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What happened in history on this day: April 1?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On April 1 in ...
- 1976 - Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne incorporate the Apple Computer Company, on April Fool's Day. Ownership is split 45/45/10, respectively.
- 1993 - Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM.
- 1997 - In the lawsuit of Intel versus Cyrix, Cyrix agrees to a settlement, agreeing to acknowledge the term "MMX" as an Intel trademark.
- 2000 - Negotiations for a settlement between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice over the monopoly issue fail.
- 2003 - Intel releases the 2.3 and 2.4 GHz Celeron processor, for low-price computers. Prices are US$117 and US$127, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1924 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice's Spooky Adventure to theaters.
- 1938 - The Silly Symphony film The Moth and the Flame is released to theaters.
- 1946 - Frank Thomas returns to the studio from war service.
- 1955 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Blame It on the Samba to theaters. It was originally released as part of the film Melody Time.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled The Mad Hermit of Chimney Butte.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Spy in the Sky. Half of the show is a preview of the film Moon Pilot, the other half is the film Eyes in Outer Space.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Call It Courage.
- 1974 - Pioneer Hall opens at Fort Wilderness at Walt Disney World.
- 1975 - Elvis Presley closes his Las Vegas show with "Mickey Mouse March", sung in unison with the crowd.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Born to Run, part two.
- 1984 - Ron Miller and Ray Watson consult with a law firm for advice on how to deal with the takeover battle. The advice is to accumulate debt.
- 1991 - The Costume Shop opens on New York Street at Disney-MGM Studios in Walt Disney World.
- 1992 - The Company D cast member store opens in Epcot at Walt Disney World.
- 1995 - The Story Book Shop on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland closes.
- 1995 - Entrance prices are dropped by an average 20 percent for adults at Disneyland Paris.
- 1995 - The Blizzard Beach water park opens at Walt Disney World.
- 1996 - The NBC TV network airs the last show of Brotherly Love.
- 2000 - In Disneyland Paris, the Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril: Backwards! attraction opens.
- 2000 - In Disneyland Paris, the Tarzan Encounter musical stage show debuts.
- 2001 - The Main Street Electrical Parade at Walt Disney World makes its last run.
- 2001 - The Casa Mexicana restaurant in Disneyland closes.
- 2011 - The Box Office Gifts shop opens in the Town Square Theater on Main Street, U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 2022 - The Disney+ video streaming service premieres Better Nate Than Ever.
- 1955 - The color Pennant Blue is discontinued in use on 1955 Corvettes.
- 1955 - Ed Cole secretly assigns Zora Arkus-Duntov to work in John Dolza's secret T-101 fuel injection program at the GM Tech Center Engineering Staff.
- 1967 - In Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held.
- Dave Morgan and Don Yenko race the Sunray DX Oil #8 1967 Corvette L-88 in Grand Touring +5000 class. They set a new track record for the class. Forty minutes before the end of the race, brake failure puts the car into a sand bank, where the car still finishes 1st in Grand Touring +5000 class and tenth overall.
- Finishing 2nd in Grand Touring +5000 class, 26th overall, is the Roger Penske #4 Corvette L-88, driven by Joe Welch and George Wintersteen.
- Or Costanzo, Gene Guy, and David McClain race Costanzo's #9 Corvette L-88 in Grand Touring +5000 class. After 141 laps, the car is out due to an accident. They place 38th overall.
- Wilton Jowett and Robert Mouat race Jowett's #69 Corvette L-88 in Grand Touring +5000 class. After 130 laps, the car is out due to engine failure. They place 40th overall.
- 1972 - At the Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona, Florida, the three-hour Daytona Starlight race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTO class and 1st overall is the #23 Corvette driven by Charlie Kemp and Wilbur Pickett.
- Finishing 2nd in GTO class and 5th overall is the #18 Corvette driven by John Floyd.
- Finishing 4th in GTO class and 16th overall is the #22 Corvette driven by Denny Long.
