April 1

April 1 is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 275 days remaining.

Events:

• 1949: Newfoundland joins Canada
• 1976: Apple Computer Company formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
• 2001: Former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.

Births:

• 1732: [Franz Joseph Haydn]? (composer)
• 1776: Sophie Germain (mathematician)
• 1815: Otto von Bismarck (politician)
• 1873: [Sergei Rachmaninoff]? (composer, pianist)
• 1883: [Lon Chaney]? (actor)
• 1920: [Toshirô Mifune]? (actor)

Deaths:

Holidays and observances:

• April 1 is known as [April Fools Day]? in many countries.
• Japan - Most of universities, schools and offices in Japan, [New Fiscal Year] and [New School Year] starts on April 1. In Tokyo cherry blossoms(Sakura) that one of National flowers in Japan(another one is chrysanthemum(Kiku - at best in November)) are at their best around this day. [April Fools Day]? is not common in Japan yet because of The Day that New Fiscal Year starts in common ... and character of Japanese? :-)

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