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{{About|historical events on April 1|the joke custom|April Fools' Day}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[527]] – [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Justin I]] names his nephew [[Justinian I]] as co-ruler and successor to the throne.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=J.A.S.|title=The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2005|isbn=9780313325823|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDNv6qZ_I-IC|page=38}}</ref> *[[1081]] – [[Alexios I Komnenos]] overthrows the [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Nikephoros III Botaneiates]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Kotzampasi|first=Sofia|title=The Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople|location=Boston|publisher=Walter de Gruyter and Co|date=2013|isbn=9781614515999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6S_nBQAAQBAJ|page=17|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Neville|first=Leonora Alice|title=Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of a Medieval Historian|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2019|isbn=9780190939892|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHLADAAAQBAJ|page=2}}</ref> and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting [[Constantinople]], is formally crowned on April 4.<ref>{{cite book|last=Garland|first=Lynda|author-link=Lynda Garland |title=Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium, AD 527-1204|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=2011|isbn=9780415619448 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gWGAgAAQBAJ|page=184}}</ref> *[[1572]] – In the [[Eighty Years' War]], the ''[[Geuzen|Watergeuzen]]'' [[Capture of Brielle|capture Brielle]] from the [[Seventeen Provinces]], gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Multiple Authors|title=Early Modern Wars 1500–1775|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k_GxAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT97|date=17 September 2013|publisher=Amber Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-78274-121-3|pages=97}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1725]] – [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s later ''[[Easter Oratorio]]'' in its first version is performed at the [[St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig|Nikolaikirche]] in Leipzig on [[Easter Sunday]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000317?lang=en | title = Kommt, fliehet [gehet] und eilet, ihr flüchtigen Füße BWV 249.3; BWV 249; BC D 8a | website = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 | access-date = 2 April 2025 | ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital cantata|2025}}</ref> *[[1789]] – In New York City, the [[United States House of Representatives]] achieves its first [[quorum]] and elects [[Frederick Muhlenberg]] of [[Pennsylvania]] as [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|its first Speaker]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jenkins|first1=Jeffery A.|last2=Stewart|first2=Charles Haines|title=Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2013|isbn=9780691118123|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHlZCBqGvZIC}}</ref> *[[1833]] – The [[Convention of 1833]], a political gathering of settlers in [[Mexican Texas]] to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in [[San Felipe, Texas|San Felipe de Austin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Amelia W.|title=The Alamo Defenders: A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo and the Personnel of Its Defenders|location=Rockport, Tex.|publisher=Copano Bay Press|date=2010|isbn=9780982246771|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spv_1-DkzWIC|page=22}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops led by [[Philip Sheridan]] decisively [[Battle of Five Forks|defeat]] Confederate troops led by [[George Pickett]], cutting the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]'s last supply line during the [[Siege of Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Infantry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOsnedbtySMC&pg=PA45|date=June 2011|publisher=U.S. Army Infantry School|pages=45}}</ref> *[[1867]] – [[Singapore]] becomes a British [[crown colony]].<ref>{{cite book|author-last1=Vreeland|author-first1=Nena|author-last2=Dana|author-first2=Glenn B.|author-last3=Hurwitz|author-first3=Geoffrey B.|author-last4=Just|author-first4=Peter|author-last5=Shinn|author-first5=R.S.|title=Area Handbook for Singapore|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1977|oclc=3032967|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Fwev4A3Rc0C}}</ref> *[[1873]] – The [[White Star Line|White Star]] steamer [[SS Atlantic (1870)|SS ''Atlantic'']] sinks off [[Nova Scotia]], killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=W.H. Davenport|title=Great Shipwrecks: A Record of Perils and Disasters at Sea, 1544-1877|location=London|publisher=T. Nelson|date=1877|oclc=1039482884|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3cBAAAAQAAJ|pages=507–508|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|author=Canada Department of Agriculture|title=The Statistical Year-Book of Canada for 1899|location=Ottawa|publisher=Canada Department of Agriculture|date=1900|oclc=1080360321|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7h0UAAAAYAAJ|page=11}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark|Prince George]] becomes absolute monarch of the [[Cretan State]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, US|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=13}}|</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – The [[Territorial Force]] (renamed [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the [[British Army]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Dennis |first=Peter |date=1987 |title=The Territorial Army: 1906-1940 |url=https://archive.org/details/territorialarmy10000denn/page/14/mode/2up |publisher=Boydell Press |page=14 |isbn=0861932080}}</ref> *[[1918]] – The [[Royal Air Force]] is created by the merger of the [[Royal Flying Corps]] and the [[Royal Naval Air Service]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/raftimeline19181929.cfm |title=RAF Timeline 1918-1929 |website=Royal Air Force |access-date=15 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812113116/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/raftimeline19181929.cfm |archive-date=12 August 2012}}</ref> *[[1922]] – In newly formed [[Northern Ireland]], six Catholics are murdered in the [[Arnon Street killings]], one week after six others were killed in the [[McMahon killings]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2020/10/27/the-dead-of-the-belfast-pogrom-counting-the-cost-of-the-revolutionary-period-1920-22/comment-page-1/ |title=The Dead of the Belfast Pogrom |last=Glennon |first=Kieran |date=27 October 2020 |website=The Irish Story |publisher= |access-date=25 March 2024 |quote=}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] is sentenced to five years [[Festungshaft|fortress confinement]] for his participation in the "[[Beer Hall Putsch]]" but spends only nine months in jail.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fulda |first=Bernhard |date=2009 |title=Press and Politics in the Weimar Republic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StNY-71yVXQC |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=69 |isbn=9780191563263}}</ref> * 1924 – The [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] is formed.<ref>{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=Leslie |date=1959 |title=There Shall Be Wings: A History of the Royal Canadian Air Force |url=https://archive.org/details/thereshallbewing0000robe/page/54/mode/2up |location=Toronto |publisher=[[Clarke, Irwin & Company]] |page=55 |isbn=9781013416767}}</ref> *[[1933]] – The recently elected [[Nazism|Nazis]] under [[Julius Streicher]] organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of [[antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] acts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/julius-streicher-biography |title=Julius Streicher: Biography |website=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1935]] – India's central banking institution, the [[Reserve Bank of India]], is formed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbi.org.in/history/Brief_History.html |title=Brief History |website=Reserve Bank of India |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[Aden]] becomes a British [[crown colony]]. * 1937 – The [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] is formed as an independent service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/rnzaf |title=Royal New Zealand Air Force |website=New Zealand History |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1939]] – Spanish Civil War: [[Generalissimo|Generalísimo]] [[Francisco Franco]] of the [[Francoist Spain|Spanish State]] announces the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]], when the last of the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican]] forces surrender.