- Finishing 5th in GTO class and 20th overall is the #67 Corvette driven by Dave Heinz.
- Finishing 6th in GTO class and 29th overall is the #12 Corvette driven by Tom Nell.
- Finishing 8th in GTO class and 43rd overall is the #81 Corvette driven by R. Sheldon Stafford.
- 2005 - In West Palm Beach, Florida, the 3rd Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach classic car auction is held, over four days. 59 Corvettes are sold for US$4.5 million. Some highlights (excluding 8% buyer's fee):
- 1954 white/red, 235ci/155hp 6-cylinder, automatic: US$69,000;
- 1955 Polo white/red, 265ci/195hp V8, automatic: US$82,000;
- 1962 red/black, 327ci with fuel-injection, 4-speed, big brakes, hard top: US$106,000;
- 1963 red coupe, 327ci with fuel-injection, 411 rear, T-10 4-speed: US$102,500;
- 1966 Ermine White/red convertible, L-72 427ci/425hp, Muncie 4-speed, knockoffs, side exhaust: US$87,500;
- 1967 red/black convertible, 427ci/435hp, 4-speed, power steering, power brakes: US$83,000;
- 1967 blue/blue convertible, L-71 427ci/435hp, 4-speed, 32,000 miles, side exhaust: US$240,000;
- 1967 blue/blue convertible, 427ci/400hp, 4-speed, air-conditioning: US$155,000;
- 1967 red/black convertible, 427ci/435hp, 4-speed, side exhaust: US$134,000;
- 1967 black/red convertible, 427ci/435hp, 4-speed, side exhaust: US$106,000;
- 1967 red/red convertible, 427ci/435hp, 4-speed, side exhaust: US$89,000;
- 1967 blue/blue convertible, 327ci/390hp, 4-speed: US$85,000;
- 1967 convertible, 427ci/400hp, 22,000 miles: US$118,000;
- 1967 convertible, 427ci/435hp, 4-speed: US$230,500;
- 1968 coupe, 427ci/390hp: US$65,000;
- 1968 Motion/Rosen convertible, dark blue with white stripe, black interior, L88 427ci/600hp, M21 4-speed: US$95,000;
- 1972 Elkhart Green coupe and matching convertible, LT-1: US$145,000;
- 2003 dark red Le Mans Pace Car: US$58,000;
- 2004 yellow Daytona 500 Pace Car: US$80,000.
- 2006 - At the St. Petersburg Temporary Circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race is held, round two of the SPEED GT Championship series.
- Finishing 4th is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #28 Corvette C6, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 9th is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette C6, driven by Tony Gaples.
- Finishing 11th is the Southwest Racing #40 Corvette C6, driven by Greg Weirick.
- Finishing 12th is the Whelen Engineering #31 Corvette Z06, driven by Sonny Whelen.
- Finishing 14th is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #26 Corvette C6, driven by Claudio Burtin.
- Finishing 16th is the Bandit Racing #32 Corvette C5, driven by Ed Braswell.
- In 18th place, but not finishing the race, is the LGM #87 Corvette C6, driven by Doug Peterson.
- In 21st place, but not finishing the race, is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette C6, driven by Leighton Reese.
- 1941 - The Golden Square of Pan-Arabic colonels oust the regent of Iraq, Abd al-Ilah.
- 1942 - Canadian merchant ship Robert W. Pomeroy hits a mine and sinks, off Cromer, Norfolk, in the North Sea. One man dies.
- 1944 - Twenty American planes drop 400 bombs on Schaffhausen, Switzerland, mistaking it for German territory.
- 1945 - 50,000 American 10th Army troops land on Okinawa, Japan.
- 1945 - American 1st and 9th Armies complete an encirclement of the Ruhr area of Germany, isolating 325,000 German soldiers of Army Group B.
- 1990 - Mongolia issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.
- 1995 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa.
- 1996 - Japan issues a 80-yen postage stamp commemorating the peace treaty signing in San Francisco in 1951.
