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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.{{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}}
  • 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates,{{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}} and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.{{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}}
  • 1572 – In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.{{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}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1725 – J. S. Bach's later Easter Oratorio in its first version is performed at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig on Easter Sunday.{{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}}
  • 1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.{{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}}
  • 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 de Austin.{{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}}
  • 1865 – American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line during the Siege of Petersburg.{{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}}
  • 1867 – Singapore becomes a British crown colony.{{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}}
  • 1873 – The White Star steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.{{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}}
  • 1900 – Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.{{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}}|

=1901–present=

  • 1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.{{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}}
  • 1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.{{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}}
  • 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.{{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=}}
  • 1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.{{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}}
  • 1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.{{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}}
  • 1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.{{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}}
  • 1935 – India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.{{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}}
  • 1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony.
  • 1937 – The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.{{cite web |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/rnzaf |title=Royal New Zealand Air Force |website=New Zealand History |access-date=15 February 2023}}
  • 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.{{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 }}
  • 1941 – Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.{{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}}
  • 1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.{{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}}
  • 1944 – World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.{{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}}
  • 1945 – World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.{{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}}
  • 1946 – The 8.6 {{M|w}} Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.{{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}}
  • 1946 – The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.{{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}}
  • 1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.{{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}}
  • 1948 – Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.{{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}}
  • 1948 – Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.{{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}}
  • 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
  • 1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.{{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}}
  • 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{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}}
  • 1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.{{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}}
  • 1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.{{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}}
  • 1964 – The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/15|title=Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964}}
  • 1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.{{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 }}
  • 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.{{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}}
  • 1970 – A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.{{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}}
  • 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army 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.{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1972 |chapter=70 |act=Local Government Act 1972 |section=1 |date=1972 |accessdate=20 March 2023}}
  • 1976 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.{{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}}
  • 1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.{{cite news |date=1 April 1979 |title=Fighting Is Renewed By Iran Tribesmen |work=The Commercial Appeal |page=2 |location=Memphis, Tennessee}}
  • 1984 – Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.{{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}}
  • 1986 – Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.{{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}}
  • 1989 – Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.{{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}}
  • 1993 – NASCAR racer Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.{{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 }}
  • 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.{{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}}
  • 1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.{{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}}
  • 2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft 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.{{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}}
  • 2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.{{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}}
  • 2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.{{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 }}
  • 2004 – Google launches its Email service Gmail.{{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}}
  • 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 burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, including seven UN workers.{{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}}
  • 2016 – The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.{{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}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (died 1961)
  • 1902 – Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (died 1930){{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}}
  • 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 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){{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}}
  • 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){{cite book | title=Who's Who of British Scientists | place=London | publisher=Longman | year=1969 | isbn=978-0-5821-1463-0 | page=251}}
  • 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 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){{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 }}
  • 1929 – Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager (died 2024)
  • 1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech-French novelist, poet, and playwright (died 2023){{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}}
  • 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){{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}}
  • 1931 – 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){{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}}
  • 1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1933 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (died 1996)
  • 1933 – Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (died 1992){{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}}
  • 1934 – Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host
  • 1935 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (died 1983)
  • 1936 – Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (died 1980)
  • 1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th 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{{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}}
  • 1937 – Yılmaz Güney, Palme d'Or award-winning Kurdish film director, scenarist, actor, novelist and activist (died 1984){{Cite web|url=https://yilmazguneyofficial.com/|title=Yılmaz Güney}}
  • 1937 – Lynn Garrison, Canadian aviator, political advisor, and mercenary{{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}}
  • 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 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){{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}}
  • 1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, 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{{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}}
  • 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)[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1516661/Peter-Law.html Peter Law], Telegraph]
  • 1949 – Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
  • 1949 – Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felonReagan, 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.
  • 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, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962 – Mark Shulman, American author
  • 1962 – Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, 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, English cricketer
  • 1964 – José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
  • 1965 – Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress
  • 1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
  • 1966 – 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{{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}}
  • 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, 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{{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}}
  • 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, American baseball player
  • 1985 – Beth Tweddle, English gymnast{{cite web |title=Beth Tweedle |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/beth-tweddle |website=teamgb.com |access-date=1 April 2020}}
  • 1986 – Nikolaos Kourtidis, Greek weightlifter{{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}}
  • 1986 – Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
  • 1987 – Vitorino Antunes, Portuguese footballer{{cite web|title=Antunes|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/vitorino-gabriel-antunes/17028/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 April 2024}}
  • 1987 – Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player
  • 1987 – Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
  • 1987 – Oliver Turvey, English racing driver
  • 1988 – Brook Lopez, American basketball player{{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}}
  • 1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player{{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}}
  • 1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater{{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}}
  • 1989 – David Ngog, French footballer
  • 1989 – Christian Vietoris, German racing driver
  • 1990 – Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
  • 1991 – Duván Zapata, Colombian footballer{{cite web|title=Duván Zapata|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-zapata/33276/|website=Soccerway|access-date=1 April 2024}}
  • 1992 – Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
  • 1995 – Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer{{cite web |title=Jofra Archer|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/jofra-archer/a092r6FB8EeqrDwdxlwLGA |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=18 September 2019}}
  • 1995 – Logan Paul, American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
  • 1997 – Asa Butterfield, English actor{{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}}
  • 1997 – Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver{{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}}
  • 1998 – Mitchell Robinson, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Mitchell Robinson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629011/mitchell-robinson |website=NBA.com |access-date=April 1, 2024}}
  • 1999 – Gabe Davis, American football player{{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}}
  • 2000 – Rhian Brewster, English footballer{{cite web|title=Rhian Brewster|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14742/Rhian-Brewster/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=1 April 2024}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