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Holguín |first1=Sandie |date=December 2015 |title=How Did the Spanish Civil War End? ... Not So Well |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43697076 |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=120 |issue=5 |pages=1767–1783 |doi=10.1093/ahr/120.5.1767 |jstor=43697076 |access-date=17 March 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Fântâna Albă massacre]]: Between two hundred and two thousand [[Romanians|Romanian]] civilians are killed by [[Soviet Border Troops]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.romaniajournal.ro/society-people/75-years-since-the-romanian-katyn-massacre-at-fantana-alba-3000-romanians-killed/ |title=75 Years Since 'The Romanian Katyn' Massacre At Fântâna Albă{{snd}}3,000 Romanians Killed |last=Lupu |first=Victor |date=1 April 2016 |website=Romania Journal |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> * 1941 – A [[1941 Iraqi coup d'état|military coup]] in [[Iraq]] overthrows the regime of [['Abd al-Ilah]] and installs [[Rashid Ali al-Gaylani]] as [[Prime Minister of Iraq|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/scottjc/coup.htm |last=Scott |first=James C |title=The Coup |work=Iraqi Coup |publisher=California State University, Sacramento |date=9 August 2001 |access-date=17 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024000835/http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/scottjc/coup.htm |archive-date=24 October 2007}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[World War II]]: Navigation errors lead to an [[Aerial incidents in Switzerland in World War II#Schaffhausen|accidental American bombing]] of the Swiss city of [[Schaffhausen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/during-world-war-ii-america-accidently-bombed-switzerland-20077 |title=During World War II, America Accidently Bombed Switzerland |last=Peck |first=Michael |date=8 April 2017 |website=The National Interest |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Tenth United States Army]] [[Battle of Okinawa|attacks]] the [[Thirty-Second Army (Japan)|Thirty-Second Japanese Army]] on [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Appleman |first1=Roy E. |last2=Burns |first2=James M. |last3=Gugeler |first3=Russel A. |last4=Stevens |first4=John |date=2000 |title=Okinawa: The Last Battle |url=http://www.history.army.mil/BOOKS/WWII/OKINAWA/chapter3.htm |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Army Center of Military History |page=68 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114000303/http://www.history.army.mil/BOOKS/WWII/OKINAWA/chapter3.htm |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> *[[1946]] – The 8.6 {{M|w}} [[1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake|Aleutian Islands earthquake]] shakes the [[Aleutian Islands]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VI (''Strong''). A destructive [[tsunami]] reaches the [[Hawaiian Islands]] resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in [[Hilo, Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/alaska/1946/webpages/ |title=1946 Aleutian Tsunami |website=USC Thunami Research Group |access-date=17 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016033328/http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/alaska/1946/webpages/ |archive-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> * 1946 – The [[Malayan Union]] is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the [[Federation of Malaya]] two years later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PeKhabar |date=2016-04-01 |title=Penubuhan Malayan Union |url=https://pekhabar.com/h-i-d-s-penubuhan-malayan-union/ |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=PeKhabar |language=ms-MY}}</ref> *[[1947]] – The only [[1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies|mutiny]] in the history of the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] begins.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/post-war-1970/mutiny-at-hmnzs-philomel/ |title=Mutiny at HMNZS Philomel |website=Torpedo Bay Navy Museum |date=16 October 2015 |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Cold War]]: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the ''[[Deutsche Mark]]'' by attempting to [[Berlin Blockade|force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Roger G. |date=2000 |title=To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 |url=https://archive.org/details/tosavecityberlin0000mill_b0n4/page/20/mode/2up?view=theater |location=College Station, TX |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |page=20 |isbn=9780890969670}}</ref> * 1948 – [[Faroe Islands]] gain [[self-governance|autonomy]] from Denmark.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pomfret |first1=Richard |title=The Economic Integration of Europe |date=8 June 2021 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-24413-9 |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i14lEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA200 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[Chinese Communist Party]] holds unsuccessful peace talks with the [[Kuomintang|Nationalist Party]] in Beijing, after three years of fighting. * 1949 – The [[Government of Canada]] repeals [[Internment of Japanese Canadians|Japanese-Canadian internment]] after seven years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Adachi |first=Ken |date=1976 |title=The Enemy That Never Was |url=https://archive.org/details/enemythatneverwa0000adac/page/346/mode/2up |location=Toronto |publisher=McClelland and Stewart |page=346}}</ref> *[[1954]] – United States President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] authorizes the creation of the [[United States Air Force Academy]] in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 1954 |title=Air Force Academy Act Signed by Eisenhower |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9G8pAAAAIBAJ&pg=6899%2C3318710 |work=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, WA |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1955]] – The [[EOKA]] rebellion against the British Empire begins in [[Cyprus]], with the goal of unifying with [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite book |last=French |first=David |date=2015 |title=Fighting EOKA: The British Counter-Insurgency Campaign on Cyprus, 1955-1959 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrvuBgAAQBAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=71 |isbn=9780198729341}}</ref> *[[1960]] – The [[Television Infrared Observation Satellite|TIROS-1]] [[satellite]] transmits the [[:File:TIROS-1-Earth.png|first television picture from space]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/136061mainbmtiros3jpg |title=First Television Picture of Earth from Space, 1960 |website=National Air and Space Museum |date=April 2020 |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1964]] – The [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|British Admiralty]], [[War Office]] and [[Air Ministry]] are replaced by a unified [[Defence Council of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/15|title=Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964}}</ref> *[[1969]] – The [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]], the first operational [[fighter aircraft]] with [[Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing]] capabilities, enters service with the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/aircraft-month/hawker-siddeley-harrier |title=Hawker Siddeley Harrier |date=April 2008 |website=Tangmere Military Aviation Museum |access-date=17 March 2023 |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317171910/https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/aircraft-month/hawker-siddeley-harrier |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1970]] – President [[Richard Nixon]] signs the [[Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act]] into law.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.byrdcenter.org/blog/the-public-health-cigarette-smoking-act-of-1970 |title=The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1970 |last=Brumage |first=Jody |date=25 July 2017 |website=Robert C. Byrd Center |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> *1970 – A [[Royal Air Maroc]] [[Sud Aviation Caravelle]] [[1970 Berrechid Royal Air Maroc Caravelle crash|crashes]] near [[Berrechid]], Morocco, killing 61.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III CN-CCV Berrechid |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700401-1 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]: The [[Pakistan Army]] [[Jinjira massacre|massacre]] more than a thousand people in [[Keraniganj Upazila]], [[Bangladesh]]. *[[1973]] – [[Project Tiger]], a [[tiger]] conservation project, is launched in the [[Jim Corbett National Park]], India. *[[1974]] – The [[Local Government Act 1972]] of England and Wales comes into effect.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1972 |chapter=70 |act=Local Government Act 1972 |section=1 |date=1972 |accessdate=20 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Steve Wozniak]] found [[Apple Computer|Apple Computer, Inc]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apple Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/business/apple-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=12 January 2022|website=CNN|date=July 2014}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Iran]] becomes an [[Islamic republic]] [[1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum|by a 99% vote]], officially overthrowing the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 April 1979 |title=Fighting Is Renewed By Iran Tribesmen |work=The Commercial Appeal |page=2 |location=Memphis, Tennessee}}</ref> *[[1984]] – Singer [[Marvin Gaye]] is [[Killing of Marvin Gaye|shot to death]] by [[Marvin Gay Sr.|his father]] in his home in [[Arlington Heights, Los Angeles|Arlington Heights]], Los Angeles, California.<ref name=gaye>{{Cite web |title=The tragic story of Marvin Gaye and the untimely death of a soul legend |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/marvin-gaye/marvin-gaye-death-father-explained/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |website=Smooth |language=en}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)]] cadres [[Sector Kanda|attack]] a number of police stations in [[Kathmandu]], seeking to incite a popular rebellion.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Malone |editor-first=David M |editor-last2=von Einsiedel |editor-first2=Sebastian |editor-last3=Pradhan |editor-first3=Suman |date=2012 |title=Nepal in Transition: From People's War to Fragile Peace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyZ03y3S6eEC |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=71 |isbn=9781107005679}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s new [[local government]] tax, the [[Poll tax (Great Britain)|Community Charge]] (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/poll-tax-glasgow-biggest-battle-12956258 |title=Fighting the poll tax - a look back at one of Glasgow's biggest battles captured in photos |last=Russell |first=Jennifer |date=1 April 2019 |website=GlasgowLive |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[NASCAR]] racer [[Alan Kulwicki]] is killed in a [[1993 Tennessee Fairchild Merlin crash|plane crash]] near the [[Tri-Cities Regional Airport]] in [[Blountville, Tennessee]].