A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on April 1 throughout history.
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Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was...
The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre
"Big Bang" theory proposed in scientific journal "Physical Review" by American cosmologists Ralph Alpher, Hans Bethe, and George Gamow
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia.
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, co-inventor, and investor.
The legal status of same-sex marriage has changed in recent years in numerous jurisdictions around the world.
The Little Napoleon (German: Der kleine Napoleon) is a 1923 German silent historical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Egon von Hagen, Paul Heidemann and Harry Liedtke.
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history; 10 day action earns large playoff bonus increase, more control over licensing of their likenesses and changes to free agency system
American poet Phillis Wheatley (24) weds grocer and advocate for black rights John Peters
Future Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (36) weds Imelda Romualdez (24) in a Catholic church
American sci-fi writer "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K Dick marries 3rd wife Anne Williams Rubinstein
Guns & Roses' Duff McKagan divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AU of Earth
Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
Maya city of Piedras Negras celebrates military triumph over nearby settlement of Pomona (as depicted in Stela 12 Piedras Negras) [1]
The body of the first bishop of Tournai, Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, is translated (moved)
Berwick-upon-Tweed, sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km) south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the...
Danish squire and national hero Niels Ebbesen kills German prince Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332 to 1340 interregnum in Denmark
English guilds/corporations go under state control
Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, during the Eighty Years' War, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
Gemert in the Netherlands fines unwed mothers a penalty of 50 guilders
Cotton Mather's four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed
Sturm und Drang is a play in five acts by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, which gave its name to the artistic period known as Sturm und Drang.
New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the "$" symbol
Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
French law rules the use of intention
Italian composer Luigi Cherubini becomes director of the Conservatoire de Paris music college, holds position for nearly 20 years
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
Cincinnati becomes 1st US city to employ fulltime professional firefighters
Jackson's Valley campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J.
1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
Blakeley is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. During the height of its existence, Blakeley was a thriving town which flourished as a competitor to its western neighbor, Mobile.
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State ...
Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia, United States.
New Constitution adopted by the German Empire
1st edition of The Standard
British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
Students from Rotterdam, Netherlands establish a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta which evolves into Sparta Rotterdam
1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
NC Mutual opens doors for business
1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"
SOS is a Morse code distress signal ( ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ), used internationally, originally established for maritime use.
Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St NYC
Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: With Montreal Canadiens (NHL) & Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) tied at 2-2-1, trophy not awarded due to worldwide flu epidemic
Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Jack Darragh scores a hat-trick as Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA), 6-1 for a 3-2 series win
1st transmission of Danish state radio
Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict becomes first NHL goalie to record 3 straight playoff shutouts, in a 3-0 win against the visiting Victoria Cougars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Championship series
1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist army crosses the Yangtze River
Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls
Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
England cricket batsman Wally Hammond smashes 34 fours, 10 sixes in a Test record unbeaten 336 in the drawn 2nd Test against New Zealand in Auckland
1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
Aden Colony was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1963 located in the southern part of modern-day Yemen.
Nescafé is a brand of instant coffee sold by the multinational food and drink corporation Nestlé. It comes in many different forms. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café".
Allied air raid on Japanese occupied harbor city Kupang, Timor, Indonesia
Jan Dieters, Dutch politician, resistance fighter, and a leading member of Communist Party of the Netherlands, is arrested by the Nazis
Japanese troops conquer Jessami, Eastern India
,000 US mine workers strike
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
The 10th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom on April 1, 1956. The Master of Ceremonies was Jack Carter.
Trial begins in Budapest against participants of the Hungarian Uprising of October 1956
KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1st weather satellite launched (TIROS 1)
American television soap opera premieres: "General Hospital" (ABC) & "Doctors" (NBC)
10°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
"Hold On, I'm Comin'" (officially registered as "Hold On, I'm Coming", and shown on the original single release as "Hold On! I'm Comin'" and "Hold On! I'm a Comin'") is a song first recorded in 1966...
1st British ombudsman Sir Edward Compton begins work
KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins. It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968.
