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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 1
- 300th: 1724 - Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War.
- 300th: 1724 - Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters.
- 100th: 1924 - British crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co.
- 100th: 1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years labor but General Ludendorff is acquitted.
- 100th: 1924 - Imperial Airways is formed in Britain.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Don Hastings in Brooklyn, New Yorkm USA; actor (Captain Video, Bob - As the World Turns).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Jim Ed Brown in Sparkman, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("Nashville on the Road").
- 90th: 1934 - Bonnie and Clyde kill two police officers.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Carol White in England; actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting).
- 80th: 1944 - Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India.
- 70th: 1954 - First Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens.
- 70th: 1954 - First army helicopter battalion is formed, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jeff Porcaro in Los Angeles, California, USA; drummer/percussionist (Toto - "Roxanne", "Africa").
- 70th: 1954 - Earthquake/tsunami ravages Aleutians, 200 killed.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of John Morris; cricket player (England right-hand batsman versus India 1990).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Kevin Duckworth; NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Scott Stevens in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Team Canada).
- 50th: 1974 - Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran.
- 50th: 1974 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 breaks down off Bermuda; The entire passenger load is transferred to Flagship Cruises' liner Sea Venture.
- 40th: 1984 - Eight men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in Los Angeles, California at age 44; singer ("Sexual Healing") (born 1939).
- 40th: 1984 - 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$24,600,000.
- 40th: 1984 - Third NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61.
- 30th: 1994 - Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated.
- 30th: 1994 - Léon Degrelle, Belgium General, dies (born 1906).
- 30th: 1994 - Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at age 81.
- 25th: 1999 - Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories to become Canada's third territory.
- 20th: 2004 - The Faroese Prime Minister's Office announces that from then on the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's Office will use a new version of the Faroese Coat of Arms. The colours were inspired from the Merkið (flag) and yellow/gold was added. The new Coat of Arms depicts a Ram on a blue shield ready to defend. It can be used by the Government Ministries and by Faroese embassies, but some still use older versions of the Coat of Arms.
- 15th: 2009 - Israel's parliament swears in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister and approves the new coalition cabinet by 69 votes to 45.
- 15th: 2009 - Albania and Croatia join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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