<ref name="ntsb">{{cite web |author= |date=16 March 1994 |title=National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Final Report |url=https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001211X12077&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=MA |access-date=24 October 2017 |website=app.ntsb.gov |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=ATL93MA068 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201030501/https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001211X12077&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=MA |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Comet Hale–Bopp]] is seen passing at [[perihelion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/c-1995-o1-hale-bopp/in-depth/ |title=C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) |website=solarsystem.nasa.gov |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Nunavut]] is established as a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian territory]] carved out of the eastern part of the [[Northwest Territories]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ntassembly.ca/visitors/creation-new-nwt |title=Creation of a New Northwest Territories |website=Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |date=6 November 2012 |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – An [[EP-3E]] [[United States Navy]] [[surveillance aircraft]] [[Hainan Island incident|collides]] with a Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] [[Shenyang J-8]] [[fighter jet]]. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in [[Hainan]], China and is detained.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/04/01/us.china.plane.03/ |title=U.S. aircraft collides with Chinese fighter, forced to land |date=1 April 2001 |website=CNN |access-date=14 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211063330/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/04/01/us.china.plane.03/ |archive-date=11 December 2008}}</ref> * 2001 – Former [[President of Yugoslavia|President]] of [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] [[Slobodan Milošević]] surrenders to police [[special forces]], to be tried on [[war crime]]s charges.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Yale Journal of International Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TupKAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Yale Law School|page=334}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|Same-sex marriage]] becomes legal in the [[Netherlands]], the [[Timeline of same-sex marriage|first]] contemporary country to allow it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0104/01/sm.10.html |title=Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Amsterdam |date=1 April 2001 |website=CNN Transcripts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221411/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0104/01/sm.10.html |access-date=14 February 2023|archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Google]] launches its [[Email]] service [[Gmail]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Petrova |first1=Magdalena |last2=Elias |first2=Jennifer |date=26 October 2019 |title=Google's rocky path to email domination |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/26/gmail-dominates-consumer-email-with-1point5-billion-users.html |access-date=31 March 2022 |website=CNBC}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Serious Organised Crime Agency]] (SOCA) of the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] is enforced, but later merged into [[National Crime Agency]] on 7 October 2013. *[[2011]] – After protests against the [[Dove World Outreach Center Quran-burning controversy#2011 burning of the Quran|burning of the Quran]] turn violent, a mob attacks a [[United Nations]] compound in [[2011 Mazar-i-Sharif attack|Mazar-i-Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]], resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, including seven UN workers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-04-02 |title=Afghanistan: Deadly Kandahar protest at Koran burning |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12944851 |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[2016]] – The [[2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]] begins along the [[Line of Contact (Nagorno-Karabakh)|Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/83600 |title=12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan killed in Azeri shelling |date=2 April 2016 |website=Horizon |access-date=14 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404222825/http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/83600 |archive-date=4 April 2016}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1220]] – [[Emperor Go-Saga]] of Japan (died 1272) *[[1282]] – [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1347) *[[1328]] – [[Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans]] (died 1382) *[[1543]] – [[François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières]] (died 1626) *[[1578]] – [[William Harvey]], English physician and academic (died 1657)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - William Harvey |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/harvey_william.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1610]] – [[Charles de Saint-Évremond]], French soldier and critic (died 1703) *[[1629]] – [[Jean-Henri d'Anglebert]], French organist and composer (died 1691) *[[1640]] – [[Georg Mohr]], Danish mathematician and academic (died 1697) *[[1647]] – [[John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester]], English poet and courtier (died 1680) *[[1697]] – [[Antoine François Prévost]], French novelist and translator (died 1763)<ref>{{cite book | first=Richard A. | last=Smernoff | title=L'Abbé Prévost | place=Boston | publisher=Twayne Publishers | year=1985 | isbn=978-0-8057-6594-6 | page=[https://archive.org/details/labbeprevost0000smer/page/2 2] | url=https://archive.org/details/labbeprevost0000smer/page/2 }}</ref> *[[1721]] – [[Pieter Hellendaal]], Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (died 1799) *[[1741]] – [[George Dance the Younger]], English architect and surveyor (died 1825) *[[1753]] – [[Joseph de Maistre]], French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (died 1821) *[[1765]] – [[Luigi Schiavonetti]], Italian engraver and etcher (died 1810) *[[1776]] – [[Sophie Germain]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1831)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/47 47] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/47 }}</ref> *[[1786]] – [[William Mulready]], Irish genre painter (died 1863) *[[1815]] – [[Otto von Bismarck]], German lawyer and politician, 1st [[Chancellor of the German Empire]] (died 1898)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Headlam | first1=James Wycliffe | title=Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire | place=New York | publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons | year=1899 | page=1 }}</ref> * 1815 – [[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Governor of Texas]] (died 1880) *[[1823]] – [[Simon Bolivar Buckner]], American general and politician, 30th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (died 1891) *[[1824]] – [[Louis-Zéphirin Moreau]], Canadian bishop (died 1901) *[[1834]] – [[James Fisk (financier)|James Fisk]], American businessman (died 1872)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Fisk {{!}} American financier |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Fisk |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1852]] – [[Edwin Austin Abbey]], American painter and illustrator (died 1911) *[[1858]] – [[Columba Marmion]], Irish Benedictine abbot (died 1923)<ref>* {{cite book |last=Tierney |first=Mark |title=Blessed Columba Marmion: A Short Biography |location=Collegeville, Mn. |publisher=Liturgical Press |date=2000 |url=https://archive.org/details/blessedcolumbama0000tier |page=13|isbn=978-0-8146-2756-3 }}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Richard Adolf Zsigmondy]], Austrian-German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1929) *[[1866]] – [[William Blomfield]], New Zealand cartoonist and politician (died 1938) * 1866 – [[Ferruccio Busoni]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1924) * 1866 – [[Ève Lavallière]], French actress (died 1929)<ref>{{cite book | first=Kurt | last=Gänzl | title=The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmu00ganz_0 | url-access=registration | date=17 May 2001 | place=New York | publisher=Schirmer | isbn=978-0-02-864970-2 | page=1157}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Edmond Rostand]], French poet and playwright (died 1918) * 1868 – [[Walter Mead (cricketer)|Walter Mead]], English cricketer (died 1954) *[[1871]] – [[F. Melius Christiansen]], Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (died 1955) *[[1873]] – [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1943) *[[1874]] – [[Ernest Barnes]], English mathematician and theologian (died 1953) * 1874 – [[Prince Karl of Bavaria (1874–1927)|Prince Karl of Bavaria]] (died 1927) *[[1875]] – [[Edgar Wallace]], English journalist, author, and playwright (died 1932) *[[1878]] – [[C. Ganesha Iyer]], [[Ceylon Tamil]] philologist (died 1958) *[[1879]] – [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]], Polish wrestler and strongman (died 1967) *[[1881]] – [[Octavian Goga]], Romanian Prime Minister (died 1938) *[[1883]] – [[Lon Chaney]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1930) * 1883 – [[Edvard Drabløs]], Norwegian actor and director (died 1976) * 1883 – [[Laurette Taylor]], Irish-American actress (died 1946) *[[1885]] – [[Wallace Beery]], American actor (died 1949) * 1885 – [[Clementine Churchill]], English wife of [[Winston Churchill]] (died 1977) *[[1889]] – [[K. B. Hedgewar]], Indian physician and activist (died 1940) *[[1893]] – [[Cicely Courtneidge]], Australian-English actress (died 1980) *[[1895]] – [[Alberta Hunter]], African-American singer-songwriter and nurse (died 1984) *[[1898]] – [[William James Sidis]], Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (died 1944) *[[1899]] – [[Gustavs Celmiņš]], Latvian academic and politician (died 1968) *[[1900]] – [[Stefanie Clausen]], Danish Olympic diver (died 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stefanie-fryland-clausen.com/|title=Stefanie Fryland Clausen|website=www.stefanie-fryland-clausen.