Federal Bankruptcy Referee Sidney Volinn declares MLB's Seattle Pilots bankrupt; car dealer Bud Selig buys franchise for $10.8 million and moves club to Milwaukee (Brewers)
United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Attempt for Muslim state in Chad fails
The history of Iran (also known as Persia) is intertwined with Greater Iran, which is a region encompassing all of the areas that have witnessed significant settlement or influence by the Iranian...
Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
Anti-nuclear protests began on a small scale in the U.S. as early as 1946 in response to Operation Crossroads.
14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
Ranji Trophy Men's Cricket, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141; Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110
"Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
USS Missouri (hull number BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is now a museum ship.
Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 12.94 seconds in 2-1 win at Everton
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston, Massachusetts on WBCN 104.1 FM, in the live morning drive slot
69-year-old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
Detroit Pistons guard Joe Dumars becomes 10th player in NBA history to play 1,000 games with the same team and one of 8 to play 1,000 games with his only team; scores 18 points in 107-75 rout of Chicago Bulls
Google introduces Gmail: the launch is met with skepticism on account of the launch date
The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom.
New York Yankees set a MLB record by winning their 11th straight home opener, 3-2 against Toronto Blue Jays
NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense.
After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Sun-Young Yoo wins sudden-death playoff on 1st extra hole after I.K. Kim misses a one-foot putt on the 72nd hole for the win
9 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Tikrit, Iraq
NATO suspends all practical civilian and military cooperation with Russia
The Russian-flagged fishing trawler Dalniy Vostok sank on 1 April 2015, off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The Golden State Warriors NBA record winning home run ends at 54 games with a 109-106 defeat to the Boston Celtics; the loss at Oracle Arena was the Warriors’ first since January 2015
China announces new laws against fentanyl-related substances to come into effect 1 May
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares a nationwide public emergency after violent protests amid the country's worst economic crisis since independence [1]
Airstrike by Israel on Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, kills seven officials, including three senior generals - most serious attack on Iranian targets since 2020 [1]
Legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan announces he can no longer paint due to Alzheimer's; Struzan is known for illustrating over 150 movie posters, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner and Back to the Future [1]
Sophie Germain is born
Otto von Bismarck is born
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist, known for american psychologist, was born on 1908-04-01.
Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction writer, known for irish science fiction writer, was born on 1926-04-01.
Wangari Maathai, Kenyan kenyan environmental activist, known for kenyan environmental activist, was born on 1940-04-01.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, American british-american structural biologist, known for british-american structural biologist, was born on 1953-04-01.
Edgar Wallace, British writer, known for british writer, was born on 1875-04-01. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction.
Ali MacGraw, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1940-04-01. Elizabeth Alice MacGraw is an American actress.
Rachel Maddow, American television host and commentator, known for american television host and commentator, was born on 1974-04-01.
Randy Orton, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1981-04-01. Randal Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler.
Taran Killam is born
Logan Paul, American influencer and professional wrestler, known for american influencer and professional wrestler, was born on 1996-04-01.
Debbie Reynolds, American musician, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1932-04-01.
Susan Boyle, Scottish musician, known for scottish singer, was born on 1962-04-01.
Phil Niekro, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1939-04-01.
David Gower, English athlete, known for english cricket player, was born on 1958-04-01.
Clarence Seedorf, Dutch athlete, known for dutch footballer, was born on 1977-04-01. Clarence Clyde Seedorff] ; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch former professional football manager and player.
Wallace Beery, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1886-04-01. Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor.
Gaston Eyskens prime minister, known for belgian prime minister, was born on 1905-04-01.
Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor, known for japanese actor, was born on 1920-04-01. Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎, Mifune Toshirō; 1 April 1920 – 24 December 1997) was a Japanese actor and producer.
Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist, known for american composer and pianist, died on 1917-04-01. Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist.
Charles R. Drew, American surgeon and medical researcher, known for american surgeon and medical researcher, died on 1950-04-01.
Marvin Gaye singer and songwriter, known for american singer and songwriter, died on 1984-04-01. Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr.
Henri Cochet dies
Val Kilmer, American actor, known for american actor, died on 2025-04-01. Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor.
Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AU of Earth
Justinian I (Latin: Iustinianus, Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, romanized: Ioustinianós; 482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was...
Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
Maya city of Piedras Negras celebrates military triumph over nearby settlement of Pomona (as depicted in Stela 12 Piedras Negras) [1]
The body of the first bishop of Tournai, Saint Eleutherius of Tournai, is translated (moved)
Berwick-upon-Tweed, sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km) south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the...
Danish squire and national hero Niels Ebbesen kills German prince Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332 to 1340 interregnum in Denmark
English guilds/corporations go under state control
Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, during the Eighty Years' War, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
Gemert in the Netherlands fines unwed mothers a penalty of 50 guilders
Cotton Mather's four-day-old son dies, and witchcraft is blamed
The ruins of Pompeii are rediscovered by Spaniard Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre
Sturm und Drang is a play in five acts by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, which gave its name to the artistic period known as Sturm und Drang.
Sophie Germain is born
American poet Phillis Wheatley (24) weds grocer and advocate for black rights John Peters
New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock creates the "$" symbol
Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
French law rules the use of intention
Otto von Bismarck is born
Italian composer Luigi Cherubini becomes director of the Conservatoire de Paris music college, holds position for nearly 20 years
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
Cincinnati becomes 1st US city to employ fulltime professional firefighters
Jackson's Valley campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J.
1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
Blakeley is a ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. During the height of its existence, Blakeley was a thriving town which flourished as a competitor to its western neighbor, Mobile.
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State ...
Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia, United States.
New Constitution adopted by the German Empire
1st edition of The Standard
British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
Edgar Wallace, British writer, known for british writer, was born on 1875-04-01. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction.
Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
Wallace Beery, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1886-04-01. Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor.
Students from Rotterdam, Netherlands establish a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta which evolves into Sparta Rotterdam
1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
NC Mutual opens doors for business
1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"
SOS is a Morse code distress signal ( ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ), used internationally, originally established for maritime use.
Gaston Eyskens prime minister, known for belgian prime minister, was born on 1905-04-01.
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist, known for american psychologist, was born on 1908-04-01.
Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
Scott Joplin, American composer and pianist, known for american composer and pianist, died on 1917-04-01. Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist.
Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St NYC
Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: With Montreal Canadiens (NHL) & Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) tied at 2-2-1, trophy not awarded due to worldwide flu epidemic
Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Jack Darragh scores a hat-trick as Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA), 6-1 for a 3-2 series win
Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor, known for japanese actor, was born on 1920-04-01. Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎, Mifune Toshirō; 1 April 1920 – 24 December 1997) was a Japanese actor and producer.
1st transmission of Danish state radio
Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict becomes first NHL goalie to record 3 straight playoff shutouts, in a 3-0 win against the visiting Victoria Cougars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Championship series
Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction writer, known for irish science fiction writer, was born on 1926-04-01.
1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist army crosses the Yangtze River
Austrian government of Ignaz Seipel falls
The Little Napoleon (German: Der kleine Napoleon) is a 1923 German silent historical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Egon von Hagen, Paul Heidemann and Harry Liedtke.
Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
Debbie Reynolds, American musician, known for american actress and singer, was born on 1932-04-01.
England cricket batsman Wally Hammond smashes 34 fours, 10 sixes in a Test record unbeaten 336 in the drawn 2nd Test against New Zealand in Auckland
1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
Aden Colony was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1963 located in the southern part of modern-day Yemen.
Nescafé is a brand of instant coffee sold by the multinational food and drink corporation Nestlé. It comes in many different forms. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café".
Phil Niekro, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1939-04-01.
Wangari Maathai, Kenyan kenyan environmental activist, known for kenyan environmental activist, was born on 1940-04-01.
Ali MacGraw, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1940-04-01. Elizabeth Alice MacGraw is an American actress.
Allied air raid on Japanese occupied harbor city Kupang, Timor, Indonesia
Jan Dieters, Dutch politician, resistance fighter, and a leading member of Communist Party of the Netherlands, is arrested by the Nazis
Japanese troops conquer Jessami, Eastern India
,000 US mine workers strike
"Big Bang" theory proposed in scientific journal "Physical Review" by American cosmologists Ralph Alpher, Hans Bethe, and George Gamow
Charles R. Drew, American surgeon and medical researcher, known for american surgeon and medical researcher, died on 1950-04-01.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, American british-american structural biologist, known for british-american structural biologist, was born on 1953-04-01.
