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unusual facts about 1 April



1837 in Wales

1 April - John Josiah Guest is elected the first chairman of the Merthyr "board of guardians", formed with the view of obtaining an act of Parliament for the incorporation of Merthyr.

1911 in Brazil

1 April - Guarani Futebol Clube is founded in Campinas, São Paulo, by a group of 12 students.

Seydina Diarra

Seydina Diarra (Brussels, 1 April 1994) is a Belgian-Senegalese professional football player who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie side N.E.C..


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2008 in Israeli film

1 April – Shosh Atari, 58, Israeli radio presenter and actress - heart attack.

Ananda Chandra Dutta

# Appointed in Assam Agricultural University as Audio Visual Aid Assistant on 1 April 1983 & continued till Dec 1986.

Asuman Güzelce

Asuman Güzelce (born Ladik, Samsun, 1 April 1969) is a Turkish writer, art teacher and hattat.

Ben Helfgott

As a guest on the BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs programme on 1 April 2007, he chose to be stranded with a copy of Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy and a bar with two discs for weight training.

Birmingham City Police

Birmingham City Police was a police force responsible for policing the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England until 1974, when on 1 April it was amalgamated under the Local Government Act 1972 with West Midlands Constabulary and parts of other forces to form the West Midlands Police.

Bon-Joseph Dacier

Bon Joseph Dacier (Valognes, 1 April 1742 – Paris, 4 February 1833) was a French historian, philologist and translator from ancient Greek.

C M Chang

M. Chang or Chongshen Mongkosungkum Chang (born 1 April 1942 Village Noksen, Tuensang district) is an Naga politician, belonging to Nagaland People's Front.

Coburg City Hall

The original building, built by Cockram & Cooper Builders and designed by C.R. Heather A.R.V.I.A., consisted of a white dome and two wings (each with a hall), and was officially opened on 1 April 1922, by the Earl of Stradbroke, and Mayor W.E. Cash.

Colnbrook with Poyle

The parish was created on 1 April 1995 as an amalgamation of Colnbrook from the parish of Iver with Poyle from an unparished area.

Daniel Hünten

Daniel Hünten (1? September 1760 in Treis-Karden — 1 April 1823 in Koblenz) was a German organist, guitarist and composer.

Édouard Corbière

Jean Antoine René Édouard Corbière (1 April 1793, Brest – 27 September 1875, Morlaix) was a French sailor, shipowner, journalist and writer, considered to be the father of the French maritime novel.

Eileen Derbyshire

She married retired engineer Thomas W. Holt on 1 April 1965, and the following year they had a son, Oliver.

Ernest Christopher, Count of Rietberg

Ernest Christopher, Count of Rietberg (1 April 1606 – 31 December 1640) was a member of the house of Cirksena and was Count of Rietberg from 1625 to 1640.

Essex, Ontario

The current Town of Essex was created on 1 April 1999 through the amalgamation of the former towns of Essex and Harrow, along with the former townships of Colchester North and Colchester South.

Fiscal year

The fiscal year for the Government of Singapore and many government-linked corporations runs from 1 April to 31 March.

Flexera Software

On 1 April 2008, Macrovision sold its software division to the Thoma Cressey Bravo investment fund.

FlexNet Publisher

On 1 April 2008 Macrovision's Software Business Unit, which included FLEXnet Publisher, was sold to the private equity company Thoma Cressey Bravo and subsequently relaunched as Acresso Software.

Grand admiral

Erich Raeder, then-Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, was made a grand admiral on 1 April 1939

Hermann Pünder

Hermann Josef Pünder (born 1 April 1888 in Trier; died 3 October 1976 in Fulda) was a German politician in the German Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Union.

High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester

The office of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester came into existence with the county of Hereford and Worcester on 1 April 1974 under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Hulkling

Hulkling was created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung and first was in Young Avengers #1 (April 2005) along with other teenage heroes patterned after founding Avengers members.

James MacLachlan

James MacLachlan (known as Jay) was born on 1 April 1919 at Styal in Cheshire, the second of six children of Hugh MacLachlan and his wife Helen (née Orr-Ewing).

Japanese cruiser Chitose

From 1 April-16 November 1907, Chitose made a round-the-world voyage, first stopping in the United States to attend the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, the 300th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Jamestown Colony, and continuing onwards to Europe.

Jean-Hugues Ateba

Jean-Hugues Ateba Bilayi (born 1 April 1981 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian football defender.

John W. Skinner

John William Skinner (26 November 1890 – 1 April 1955) was a distinguished Headmaster of Culford School between 1924 and 1951.

Joseph Willot

Willot was released after the Armistice, but died on 1 April 1919, having become ill in prison.

Just Nuisance

Although the exact date of Just Nuisance's birth is not known, it is usually stated that he was born on 1 April 1937 in Rondebosch, a suburb of Cape Town.

Keith Skues

Squadron Leader Skues was a member of the public relations team at RAF Marham for the 75th anniversary of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1993, an event which was attended by five members of the Royal Family.

Leonard Treash

At that same opera house he notably created the role of The Chief of Police in the world premiere of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball and portrayed the Father-In-Law in the United States premiere of Darius Milhaud's Le pauvre matelot which were performed in a double bill on 1 April 1937.

Local Government Association

The LGA was formed on 1 April 1997, in the middle of the 1990s UK local government reform which created unitary authorities.

Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra

After a period of intensive training, the orchestra finally held its first public concert at the National Theatre in Yangon on 1 April 2007, playing the music of Haydn.

No. 124 Squadron RAF

In October the unit transferred to RAF Bentwaters, and in February 1946 to RAF Fairwood Common, before being disbanded at RAF Bentwaters on 1 April 1946, becoming No. 56 Squadron RAF.

No. 37 Squadron RAF

On 15 April 1946, No. 214 Squadron RAF at Fayid was renumbered No. 37 which flew Avro Lancaster bombers until it was disbanded again on 1 April 1947.

Office of the Accountant of Court

However, following the passage of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 by the Scottish Parliament, these cases were transferred to the new Office of the Public Guardian, although the handling of pre-existing cases was only assigned to the new body on 1 April, 2006.

Official Solicitor

On 1 April 2007 the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee merged with the Court Funds Office to become the Offices of Court Funds, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee.

Operation I-Go

After detecting a build-up of aircraft, on 1 April 1943 a fighter sweep of 58 Mitsubishi A6M3 Zeros of the 204th, 251st and 582st Kokutai was met by Allied fighters over the Russell Islands intercepting the Japanese en route to Tulagi and Guadalcanal, that claimed 18 Zeros at the cost of six Allied aircraft.

Otto Hitzfeld

Hitzfeld, whose nephew Ottmar Hitzfeld is the current manager of the Swiss football team, was promoted to Generalmajor on 1 April 1943 and officially put in command of the 102.

Paul Nieder-Westermann

On 1 April Nieder-Westermann was appointed to the leader from the upper relay Westfalen (South) of the NSKK.

Powerhouse Pepper

A dim-witted but big-hearted boxer with superhuman strength who appeared in slapstick adventures, he was created and produced exclusively by cartoonist Basil Wolverton, and first appeared in the humor anthology Joker Comics #1 (April 1942).

Preston baronets

The Preston Baronetcy, of Furness in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 April 1644 for George Preston.

RAF Collyweston

Founded in 1917 as No. 5 Training Depot Station, the station was renamed RAF Collyweston following formation of the Royal Air Force, via merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) on 1 April 1918.

Russian coast defense ship General Admiral Graf Apraksin

Okinoshima was decommissioned on 1 April 1922 and was sold as scrap in 1924 to a private firm, which transformed her into a memorial ship located at Tsuyazaki, Fukuoka, commemorating the Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima.

Shanaze Reade

She won her first professional race in the Girls Pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona on 1 April 2006.

Sir Frederick Arnold-Baker

Sir Frederick Spencer Arnold-Baker (born 1 April 1885) was the son of Frederick Arnold-Baker (born 30 Dec 1845) and Helen Catherine Nairne (born 1 Sept 1843), and grandson of the New Zealand watercolourist Major Richard Baker (1810–1854).

Stephen Donald

On 1 April 2013, it was announced Donald would leave Bath Rugby to join Japanese side Mitsubishi Dynaboars in the Top League for the 2013/14 season.

Svein Rennemo

In 2002 has hired by Jens Ulltveit-Moe as chief executive officer of Petroleum Geo-Services, a position he held until 1 April 2008 when he replaced Marit Arnstad as chairman of StatoilHydro.

Swedish Road Administration

The agency was merged with the Swedish Rail Administration (Banverket) on 1 April 2010 to create the new Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket).

VAW-121

Like VAW-122, VAW-123 and VAW-120, VAW-121 was created out of the "super squadron" VAW-12 on 1 April 1967.

William Valentine Black

William Valentine Black (21 February 1832 – 1 April 1927) was a nineteenth-century Utah pioneer, and one of the early settlers of Manti, Spring City, Rockville, and Deseret, Utah.

Workers' Youth League affair

On 1 April 1996, formal charges were made against former treasurer Røberg Larsen, former leader Elgsaas, former leader Anders Hornslien and former treasurer Anders Greif Mathisen by prosecutor Harald Strand.