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491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. [1]1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. [2]1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.
April 1, 1954 (Thursday) The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. South Point School was founded in Kolkata, India. It would become the largest school in the world by 1988. [ 1]
1968 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. 1970 - Apollo 13 is launched. 1981 - President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt. 2000 - AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid ...
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day[ 1] is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day.
1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
2002 ( MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade. After the September 11 attacks of the previous year, foreign policy and international relations ...
3. Though they were forbidden from signing up officially, a large number of Black women served as scouts, nurses and spies in the Civil War.. 4. One of the greatest African rulers of all time ...
Events. 1865 - Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.; 1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.; 1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio.; 1921 - Iowa becomes the first U.S. state to impose a cigarette tax.