Future Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (36) weds Imelda Romualdez (24) in a Catholic church
1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
The 10th Annual Tony Awards took place at the Plaza Hotel Grand Ballroom on April 1, 1956. The Master of Ceremonies was Jack Carter.
Trial begins in Budapest against participants of the Hungarian Uprising of October 1956
KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
David Gower, English athlete, known for english cricket player, was born on 1958-04-01.
American sci-fi writer "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Philip K Dick marries 3rd wife Anne Williams Rubinstein
1st weather satellite launched (TIROS 1)
Susan Boyle, Scottish musician, known for scottish singer, was born on 1962-04-01.
American television soap opera premieres: "General Hospital" (ABC) & "Doctors" (NBC)
10°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
"Hold On, I'm Comin'" (officially registered as "Hold On, I'm Coming", and shown on the original single release as "Hold On! I'm Comin'" and "Hold On! I'm a Comin'") is a song first recorded in 1966...
1st British ombudsman Sir Edward Compton begins work
KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins. It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968.
Federal Bankruptcy Referee Sidney Volinn declares MLB's Seattle Pilots bankrupt; car dealer Bud Selig buys franchise for $10.8 million and moves club to Milwaukee (Brewers)
United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia.
Rachel Maddow, American television host and commentator, known for american television host and commentator, was born on 1974-04-01.
Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, co-inventor, and investor.
Attempt for Muslim state in Chad fails
Clarence Seedorf, Dutch athlete, known for dutch footballer, was born on 1977-04-01. Clarence Clyde Seedorff] ; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch former professional football manager and player.
The history of Iran (also known as Persia) is intertwined with Greater Iran, which is a region encompassing all of the areas that have witnessed significant settlement or influence by the Iranian...
Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
Randy Orton, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1981-04-01. Randal Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler.
Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
Anti-nuclear protests began on a small scale in the U.S. as early as 1946 in response to Operation Crossroads.
Taran Killam is born
14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
Marvin Gaye singer and songwriter, known for american singer and songwriter, died on 1984-04-01. Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr.
Ranji Trophy Men's Cricket, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141; Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110
Henri Cochet dies
Guns & Roses' Duff McKagan divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
"Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history; 10 day action earns large playoff bonus increase, more control over licensing of their likenesses and changes to free agency system
USS Missouri (hull number BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is now a museum ship.
Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 12.94 seconds in 2-1 win at Everton
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston, Massachusetts on WBCN 104.1 FM, in the live morning drive slot
Logan Paul, American influencer and professional wrestler, known for american influencer and professional wrestler, was born on 1996-04-01.
69-year-old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
Detroit Pistons guard Joe Dumars becomes 10th player in NBA history to play 1,000 games with the same team and one of 8 to play 1,000 games with his only team; scores 18 points in 107-75 rout of Chicago Bulls
The legal status of same-sex marriage has changed in recent years in numerous jurisdictions around the world.
Google introduces Gmail: the launch is met with skepticism on account of the launch date
The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the 'British FBI', is created in the United Kingdom.
New York Yankees set a MLB record by winning their 11th straight home opener, 3-2 against Toronto Blue Jays
NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense.
After protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and killed thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Sun-Young Yoo wins sudden-death playoff on 1st extra hole after I.K. Kim misses a one-foot putt on the 72nd hole for the win
9 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Tikrit, Iraq
NATO suspends all practical civilian and military cooperation with Russia
The Russian-flagged fishing trawler Dalniy Vostok sank on 1 April 2015, off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The Golden State Warriors NBA record winning home run ends at 54 games with a 109-106 defeat to the Boston Celtics; the loss at Oracle Arena was the Warriors’ first since January 2015
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
China announces new laws against fentanyl-related substances to come into effect 1 May
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares a nationwide public emergency after violent protests amid the country's worst economic crisis since independence [1]
Airstrike by Israel on Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, kills seven officials, including three senior generals - most serious attack on Iranian targets since 2020 [1]
Legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan announces he can no longer paint due to Alzheimer's; Struzan is known for illustrating over 150 movie posters, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner and Back to the Future [1]
Val Kilmer, American actor, known for american actor, died on 2025-04-01. Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor.