Born on April 1
April 1 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 1, you share a birthday with Otto von Bismarck, Toshiro Mifune and Milan Kundera. April 1 babies are Aries, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 1 is the 92nd day of the year in leap years (91st in other years).
Famous people born on April 1
- 1815Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire
- 1920Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor
- 1929Milan Kundera, Czech-French novelist, poet, and playwright
- 1908Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic
- 1578William Harvey, English physician and academic
- 1927Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager
- 1873Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1932Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1961Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
- 1933Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on April 1
- 1293Robert Winchelsey left England for Rome to be consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury, but a papal vacancy delayed the ceremony.
- 1833Mexican Texans met at San Felipe de Austin to begin the Convention of 1833.
- 1867Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
- 1871The Duke of Buckingham opened the first section of the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
- 1879The Inland Customs Line, established by the British for the collection of the salt tax in India, was abandoned.
- 1900Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.
- 1922Under the South Seas Mandate, Japan set up a government in Koror, precipitating large-scale Japanese settlement in Palau.
- 1933English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual score in Test cricket of 336 not out during a match against New Zealand.
- 1952Israel enacted a citizenship law, prior to which the country technically had no citizens.
- 1970U.S. president Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring that a prominent warning by the surgeon general be placed on cigarette packages.
- 1970The American Motors Corporation introduced its Gremlin, promoted as America's first subcompact car.
- 1976Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc..
Also observed on April 1
- April Fools' Day
- Odisha Day (Odisha, India)
- Arbor Day (Tanzania)
- Civil Service Day (Thailand)
- Cyprus National Day (Cyprus)
- Edible Book Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 1?
People born on April 1 are Aries. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 1?
Otto von Bismarck (1815), Toshiro Mifune (1920), Milan Kundera (1929), Abraham Maslow (1908), William Harvey (1578), Ferenc Puskás (1927) were all born on April 1.
What happened on April 1 in history?
Among other things: in 1970, U.S. president Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring that a prominent warning by the surgeon general be placed on cigarette packages; in 1970, The American Motors Corporation introduced its Gremlin, promoted as America's first subcompact car; in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc..
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 1?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 1 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 1”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.