  • 996 – John XV, pope of the Catholic Church
  • 1085 – Shen Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1048)
  • 1132 – Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop (born 1053){{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}}
  • 1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England (born 1122){{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}}
  • 1205 – Amalric II, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem{{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}}
  • 1282 – Abaqa Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (born 1234)
  • 1431 – Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (born 1360)
  • 1441 – Blanche I, queen of Navarre and Sicily (born 1387)
  • 1455 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (born 1389){{Cite CE1913 |wstitle=Zbigniew Olesnicki|volume=11|first=Michael |last=Ott}}
  • 1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (born 1470){{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 }}
  • 1548 – Sigismund I, king of Poland (born 1467){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Sigismund I. |last=Bain |first=Robert Nisbet |author-link=Robert Nisbet Bain}}
  • 1580 – Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1510)

=1601–1900=

  • 1621 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (born 1577){{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}}
  • 1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (born 1625){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Fürstenberg}}
  • 1787 – Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (born 1710){{cite wikisource |title=Sydenham, Floyer |wslink=Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sydenham, Floyer |last=Foster |first=Joseph}}
  • 1839 – Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1757){{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}}
  • 1865 – Antonios Kriezis, Greek Navy officer and Prime Minister of Greece (born 1796){{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 }}
  • 1865 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (born 1797){{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}}
  • 1872 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (born 1805){{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}}
  • 1878 – John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (born 1796){{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}}
  • 1890 – David Wilber, American politician (born 1820){{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}}
  • 1890 – Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (born 1825)

