Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 1
April 1, 2024 is the 92nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aries is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Day In History: April 1
April 1 is most notable in many countries for being April Fools’ Day.
Historical Events: April 1
- 1340 –Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
- 1871 –The first stage of the Brill Tramway opened.
- 1918 –The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
- 1924 –Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the “Beer Hall Putsch”. However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf.
- 1941 –The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted.
- 1949 –The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.
- 1954 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
- 1957 –The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama.
- 2001 –Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it.
- 2006 –The Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the “British FBI”, is created in the United Kingdom.
Who were born on April 1?
- 1865 –Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
- 1930 –Grace Lee Whitney, American actress
- 1934 –Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1947 –Norm Van Lier, American basketball player (d. 2009)
- 1952 –Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
- 1964 –Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
- 1972 –Allen Hughes, American film director
- 1980 –Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
- 1983 –Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
- 1987 –Li Ting, Chinese diver
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