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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year ... 1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
April – Dick Grayson (AKA as Robin, the Boy Wonder) first appears with Batman. April 1 (April Fools' Day) – Census date for the 16th U.S. Census. April 3 – Isle Royale National Park is established in Michigan. April 7 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
The U.S. Senate passed the Knox peace resolution, 49 to 23, declaring an end to the state of war with Germany that had started on April 6, 1917, with the entry of the U.S. into World War One. [ 110 ] Pope Benedict XV issued the encyclical In praeclara summorum , dedicated to the memory of Dante Alighieri .
The resentment grew until 30 April 1976, when children at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and refused to go to school. Their rebellion then spread to many other schools in Soweto. Black South African students protested because they believed that they deserved to be treated and taught like white South Africans.
Action of 23 April 1945: In one of the rare actions of the Pacific War to involve a German submarine, U-183 was sunk off the southern coast of Borneo by American submarine Besugo. Antiship Bat missiles were used for the first time in combat when Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateers of the U.S. Navy launched two of them at Japanese vessels in ...
first and last day of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) 177th Annual General Conference; United States Presidential Election, 2008: Former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announces his candidacy for President.
On April Fools’ Day in 1698, so many saps were tricked into schlepping to the Tower of London to watch the “washing of the lions” (a ceremony that didn’t exist) that the April 2 edition of ...
April 1: Paschal Triduum begins (Western Christianity, 2021); Iranian Islamic Republic Day ; Edible Book Day First locomotive used on the Brill Tramway 1340 – A band of warriors led by Niels Ebbesen killed Count Gerhard III , ending Holstein rule in Denmark.