=1901–present=

  • 1914 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (born 1876){{cite web |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/waddell-rube |title=Rube Waddell |website=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=14 March 2023}}
  • 1914 – Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (born 1842)
  • 1917 – Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (born 1868){{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]}}
  • 1920 – Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (born 1857)
  • 1922 – Charles I, emperor of Austria (born 1887){{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}}
  • 1924 – Jacob Bolotin, American physician (born 1888){{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}}
  • 1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (born 1870){{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14746 |title=Lloyd Hildebrand |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2023}}
  • 1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (born 1876){{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64789 |title=Stan Rowley |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2023}}
  • 1946 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (born 1882){{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}}
  • 1947 – George II, king of Greece (born 1890){{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}}
  • 1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (born 1904){{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}}
  • 1950 – Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1889){{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}}
  • 1962 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (born 1910)
  • 1963 – Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (born 1875){{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}}
  • 1965 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (born 1870){{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 }}
  • 1966 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (born 1911){{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}}
  • 1968 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908){{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1962/landau/biographical/ |title=Lev Landau |website=The Nobel Prize |access-date=13 March 2023}}
  • 1971 – Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (born 1903){{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}}
  • 1976 – Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (born 1891){{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}}
  • 1981 – Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (born 1910)
  • 1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (born 1939)
  • 1984 – Elizabeth Goudge, English author (born 1900){{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}}
  • 1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (born 1928){{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}}
  • 1986 – Edwin Boston, English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist{{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}}
  • 1987 – Henri Cochet, French tennis player (born 1901){{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}}
  • 1991 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (born 1894){{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}}
  • 1991 – Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1946){{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}}
  • 1992 – Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1923){{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}}
  • 1993 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (born 1954){{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}}
  • 1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer (born 1912){{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}}
  • 1995 – H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (born 1914){{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}}
  • 1995 – Francisco Moncion, Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1918){{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}}
  • 1995 – Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (born 1902){{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}}
  • 1996 – Mário Viegas, Portuguese actor and poetry reciter (born 1948){{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}}
  • 1997 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1912)
  • 1998 – Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1963){{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}}
  • 1999 – Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (born 1901){{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}}
  • 2001 – Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (born 1939){{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}}
  • 2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (born 1905){{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}}
  • 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (born 1956){{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}}
  • 2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (born 1952){{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}}
  • 2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (born 1945){{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}}
  • 2005 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925){{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}}
  • 2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and academic (born 1923){{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}}
  • 2006 – In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1916){{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}}
  • 2010 – John Forsythe, American actor (born 1918){{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}}
  • 2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1927){{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}}
  • 2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1922){{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}}
  • 2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947){{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}}
  • 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934){{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}}
  • 2013 – Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (born 1947){{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}}
  • 2013 – Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (born 1952){{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}}
  • 2014 – King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (born 1922){{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}}
  • 2014 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (born 1924){{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}}
  • 2014 – Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (born 1925){{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}}
  • 2015 – Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (born 1933){{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}}
  • 2017 – Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (born 1933){{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}}
  • 2017 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet and writer (born 1932){{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}}
  • 2018 – Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (born 1943){{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}}
  • 2019 – Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (born 1948){{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}}
  • 2024 – Lou Conter, American naval commander (born 1921){{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}}
  • 2024 – Vontae Davis, American football player (born 1988){{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}}
  • 2024 – Joe Flaherty, American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1941){{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}}
  • 2024 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist (born 1926){{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}}
  • 2024 – Ed Piskor, American comic book artist (born 1982){{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}}
  • 2024 – Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Iranian senior military officer (born 1960){{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}}
  • 2025 – Val Kilmer, American actor (born 1959){{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}}
  • 2025 – Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter (born 1938){{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}}

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
  • Cellach of Armagh{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2646 |title=St. Cellach |website=Catholic Online |access-date=20 February 2023}}
  • Hugh of Grenoble{{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}}
  • Frederick Denison Maurice (Church of England){{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}}
  • Mary of Egypt{{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}}
  • Melito of Sardis{{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}}
  • Tewdrig{{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}}
  • Theodora{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2206 |title=St. Theodora |website=Catholic Online |access-date=20 February 2023}}
  • Walric, abbot of Leuconay{{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}}
  • April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • April Fools' Day{{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}}
  • Odisha Day (Odisha, India){{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}}
  • Arbor Day (Tanzania){{cite web |url=https://www.arborday.org/celebrate |title=Celebrate Arbor Day |website=Arbor Day Foundation |access-date=20 February 2023}}
  • Civil Service Day (Thailand){{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 }}
  • Cyprus National Day (Cyprus){{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}}
  • Edible Book Day{{cite web |url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/geninfo/edible-book-festival/ |title=Edible Book Festival |website=Illinois Library |access-date=20 February 2023}}
  • Fossil Fools Day{{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}}
  • Kha b-Nisan, the Assyrian New Year (Assyrian people){{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}}

References

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External links

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  • [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]

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