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Whittaker Chambers]], American journalist and spy (died 1961) *[[1902]] – [[Maria Polydouri]], Greek poet (died 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Πολυδούρη, Μαρία |url=https://greek_greek.en-academic.com/232245/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B7%2C_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1 |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |language=Greek}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Gaston Eyskens]], Belgian economist and politician, 47th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (died 1988) * 1905 – [[Paul Hasluck]], Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th [[Governor-General of Australia]] (died 1993) *[[1906]] – [[Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev]], Russian engineer, founded the [[Yakovlev|Yakovlev Design Bureau]] (died 1989) *[[1907]] – [[Shivakumara Swami]], Indian religious leader and philanthropist (died 2019) *[[1908]] – [[Abraham Maslow]], American psychologist and academic (died 1970) * 1908 – [[Harlow Rothert]], American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (died 1997) *[[1909]] – [[Abner Biberman]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977) * 1909 – [[Eddy Duchin]], American pianist and bandleader (died 1951) *[[1910]] – [[Harry Carney]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1974) * 1910 – [[Bob Van Osdel]], American high jumper and soldier (died 1987) *[[1911]] – [[Augusta Braxton Baker]], African American librarian (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanton F. Biddle|title=Culture Keepers: Enlightening and Empowering Our Communities : Proceedings of the First National Conference of African American Librarians, September 4-6, 1992, Columbus, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rG7hAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Black Caucus of the American Library Association|isbn=978-0-9640292-0-0|page=124}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Memos Makris]], Greek sculptor (died 1993) *[[1915]] – [[O. W. Fischer]], Austrian-Swiss actor and director (died 2004) *[[1916]] – [[Sheila May Edmonds]], British mathematician (died 2002)<ref>{{cite book | title=Who's Who of British Scientists | place=London | publisher=Longman | year=1969 | isbn=978-0-5821-1463-0 | page=251}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Sydney Newman]], Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (died 1997) * 1917 – [[Melville Shavelson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007) *[[1919]] – [[Joseph Murray]], American surgeon and soldier, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2012) *[[1920]] – [[Toshiro Mifune]], Japanese actor (died 1997) *[[1921]] – [[William Bergsma]], American composer and educator (died 1994) * 1921 – [[Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith]], American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (died 2014) *[[1922]] – [[Duke Jordan]], American pianist and composer (died 2006) * 1922 – [[William Manchester]], American historian and author (died 2004) *[[1924]] – [[Brendan Byrne]], American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th [[Governor of New Jersey]] (died 2018) *[[1926]] – [[Anne McCaffrey]], American-Irish author (died 2011) *[[1927]] – [[Walter Bahr]], American soccer player, coach, and manager (died 2018) * 1927 – [[Amos Milburn]], American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1980) * 1927 – [[Ferenc Puskás]], Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsport.hu/cikk.php?cikk=127775 |title=Nemzeti Sport Online - Isten futballistának teremtette |access-date=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714170916/http://www.nsport.hu/cikk.php?cikk=127775 |archive-date=14 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> *[[1929]] – [[Jonathan Haze]], American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager (died 2024) * 1929 – [[Milan Kundera]], Czech-French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Daniel |title=Milan Kundera, Czech Literary Star and Communist Party Outcast, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/world/europe/milan-kundera-dead.html |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 July 2023}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Payut Ngaokrachang]], Thai animator and director (died 2010) * 1929 – [[Jane Powell]], American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2021) *[[1930]] – [[Grace Lee Whitney]], American actress and singer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace Lee Whitney |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13212557.grace-lee-whitney/ |website=HeraldScotland |date=6 May 2015 |access-date=22 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[George Baker (British actor)|George Baker]], Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (died 2011) * 1931 – [[Rolf Hochhuth]], German author and playwright (died 2020) *[[1932]] – [[Debbie Reynolds]], American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Debbie Reynolds obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/29/debbie-reynolds-obituary-singin-in-the-rain-actor |website=the Guardian |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=29 December 2016}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]], Algerian-French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1933 – [[Dan Flavin]], American sculptor and educator (died 1996) * 1933 – [[Bengt Holbek]], Danish folklorist (died 1992)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hansen |first1=William |title=Obituary: Bengt Holbek (1933-1992) |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |date=1993 |volume=106 |issue=420 |pages=184–189 |jstor=541968 |issn=0021-8715}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Vladimir Pozner Jr.|Vladimir Posner]], French-American journalist and radio host *[[1935]] – [[Larry McDonald]], American physician and politician (died 1983) *[[1936]] – [[Peter Collinson (film director)|Peter Collinson]], English-American director and producer (died 1980) * 1936 – [[Jean-Pascal Delamuraz]], Swiss politician, 80th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 1998) * 1936 – [[Tarun Gogoi]], Indian politician, 14th [[Chief Minister of Assam]] (died 2020) * 1936 – [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]], Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer (died 2021) *[[1937]] – [[Jordan Charney]], American actor<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u8KztKHh5OEC&pg=PA224|title=Theatre World 2000-2001: Special Tony Honor Edition|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|page=224|date=January 1, 2004|isbn=1557835233|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> *1937 – [[Yılmaz Güney]], [[Palme d'Or]] award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (died 1984)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yilmazguneyofficial.com/|title=Yılmaz Güney}}</ref> *1937 – [[Lynn Garrison]], Canadian aviator, political advisor, and mercenary<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lionel |first=Ekene |date=2018-04-15 |title=Lynn Garrison: Biafran War Pilot Speaks on His Exploits |url=https://www.military.africa/2018/04/exclusive-lynn-garrison-biafran-war-heroic-pilot-speaks-on-his-exploits/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208092810/https://www.military.africa/2018/04/exclusive-lynn-garrison-biafran-war-heroic-pilot-speaks-on-his-exploits/ |archive-date=February 8, 2025 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Military Africa |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Ali MacGraw]], American model and actress * 1939 – [[Phil Niekro]], American baseball player and manager (died 2020) *[[1940]] – [[Wangari Maathai]], Kenyan environmentalist and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2011) *[[1941]] – [[Gideon Gadot]], Israeli journalist and politician (died 2012) * 1941 – [[Ajit Wadekar]], Indian cricketer, coach, and manager (died 2018) *[[1942]] – [[Samuel R. Delany]], American author and critic * 1942 – [[Richard D. Wolff]], American economist and academic *[[1943]] – [[Dafydd Wigley]], Welsh academic and politician * 1943 – [[Titina Silá]], Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (died 1973)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Peter|editor-last1=Karibe Mendy|editor-first2=Richard A.|editor-last2=Lobban Jr.|year=2013|chapter=Sila, Ernestina (1943–1973)|title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau|edition=4th|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|pages=375–376|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbJ8AQAAQBAJ|isbn=978-0-8108-8027-6}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Nikitas Kaklamanis]], Greek academic and politician, [[Ministry of Health and Social Security (Greece)|Greek Minister of Health and Social Security]] * 1946 – [[Ronnie Lane]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1997) * 1946 – [[Arrigo Sacchi]], Italian footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{cite book|author=Giancarlo Colombo|title=Who's who in Italy 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXxmAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn=978-88-85246-48-5|page=1536}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Alain Connes]], French mathematician and academic * 1948 – [[Javier Irureta]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1948 – [[Peter Law]], Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (died 2006)<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1516661/Peter-Law.html Peter Law], ''Telegraph''<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Gérard Mestrallet]], French businessman * 1949 – [[Paul Manafort]], American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon<ref>Reagan, Ronald (May 13, 1981)."