April 1
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1979
Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
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Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.
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Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
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Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
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Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
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Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
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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.
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Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
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Google launches its Email service Gmail.
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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.
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The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.
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The Artemis II lunar flyby mission launches, marking the first crewed flight above low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
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2000Rhian Brewster, English footballer
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1999Gabe Davis, American football player
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1998King Combs, American rapper
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1998Mitchell Robinson, American basketball player
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1997Asa Butterfield, English actor
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1997Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver
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1995Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer
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1995Logan Paul, American YouTuber, actor and wrestler
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1992Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
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1991Duván Zapata, Colombian footballer
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1990Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
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1989Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
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