- 1996 - Japan issues a 80-yen postage stamp marking the return of Okinawa in 1972.
- 1994 - Nintendo releases the Super Metroid video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 1997 - Midway releases the Doom 64 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Trading Card video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2002 - Sony reduces the price of several PlayStation 2 video game titles in the US, releasing them as "Greatest Hits" for US$24.99 each. First titles are: ATV Offroad Fury, Dark Clouds, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Twisted Metal: Black.
- 2003 - In Japan, Square and Enix complete merging companies to form Square Enix.
- 2006 - Ubisoft releases the America's Army: Rise of a Soldier video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - A & W Restaurants in the US celebrates the national introduction of Cheese Curds in 2004 by giving a free Root Beer to any customer purchasing Cheese Curds during the day.
- 1912 - The Halifax Chronicle reports that plans to issue a $1 coin have been scrapped.
- 1969 - The Royal Canadian Mint is formally established as a Crown Corporation, by the Government Organization Act.
- 1972 - A Proclamation sets the design, dimensions, and composition of the 1972 $1 coin.
- 2006 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases via Shoppers Drug Marts a circulating 25-cent coin with pink colored ribbon on white circle background. The pink ribbon is a symbol of support for breast cancer research. The coin's design was created by Cosme Saffioti.
- 1873 - The Mint Act of February 12 takes effect.
- 1981 - US Mint Director Stella Hackel Sims resigns.
- 2009 - Superior Galleries of California informs its clients it is suspending all of its auction business due to unprofitability for the past seven years.
- 2013 - The US Mint releases the 2013 America the Beautiful - Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial quarter dollar coin to circulation.
- 2019 - The US Mint releases first coins for circulation struck at the West Point mint.
- 1912 - Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record in standing long jump with a 3.47m jump.
- 1916 - First US national women's swimming championships held.
- 1920 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA), 3 games to 2.
- 1933 - Walter Hammond scores 336 versus New Zealand at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes.
- 1938 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York, USA.
- 1938 - Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1948 - H H H Johnson bowls West Indies to win versus England 10-96 match on debut.
- 1953 - Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings versus India.
- 1963 - New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Los Angeles Dodgers for US$40,000.
- 1969 - Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Kansas City Royals.
- 1970 - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for US$10,800,000.
- 1972 - Major league baseball players stage first collective strike.
- 1973 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic.
- 1977 - NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games.
- 1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1980 - Baseball Players' Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games.
- 1980 - Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's NHL record with 103rd assist.
- 1983 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy becomes first to score 60 goals in three consecutive seasons.
- 1984 - Eight men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours.
- 1984 - Third NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61.
- 1985 - 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75.
- 1986 - Delhi beats Haryana by innings and 141 to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1989 - First New York Mets - New York Yankees game in New York City since 1983, New York Yankees win 4-3.
- 1989 - Former Yale University and National League president Bart Giamatti becomes seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball.
- 1990 - 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King.
- 1990 - 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81.
- 1990 - CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger.
- 1990 - Second Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins.
- 1991 - 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65.
- 1991 - Dwight Goodin signs US$5.15 million three year contract with New York Mets.
- 1992 - NFL decides to stay with 17-week schedule instead of expanded 18 games.
- 1992 - NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history.
- 1992 - Western Australia beats New South Wales by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final.
- 1995 - New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23.
- 1996 - 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67.
- 1997 - 69-year-old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch.
- 1998 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Russians Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze win.
- 2001 - The first Major League Baseball game is played in Puerto Rico, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Texas Rangers 8-1.
- 2002 - Maryland defeats Indiana 64-52 to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 2006 - The Chicago White Sox signs Jose Contreras to a $29 million, three-year contract extension.
- 2022 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Arizona Coyotes by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Seattle Kraken by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Saint Louis Blues by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Ottawa Senators beats Detroit Red Wings by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats New York Rangers by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Chicago Blackhawks by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Nashville Predators by score 4-3.