[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43806 Nomination of Paul J. Manafort, Jr., To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522041546/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43806 |date=May 22, 2011 }}." In Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, ''The American Presidency Project''. Hosted online by the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved August 1, 2016.</ref> * 1949 – [[Sammy Nelson]], Northern Irish footballer and coach * 1949 – [[Gil Scott-Heron]], American singer-songwriter and author (died 2011) *[[1950]] – [[Samuel Alito]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1950 – [[Loris Kessel]], Swiss racing driver (died 2010) * 1950 – [[Daniel Paillé]], Canadian academic and politician *[[1951]] – [[John Abizaid]], American general *[[1952]] – [[Annette O'Toole]], American actress * 1952 – [[Bernard Stiegler]], French philosopher and academic (died 2020) *[[1953]] – [[Barry Sonnenfeld]], American cinematographer, director, and producer * 1953 – [[Alberto Zaccheroni]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1954]] – [[Jeff Porcaro]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1992) *[[1955]] – [[Don Hasselbeck]], American football player and sportscaster * 1955 – [[Humayun Akhtar Khan]], Pakistani politician, 5th [[Commerce Minister of Pakistan]] *[[1957]] – [[David Gower]], English cricketer and sportscaster * 1957 – [[Denise Nickerson]], American actress (died 2019) *[[1958]] – [[D. Boon]], American singer and musician (died 1985) *[[1959]] – [[Helmut Duckadam]], Romanian footballer (died 2024) *[[1961]] – [[Susan Boyle]], Scottish singer * 1961 – [[Sergio Scariolo]], Italian professional basketball head coach * 1961 – [[Mark White (British musician)|Mark White]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1962 – [[Mark Shulman (author)|Mark Shulman]], American author *[[1962]] – [[Chris Grayling]], English journalist and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] * 1962 – [[Samboy Lim]], Filipino basketball player and manager (died 2023) * 1962 – [[Phillip Schofield]], English television host *[[1963]] – [[Teodoro de Villa Diaz]], Filipino guitarist and songwriter (died 1988) * 1963 – [[Aprille Ericsson-Jackson]], American aerospace engineer *[[1964]] – [[Erik Breukink]], Dutch cyclist and manager * 1964 – [[Kevin Duckworth]], American basketball player (died 2008) * 1964 – [[John Morris (cricketer, born 1964)|John Morris]], English cricketer * 1964 – [[José Rodrigues dos Santos]], Portuguese journalist, author, and educator *[[1965]] – [[Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)|Jane Adams]], American film, television, and stage actress * 1965 – [[Mark Jackson (basketball)|Mark Jackson]], American basketball player and coach *[[1966]] – [[Chris Evans (presenter)|Chris Evans]], English radio and television host * 1966 – [[Mehmet Özdilek]], Turkish footballer and manager *[[1967]] – [[Nicola Roxon]], Australian lawyer and politician, 34th [[Attorney-General for Australia]] *[[1968]] – [[Mike Baird]], Australian politician, 44th [[Premier of New South Wales]] * 1968 – [[Andreas Schnaas]], German actor and director * 1968 – [[Alexander Stubb]], Finnish academic and politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Finland]] and 13th [[President of Finland]] *[[1969]] – [[Lev Lobodin]], Ukrainian-Russian decathlete * 1969 – [[Andrew Vlahov]], Australian basketball player * 1969 – [[Dean Windass]], English footballer and manager *[[1970]] – [[Brad Meltzer]], American author, screenwriter, and producer *[[1971]] – [[Sonia Bisset]], Cuban javelin thrower<ref>{{cite web |title=Sonia BISSET {{!}} Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/sonia-bisset-65210 |website=www.worldathletics.org |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Shinji Nakano]], Japanese racing driver *[[1972]] – [[Darren McCarty]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1972 – [[Jesse Tobias]], American guitarist and songwriter *[[1973]] – [[Christian Finnegan]], American comedian and actor * 1973 – [[Stephen Fleming]], New Zealand cricketer and coach * 1973 – [[Rachel Maddow]], American journalist and author *[[1974]] – [[Hugo Ibarra]], Argentinian footballer and manager *[[1975]] – [[John Butler (musician)|John Butler]], American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer * 1975 – [[Magdalena Maleeva]], Bulgarian tennis player *[[1976]] – [[Hazem El Masri]], Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator * 1976 – [[David Gilliland]], American race car driver * 1976 – [[Gábor Király]], Hungarian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Gábor Király|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2665/G%C3%A1bor-Kir%C3%A1ly/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> * 1976 – [[David Oyelowo]], English actor * 1976 – [[Clarence Seedorf]], Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager * 1976 – [[Yuka Yoshida]], Japanese tennis player *[[1977]] – [[Vitor Belfort]], Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist * 1977 – [[Haimar Zubeldia]], Spanish cyclist *[[1978]] – [[Antonio de Nigris]], Mexican footballer (died 2009) * 1978 – [[Mirka Federer]], Slovak-Swiss tennis player * 1978 – [[Anamaria Marinca]], Romanian-English actress * 1978 – [[Etan Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1979]] – [[Ruth Beitia]], Spanish high jumper *[[1980]] – [[Dennis Kruppke]], German footballer * 1980 – [[Randy Orton]], American wrestler * 1980 – [[Bijou Phillips]], American actress and model *[[1981]] – [[Antonis Fotsis]], Greek basketball player * 1981 – [[Bjørn Einar Romøren]], Norwegian ski jumper *[[1982]] – [[Taran Killam]], American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer * 1982 – [[Andreas Thorkildsen]], Norwegian javelin thrower *[[1983]] – [[Ólafur Ingi Skúlason]], Icelandic footballer * 1983 – [[Sean Taylor]], American football player (died 2007) *[[1984]] – [[Gilberto Macena]], Brazilian footballer *[[1985]] – [[Daniel Murphy (baseball)|Daniel Murphy]], American baseball player * 1985 – [[Beth Tweddle]], English gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Beth Tweedle |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/beth-tweddle |website=teamgb.com |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Nikolaos Kourtidis]], Greek weightlifter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/nikos-kourtidis-1.html |title=Nikos Kourtidis Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/nikos-kourtidis-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Hillary Scott]], American country singer-songwriter *[[1987]] – [[Vitorino Antunes]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Antunes|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/vitorino-gabriel-antunes/17028/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> * 1987 – [[Ding Junhui]], Chinese professional snooker player * 1987 – [[Gianluca Musacci]], Italian footballer * 1987 – [[Oliver Turvey]], English racing driver *[[1988]] – [[Brook Lopez]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brook Lopez Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3448/brook-lopez |website=ESPN |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Robin Lopez]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robin Lopez Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/3447/robin-lopez |website=ESPN |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Jan Blokhuijsen]], Dutch speed skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Blokhuijsen |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl%2Fjan-blokhuijsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192111/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/jan-blokhuijsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=1 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1989 – [[David Ngog]], French footballer * 1989 – [[Christian Vietoris]], German racing driver *[[1990]] – [[Julia Fischer (athlete)|Julia Fischer]], German discus thrower *[[1991]] – [[Duván Zapata]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Duván Zapata|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-zapata/33276/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Deng Linlin]], Chinese gymnast *[[1995]] – [[Jofra Archer]], Barbadian-English cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jofra Archer|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/jofra-archer/a092r6FB8EeqrDwdxlwLGA |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Logan Paul]], American YouTuber, actor and wrestler *[[1997]] – [[Asa Butterfield]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for April 1: Mackenzie Davis, Asa Butterfield |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/04/01/Famous-birthdays-for-April-1-Mackenzie-Davis-Asa-Butterfield/4531616955986/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=18 March 2023 |date=1 April 2021}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Álex Palou]], Spanish racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexpalou.com/en/about-alex/ |title=About Alex |website=AlexPalou.com |access-date=22 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230905/http://www.alexpalou.com/en/about-alex/ |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Mitchell Robinson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitchell Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629011/mitchell-robinson |website=NBA.com |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Gabe Davis]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabriel Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaviGa01.