013 - Creation o Polis Scotland , the new single Scots polis force.
2017 - A laundslide in Mocoa, Colombie , kills at least 254 fowk.
2018 - The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae 's Tiangong 1 space station breaks up an faws intae the Yird 's atmosfere, laundin in the Sooth Paceefic Ocean naur Tahiti .
2019 - It is revealed that "Reiwa" will be the name o Japan 's new imperial era whan Naruhito becomes Emperor at the end o the month.
2020 - COVID-19 pandemic : Twa mair scheduled annual events are cancelled acause o the COVID-19 virus - The Wimbledon Championships an the Edinburgh Festival Fringe . Births
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy Susan Boyle 1815 - Otto von Bismarck , Chancellor o Germany (d. 1898 )
1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy , Austrick-Hungarian chemist (d. 1929 )
1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff , Roushie componer (d. 1943 )
1924 - Brendan Byrne , American politeecian (d. 2018 )
1932 - Debbie Reynolds , American actress an sangster (d. 2016 )
1942 - Brian Binley , Inglish politeecian
1957 - Stephen O'Brien , Inglish politeecian
1961 - Susan Boyle , Scots sangster
1962 - Chris Grayling , Inglish politeecian
1967 - Joe FitzPatrick , Scots politeecian
1976 - Clarence Seedorf , Dutch fitbawer
1987 - Ding Junhui , Cheenese snooker player
1995 - Logan Paul , American social media enterteener an actor
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