- 374 - Halley's Comet approaches within 0.0884 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth.
- 1960 - RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched.
- 1965 - Syncom 3, first geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control.
- 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU).
- 1873 - British White Star passenger steamship Atlantic sinks in a storm off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 585 die.
- 1946 - Tsunamis generated by an earthquake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii.
- 1778 - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol.
- 1853 - Cincinnati, Ohio becomes first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary.
- 1855 - Prepayment of letter postage (by adhesive stamps or stamped envelopes) in the USA is made mandatory.
- 1855 - US postal department sets mail rates at 3 cents per half ounce under 3000 miles, and 10 cents per half ounce over 3000 miles.
- 1862 - Shenandoah Valley campaign, CSA General Thomas Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, Virginia.
- 1863 - First wartime conscription law in US goes into effect.
- 1865 - Battle at Blakely, Alabama.
- 1865 - Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, signalling end of Confederate General Robert Lee's army.
- 1889 - First dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago, Illinois).
- 1891 - The Wrigley Company (chewing gum) is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1923 - First sound short films shown in New York's Rivoli Theatre.
- 1929 - Morehouse College, Spelman College and Atlanta University affiliate to form Atlanta University Center.
- 1934 - Bonnie and Clyde kill two police officers.
- 1935 - First radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York.
- 1939 - US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war.
- 1941 - US Navy takes over Treasure Island (San Francisco Bay).
- 1945 - American 1st and 9th Armies complete an encirclement of the Ruhr area of Germany, isolating 325,000 German soldiers of Army Group B.
- 1945 - 50,000 American 10th Army troops land on Okinawa, Japan.
- 1946 - 400,000 US mine workers strike.
- 1946 - Tsunamis generated by an earthquake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii.
- 1946 - US notifies Cuba it will withdraw from military bases in Cuba.
- 1952 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1954 - First army helicopter battalion is formed, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.
- 1954 - Earthquake/tsunami ravages Aleutians, 200 killed.
- 1956 - 10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank and Damn Yankees win.
- 1960 - RCA TIROS (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched.
- 1963 - New York City's newspapers resume publishing after a 114-day strike.
- 1965 - Syncom 3, first geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control.
- 1970 - US President Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on beginning January 1, 1971.
- 1972 - 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
- 1976 - Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak incorporate the Apple Computer Company, on April Fool's Day.
- 1979 - The Pinwheel Network changes its name to Nickelodeon and begins airing on various Warner Cable systems beginning in Buffalo, New York, expanding its audience reach.
- 1980 - The Mariel boatlift from Cuba to Florida begins.
- 1980 - New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.
- 1982 - US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panamá.
- 1984 - 14th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$24,600,000.
- 1986 - US submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in the Irish Sea.
- 1991 - US Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race.
- 1991 - US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour.
- 1991 - In Iowa, USA, riverboat gambling is legalized, as the Diamond Lady is launched. Maiden voyage of Casino Belle from Dubuque, Iowa on the Mississippi River, with 9000 square feet of casino space, including 500 slot machines.
- 1992 - Battleship USS Missouri (on which Japan surrendered) decommissioned.
- 1993 - Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM.
- 1994 - Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated.
- 1995 - The Blizzard Beach water park opens at Walt Disney World.
- 2001 - A Chinese fighter jet bumps into a U.S. EP-3E surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea. The Chinese plane breaks apart and the pilot dies. The damaged American plane with 24 crew is forced to make an emergency landing on a military runway on Hainan island, China.
Other history:
- 1793 - Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000.
- 1826 - Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine.
- 1979 - Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah.
- 1991 - Warsaw Pact officially dissolves.
- 2001 - Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan MiloÜevic surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.
- 2008 - UBS, Switzerland's largest bank and world's biggest wealth manager, announces write-downs on American mortgage-backed securities of US$37 billion, resulting in a first quarter loss of 12 billion Swiss francs. Chairman Marcel Ospel announces his resignation.
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