The 1st o Aprile is the 91st day o the year (92nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 274 days ti come.
1318 - Scotland taks Berwick-upon-Tweed frae Ingland .1789 - Frederick Muhlenberg is electit the first Speaker o the Unitit States Hoose o Representatives.1867 - Singapore acomes a Breetish croun colony.1873 - The ship "RMS Atlantic" sinks near Nova Scotia , Canadae , killin 545 fowk.1897 - The ceety o Nagano in Japan is foondit.1918 - The Breetish Ryal Air Force is foondit.1935 - Indie 's Central Bank is foondit.1936 - Orissa acomes a state o Indie .1939 - Spaingie Ceevil War ends, as the last Republicans surrender.1946 - A yirdquauk off Alaska causes a tsunami that hits the town o Hilo , Hawaii .1947 - Paul o Greece acomes Keeng.1948 - The Faroe Islands gain autonomy frae Denmark .1957 - The BBC braidcasts a Hunt the gowk -prank documentary aboot a spaghetti hairst in Swisserland .1974 - Ingland an Wales : The Local Govrenment Act 1972 enters intae force, chyngin coonty mairches an the nummer o coonties; Monmouthshire an Newport are offeecially transferred frae Ingland tae Wales .1979 - The Islamic Republic o Iran is creatit.1990 - Margaret Thatcher introduces the poll tax in Scotland .1998 - Blackpool , Ingland acomes an independent unitary authority.1999 - Nunavut acomes a territory o Canadae .2001 - The Netherlands acomes the first kintra tae introduce same-sex marriage.2004 - Gmail opened.2009 - Albanie an Croatie jyn NATO .2009 - A Super Puma helicopter crashes intae the North Sea aff Scotland , killin 18 fowk.2012 - Aung San Suu Kyi wins a seat in pairlament in Burma 's elections.2013 - Creation o Polis Scotland , the new single Scots polis force.2017 - A laundslide in Mocoa, Colombie , kills at least 254 fowk.2018 - The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae 's Tiangong 1 space station breaks up an faws intae the Yird 's atmosfere, laundin in the Sooth Paceefic Ocean naur Tahiti .
1282 - Louis IV, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1347 )1578 - William Harvey , Inglish physeecian (d. 1657 )1802 - William Sharpey , Scots anatomist an pheesiologist (d. 1880 )1815 - Otto von Bismarck , Chancellor o Germany (d. 1898 )1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy , Austrick-Hungarian chemist (d. 1929 )1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff , Roushie componer (d. 1943 )1885 - Wallace Beery , American actor (d. 1949 )1885 - Clementine Churchill , Breetish life peer an wife o Winston Churchill (d. 1977 )1924 - Brendan Byrne , American politeecian (d. 2018 )1927 - Ferenc Puskas , Hungarian fitbawer (d. 2006 )1929 - Milan Kundera , Czech writer1932 - Debbie Reynolds , American actress an sangster (d. 2016 )1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , French pheesicist1940 - Wangari Maathai , Kenyan environmental an poleetical activist (d. 2011 )1942 - Brian Binley , Inglish politeecian1955 - Sal Brinton , Inglish politeecian1957 - Stephen O'Brien , Inglish politeecian 1961 - Susan Boyle , Scots sangster1962 - Chris Grayling , Inglish politeecian1968 - Alexander Stubb , umwhile Prime meenister o Finland 1976 - David Oyelowo , Inglish actor1976 - Clarence Seedorf , Dutch fitbawer1981 - Marc Warren , Scots gowfer1987 - Andrew Considine , Scots fitbawer1987 - Ding Junhui , Cheenese snooker player
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