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Rhian Brewster]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Rhian Brewster|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14742/Rhian-Brewster/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[996]] – [[Pope John XV|John XV]], pope of the Catholic Church *[[1085]] – [[Emperor Shenzong of Song|Shen Zong]], Chinese emperor (born 1048) *[[1132]] – [[Hugh of Châteauneuf]], French bishop (born 1053)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sthughofgrenoble.org/st-hugh-of-grenoble |title=St. Hugh of Grenoble |website=St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1204]] – [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], queen of France and England (born 1122)<ref>{{cite book | last=Koestler-Grack | first=Rachel A. | title=Eleanor of Aquitaine: Heroine of the Middle Ages | place=Philadelphia | publisher=Chelsea House | year=2005 | isbn= 9780--7910-8633-9 | page=138}}</ref> *[[1205]] – [[Aimery of Cyprus|Amalric II]], king of Cyprus and Jerusalem<ref>{{cite book |last=Runciman |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Runciman |date=1954 |title=A History of the Crusades Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=103 |isbn=0-521-06163-6}}</ref> *[[1282]] – [[Abaqa Khan]], ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (born 1234) *[[1431]] – [[Nuno Álvares Pereira]], Portuguese general (born 1360) *[[1441]] – [[Blanche I of Navarre|Blanche I]], queen of Navarre and Sicily (born 1387) *[[1455]] – [[Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)|Zbigniew Oleśnicki]], Polish cardinal and statesman (born 1389)<ref>{{Cite CE1913 |wstitle=Zbigniew Olesnicki|volume=11|first=Michael |last=Ott}}</ref> *[[1528]] – [[Francisco de Peñalosa]], Spanish composer (born 1470)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisco_de_penalosa.html |title=Francisco de Peñalosa |website=Spain Is Culture |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315202900/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisco_de_penalosa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1548]] – [[Sigismund I the Old|Sigismund I]], king of Poland (born 1467)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Sigismund I. |last=Bain |first=Robert Nisbet |author-link=Robert Nisbet Bain}}</ref> *[[1580]] – [[Alonso Mudarra]], Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1510) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Cristofano Allori]], Italian painter and educator (born 1577)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/17-december/books-arts/visual-arts/the-art-of-cristofano-allori-who-should-have-died-thereafter |title=The art of Cristofano Allori, who should have died thereafter |last=Cranfield |first=Nicholas |date=17 December 2021 |website=Church Times |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[Franz Egon of Fürstenberg]], Bavarian bishop (born 1625)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Fürstenberg}}</ref> *[[1787]] – [[Floyer Sydenham]], English scholar and academic (born 1710)<ref>{{cite wikisource |title=Sydenham, Floyer |wslink=Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sydenham, Floyer |last=Foster |first=Joseph}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], American soldier and politician, 11th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (born 1757)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bugbee |first=James M. |date=1890 |title=Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924032755161/page/n565/mode/2up | publisher=Printed for The Society by John Wilson & Son|location=Boston |page=394}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Antonios Kriezis]], Greek Navy officer and Prime Minister of Greece (born 1796)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr/istoria-ethnika-themata/antonios-kriezis-o-protos-antinayarxos-tou-polemikou-naytikou/ | title=Αντώνιος Κριεζής ο πρώτος Αντιναύαρχος του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού | date=April 2021 }}</ref> * 1865 – [[Giuditta Pasta]], Italian soprano (born 1797)<ref>{{cite book | last=Emerson | first=Isabelle Putnam | title=Five Centuries of Women Singers | place=Westport | publisher=Praeger | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-3133-0810-9 | page=129}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], English theologian and academic (born 1805)<ref>{{cite book |date=1884 |title=The London Quarterly Review |volume=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9E5AQAAMAAJ |publisher=H. J. T. Tresidder |pages=347–348}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[John Corry Wilson Daly|John C.W. Daly]], English-Canadian soldier and politician (born 1796)<ref>{{Cite DCB |last=Swainson |first=Donald |title=Daly, John Corry Wilson |volume=10 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/daly_john_corry_wilson_10E.html}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[David Wilber]], American politician (born 1820)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000452 |title=WILBER, David |website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> * 1890 – [[Alexander Mozhaysky]], Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (born 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[Rube Waddell]], American baseball player (born 1876)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/waddell-rube |title=Rube Waddell |website=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Charles Wells (brewer)|Charles Wells]], English founder of [[Charles Wells Ltd]] (born 1842) *[[1917]] – [[Scott Joplin]], American pianist and composer (born 1868)<ref>{{cite book | last=Argyle | first=Ray | title=Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime | url=https://archive.org/details/scottjoplinageof0000argy | url-access=registration | place=Jefferson NC | publisher=McFarland | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-7864-4376-5 | page=[https://archive.org/details/scottjoplinageof0000argy/page/166 166]}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Walter Simon (philanthropist)|Walter Simon]], German banker and philanthropist (born 1857) *[[1922]] – [[Charles I of Austria|Charles I]], emperor of Austria (born 1887)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/04/02/102992792.pdf |title=CHARLES OF AUSTRIA DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN EXILE ON MADIERA |date=1 April 1922 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Jacob Bolotin]], American physician (born 1888)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nfb.org/history-bolotin |title=Dr. Jacob Bolotin, the Blind Doctor |last=Wilson |first=Joanne |website=National Federation of the Blind |access-date=14 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515082725/http://nfb.org/history-bolotin |archive-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> *1924 – [[Lloyd Hildebrand]], English cyclist (born 1870)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14746 |title=Lloyd Hildebrand |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Stan Rowley]], Australian sprinter (born 1876)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64789 |title=Stan Rowley |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], American actor (born 1882)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/02/archives/noah-beery-sr-62-film-veteran-dies-villain-on-screen-for-many-years.html |title=NOAH BEERY SR., 62, FILM VETERAN, DIES |date=2 April 1946 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[George II of Greece|George II]], king of Greece (born 1890)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/genealogical-tree/468-king-george-ii.html |title=King George II |website=greekroyalfamily.gr |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Charles R. Drew]], American physician and surgeon (born 1904)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/bg/feature/biographical-overview |title=Biographical Overview {{!}} Charles R. Drew |website=National Library of Medicine |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Recep Peker]], Turkish soldier and politician, 6th [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]] (born 1889)<ref>{{cite book|author=Metin Tamkoç|title=The warrior diplomats: guardians of the national security and modernization of Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=University of Utah Press|page=350|isbn=9780874801156}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Jussi Kekkonen]], Finnish captain and businessman (born 1910) *[[1963]] – [[Agnes Mowinckel]], Norwegian actress (born 1875)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Agnes Mowinckel |first1=Marit |last1=Dalen |first2=Lillian |last2=Bikset |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Agnes_Mowinckel |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Helena Rubinstein]], Polish-American businesswoman (born 1870)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Sicherman | first1=Barbara | last2=Hurd Green | first2=Carol | title=Notable American Women: The Modern Period | place=Cambridge MA | publisher=Belknap | year=1983 | isbn=978-0-6746-2733-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/607 607] | url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/607 }}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Brian O'Nolan]], Irish author (born 1911)<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-80619-3 |page=473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlK7uHg2Dh8C&pg=PT473 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Lev Landau]], Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1908)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1962/landau/biographical/ |title=Lev Landau |website=The Nobel Prize |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Kathleen Lonsdale]], Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (born 1903)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century |date=2000 | location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41592-039-1 |page=805}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Max Ernst]], German painter and sculptor (born 1891)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/02/archives/max-ernst-catalytic-figure-in-20th-century-art-dies-max-ernst.html |title=Max Ernst, Catalytic Figure in 20th Century Art, Dies |last=Russell |first=John |date=2 April 1976 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Eua