Page 5: Historical Events In April - 01

1916  On April - 01 gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed   

1917  Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) on this day in history.   

1917  On April - 01 scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48   

1918  On this day in history england's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force   

1918  On April - 01 hMS Falcon, a Royal Navy 'C' Class destroyer sunk in collision in the North Sea with the trawler John Fitzgerald.   

1918  On this day in history in Alberta government declares total prohibition of alcoholic beverages. "the demon RUM"   

1918  In Britain, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force amalgamate to form the Royal Air Force on this day in history.   

1918  Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64 on April - 01.   

1919  Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel laureate on April - 01.   

1920  Church disestablished in Wales on this day in history.   

1920  Church disforms in Wales on this day in history.   

1920  Joan Frances Will, actress on this day in history.   

1921  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #950 Ahrensa on April - 01.   

1921  Douglas Allenbrook, composer on this day in history.   

1922  William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President) on this day in history.   

1922  On April - 01 charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies   

1923  On this day in history bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild)   

1924  Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co on this day in history.   

1924  On April - 01 founding of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a separate service; RCAF previously founded by Billy Bishop in 1918 as a separate brigade.   

1924  On this day in history imperial Airways formed in Britain   

1924  Gunther Becker, composer on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]   

1925  1st transmission of Danish state radio on this day in history.   

1925  On April - 01 francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77   

1926  On April - 01 halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren   

1927  Automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice on April - 01.   

1927  The American Department of Labor puts immigration quota on Canadians looking for work in the USA on April - 01.   

1927  On this day in history 1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice   

1928  Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse on April - 01.   

1929  The birth of Milan Kundera, Czech writer on this day in history.   

1929  Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls on April - 01.   

1930  On this day in history zawditu first reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies   

1930  On this day in history "Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America   

1930  Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 on April - 01.   

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1220  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)   

1283  On this day in history birth of ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)   

1543  François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) was born on April - 01.   

1578  William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On April - 01 birth of gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter   

1582  Thomas Simpson, composer was born on April - 01.   

1610  On April - 01 birth of charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier (d. 1703)   

1640  On April - 01 birth of georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)   

1085  On this day in history death of emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)   

1132  Death of St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1204  On April - 01 eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81   

1205  Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies on April - 01.   

1528  On April - 01 death of francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer   

1548  Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history death of alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer   

1611  Death of Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72 on this day in history.