Sunthornsanan]], Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (born 1910) *[[1984]] – [[Marvin Gaye]], American singer-songwriter (born 1939)<ref name=gaye /> * 1984 – [[Elizabeth Goudge]], English author (born 1900)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/27/obituaries/elizabeth-goudge.html |title=ELIZABETH GOUDGE |date=27 April 1984 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Erik Bruhn]], Danish actor, director, and choreographer (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/02/obituaries/erik-bruhn-dies-in-toronto-top-dancer-of-his-generation.html |title=ERIK BRUHN DIES IN TORONTO; TOP DANCER OF HIS GENERATION |last=Rockwell |first=John |date=2 April 1986 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Edwin Boston]], English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist<ref>{{cite web |title=Memories of steam vicar 30 years on |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/hinckley-times/20160330/282024736397507 |last=Parrish |first=Rachel |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=18 February 2023 |publisher=The Hinckley Times |via=PressReader}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Henri Cochet]], French tennis player (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/03/obituaries/henri-cochet-is-dead-french-tennis-leader.html |title=Henri Cochet Is Dead; French Tennis Leader |date=3 April 1987 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Martha Graham]], American dancer and choreographer (born 1894)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/02/obituaries/martha-graham-dies-at-96-a-revolutionary-in-dance.html |title=Martha Graham Dies at 96; A Revolutionary in Dance |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |date=2 April 1991 |website=The New York Times |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Jaime Guzmán]], Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chiletoday.cl/29-years-ago-the-assassination-of-jaime-guzman/ |title=29 Years Ago: The Assassination of Jaime Guzmán |last=Rivera |first=Diego |date=1 April 2020 |website=Chile Today |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Michael Havers, Baron Havers]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/03/world/lard-havers-69-former-british-attorney-general.html |title=Lord Havers, 69, Former British Attorney General |last=Schmidt |first=William E. |date=3 April 1992 |website=The New York Times |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Alan Kulwicki]], American race car driver (born 1954)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosser |first1=Aaron |title=He Did It His Way: Alan Kulwicki, 1954-1993 |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2011/4/1/2084156/he-did-it-his-way-alan-kulwicki-1954-1993 |website=SBNation |access-date=3 January 2025 |date=April 1, 2011}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Robert Doisneau]], French photographer (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-doisneau?all/all/all/all/0 |title=Robert Doisneau |website=International Center of Photography |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[H. Adams Carter]], American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (born 1914)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199636900/H-Adams-Carter-1914-1995 |title=H. ADAMS CARTER, 1914-1995 |last=Houston |first=Charles S. |date=1996 |website=The American Alpine Club |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Francisco Moncion]], Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the [[New York City Ballet]] (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/04/obituaries/francisco-moncion-76-a-charter-member-of-new-york-city-ballet.html |title=Francisco Moncion, 76, a Charter Member of New York City Ballet |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |date=4 April 1995 |website=The New York Times |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Lucie Rie]], Austrian-English potter (born 1902)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-dame-lucie-rie-1614074.html |title=OBITUARIES Dame Lucie Rie |last=Cooper |first=Emmanuel |date=2 April 1995 |website=Independent |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mário Viegas]], Portuguese actor and poetry reciter (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=Mário Viegas morreu há 25 anos |url=https://www.esquerda.net/artigo/mario-viegas-morreu-ha-25-anos/73576 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.esquerda.net |language=pt}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Makar Honcharenko]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Rozz Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1963)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/14/arts/rozz-williams-34-songwriter-and-gothic-rock-band-leader.html |title=Rozz Williams, 34, Songwriter And Gothic Rock Band Leader |last=Strauss |first=Neil |date=14 April 1998 |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Jesse Stone (musician)|Jesse Stone]], American pianist, songwriter, and producer (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/nyregion/jesse-stone-97-developer-of-rock-s-early-hits.html |title=Jesse Stone, 97, Developer of Rock's Early Hits |date=4 April 1999 |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Trịnh Công Sơn]], Vietnamese guitarist and composer (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/04/03/vietnamese-songwriter-trinh-cong-son-dies/4566885c-b359-4a2e-945b-e3f5591bc614/ |title=Vietnamese Songwriter Trinh Cong Son Dies |date=3 April 2001 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Simo Häyhä]], Finnish soldier and sniper (born 1905)<ref>{{cite book |last=Saarelainen |first=Tapio A. M.|date=2016 |title=The White Sniper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R948DQAAQBAJ |publisher=Casemate Publishers |at=Part I |isbn=9781612004297}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (born 1956)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2906999.stm |title=Actor Leslie Cheung 'found dead' |date=1 April 2003 |website=BBC |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Ioannis Kyrastas]], Greek footballer and manager (born 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/019c-0f84551e3722-6590fe590712-1000--greek-football-mourns-kyrastas/ |title=Greek football mourns Kyrastas |date=1 April 2004 |website=UEFA |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/business/carrie-snodgress-57-dies-starred-as-mad-housewife.html |title=Carrie Snodgress, 57, Dies; Starred as 'Mad Housewife' |date=10 April 2004 |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Paul Bomani]], Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st [[Minister of Finance (Tanzania)|Tanzanian Minister of Finance]] (b 1925)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200505040020.html |title=Tanzania: A Tribute to Nationalist Paul Bomani |last=Kamana |first=Stanley |date=2 May 2005 |publisher=The East African |access-date=19 February 2023 |via=allAfrica}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Robert Coldwell Wood]], American political scientist and academic (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/education/robert-wood-education-expert-dies-at-81.html |title=Robert Wood, Education Expert, Dies at 81 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=5 April 2005 |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[In Tam]], Cambodian general and politician, 26th [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/tam-in-obituary?pid=17305408 |title=Tam In Obituary |date=5 April 2006 |publisher=East Valley Tribune |access-date=19 February 2023 |via=Legacy.com}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[John Forsythe]], American actor (born 1918)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040202419.html |title=John Forsythe dead; starred in 'Dynasty,' 'Bachelor Father' |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |date=3 April 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Tzannis Tzannetakis]], Greek soldier and politician, 175th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://greekreporter.com/2010/04/01/former-greek-prime-minister-tzannetakis-dies-at-82%E2%80%8E/ |title=Former Greek Prime Minister Tzannetakis dies at 82 |last=Makris |first=A |date=1 April 2010 |website=Greek Reporter |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Lionel Bowen]], Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]] (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/death-of-labor-elder-bowen-who-remained-an-everyday-bloke-20120401-1w6lb.html |title=Death of Labor elder Bowen, who remained an everyday bloke |last=Wroe |first=David |date=2 April 2012 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Giorgio Chinaglia]], Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/sports/soccer/giorgio-chinaglia-italian-star-and-the-cosmos-leader-dies-at-65.html |title=Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian Star and the Cosmos' Leader, Dies at 65 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=3 April 2012 |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Miguel de la Madrid]], Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd [[President of Mexico]] (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/5826/Miguel%20de%20la%20Madrid%20Hurtado|title=Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Moses Blah]], Liberian general and politician, 23rd [[President of Liberia]] (born 1947)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-former-liberian-president-moses-blah-dies-2013apr01-story.html |title= Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies |last=Paye-Layleh |first=Jonathan |date=1 April 2013 |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Karen Muir]], South African swimmer and physician (born 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Vanderhoof%2Bdoctor%2Bformer%2BSouth%2BAfrica%2Bswimming%2Bsensation%2BKaren/8185524/story.html |title=Vanderhoof doctor, former South Africa swimming sensation Karen Muir dies of cancer |last=Edmonds |first=Scott |date=2 April 2013 |website=The Vancouver Sun |access-date=15 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405004359/https://vancouversun.com/sports/Vanderhoof+doctor+former+South+Africa+swimming+sensation+Karen/8185524/story.html |archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[King Fleming]], American pianist and bandleader (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-king-fleming-dead-20140403-story.html |title=Jazz pianist King Fleming dead at 91 |last=Reich |first=Howard |date=3 April 2014 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Jacques Le Goff]], French historian and author (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/influential-french-historian-jacques-le-goff-dies |title=Influential medieval historian Jacques Le Goff dies aged 90 |date=1 April 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Rolf Rendtorff]], German theologian and academic (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scriptoriumdaily.com/rolf-rendtorff-1925-2014/ |title=Rolf Rendtorff (1925-2014) |last=Sanders |first=Fred |date=2 April 2014 |website=The Scriptorium Daily |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Nicolae Rainea]], Romanian footballer and referee (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0253-0d8017a8ba34-2e689152bfc9-1000--romania-mourns-much-celebrated-referee-rainea/ |title=Romania mourns much-celebrated referee Rainea |date=1 April 2015 |website=UEFA |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Lonnie Brooks]], American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-bluesman-lonnie-brooks-dies-at-83/amp/ |title=Chicago bluesman Lonnie Brooks dies at 83 |last=Dudek |first=Mitch |date=2 April 2017 |website=Chicago Sun-Times | access-date=14 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403020037/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-bluesman-lonnie-brooks-dies-at-83/amp/ |archive-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]], Soviet and Russian poet and writer (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39467270 |title=Soviet-era poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies aged 84 |date=1 April 2017 |website=BBC |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Steven Bochco]], American television writer and producer (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/obituaries/steven-bochco-dead-tv-producer.html |title=Steven Bochco, Producer of 'Hill Street Blues' and 'NYPD Blue,' Dies at 74 |last1=Haag |first1=Matthew |last2=Mele |first2=Christopher |date=2 April 2018 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Vonda N. McIntyre]], American science fiction author (born 1948)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/vonda-n-mcintyre-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/vonda-n-mcintyre-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Vonda N. McIntyre, 70, Champion of Women in Science Fiction, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2019-04-05|access-date=2019-04-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Lou Conter]], American naval commander (born 1921)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebrahimji |first=Alisha |date=2024-04-02 |title=Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/us/lou-conter-last-pearl-harbor-survivor-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Vontae Davis]], American football player (born 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bills mourn passing of former player Vontae Davis |url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-mourn-passing-of-former-player-vontae-davis |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=BuffaloBills.com}}</ref> *2024 – [[Joe Flaherty]], American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Tracy |date=2024-04-02 |title=Joe Flaherty, 'SCTV' and 'Freaks and Geeks' star, dead at 82 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/joe-flaherty-sctv-freaks-and-geeks-star-dead-82 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Sami Michael]], Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=חיות |first=איה |date=2024-04-01 |title=הסופר סמי מיכאל הלך לעולמו בגיל 97 |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/HkC7NvZFw |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ed Piskor]], American comic book artist (born 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design Artist, Reportedly Passes Away at Age 41 |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/ed-piskor-hip-hop-family-tree-and-x-men-grand-design-artist-reportedly-passes-away-at-age-41/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Comics |date=April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Mohammad Reza Zahedi]], Iranian senior military officer (born 1960)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-01 |title=Iran accuses Israel of killing generals in Syria strike |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68708923 |access-date=2024-04-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Val Kilmer]], American actor (born 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html |title=Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65|last = Weber|first = Bruce|date = April 1, 2025|accessdate = April 2, 2025|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited|language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Johnny Tillotson]], American singer-songwriter (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madarang |first=Charisma |date=April 3, 2025 |title=Johnny Tillotson, 'Poetry in Motion' Singer, Dead at 86 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/johnny-tillotson-poetry-in-motion-dead-obituary-1235309690/ |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Cellach of Armagh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2646 |title=St. Cellach |website=Catholic Online |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> **[[Hugh of Châteauneuf|Hugh of Grenoble]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3809 |title=St. Hugh of Grenoble |website=Catholic Online |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> **[[Frederick Denison Maurice]] ([[Church of England]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |title=The Calendar |website=The Church of England |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> **[[Mary of Egypt]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-mary-of-egypt-422 |title=St. Mary of Egypt |website=Catholic News Agency |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> **[[Melito of Sardis]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1017 |title=St. Melito of Sardis |website=Catholic Online |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> **[[Tewdrig]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Owen |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Owen (theologian) |date=1880 |title=Sanctorale Catholicum, Or Book of Saints |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JIcXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA169 |publisher=Kegan Paul |page=169}}</ref> **[[Theodora (Roman martyr)|Theodora]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2206 |title=St. Theodora |website=Catholic Online |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> **[[Walric, abbot of Leuconay]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Farmer |first=David |date=2011 |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Saints |edition=5th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zJJtvK2_KsC |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=441 |isbn=9780199596607}}</ref> **[[April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[April Fools' Day]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Where does April Fools' Day come from? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39442476 |website=CBBC Newsround |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref> *[[Odisha Day]] ([[Odisha]], [[India]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/odisha-day-utkal-diwas-facts-html-1202387-2018-04-01 |title=On Odisha Day or Utkal Diwas, know the history of the beautiful state |date=1 April 2018 |website=India Today |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> *[[Arbor Day#Tanzania|Arbor Day]] ([[Tanzania]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arborday.org/celebrate |title=Celebrate Arbor Day |website=Arbor Day Foundation |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> *[[Civil Service Day]] ([[Thailand]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mhesi.go.th/index.php/news/7190-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402041948/https://www.mhesi.go.th/index.php/news/7190-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |title=1 เมษายน วันข้าราชการพลเรือน |date=31 March 2022 |website=mhesi.go.th |language=Thai |access-date=20 February 2023 }}</ref> *[[Public holidays in Cyprus|Cyprus National Day]] ([[Cyprus]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/cyprus/cyprus-national-day |title=National Day in Cyprus in 2023 |website=OfficeHolidays |access-date=20 February 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220035637/https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/cyprus/cyprus-national-day |archive-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> *[[Edible Book Day]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/edible-book-festival/ |title=Edible Book Festival |website=Illinois Library |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> *[[Fossil Fools Day]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.serc.ac.uk/blog/post/Fossil-Fools-Day |title=Fossil Fools Day |website=South Eastern Regional College |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> *[[Kha b-Nisan]], the Assyrian New Year ([[Assyrian people]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ajammc.com/2017/04/05/the-joys-of-akitu/ |title=The Joys of Akitu, the Assyrian New Year |last=Shams |first=Alex |date=5 April 2023 |website=Ajam Media Collective |access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/1 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=4|day=1}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/april/1 Historical Events on April 1] {{months}} [[Category:Days of April]]
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