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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 and Steve Wozniak incorporate the Apple Computer Company, on April Fool's Day.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1995 - Entrance prices are dropped by an average 20% for adults at Disneyland Paris.
- 1995 - The Blizzard Beach water park opens at Walt Disney World.
- 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.
- 1955 - The color Pennant Blue is discontinued in use on 1955 Corvettes.
- 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 $58,000;
- 2004 yellow Daytona 500 Pace Car $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.
- 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.
- 1992 - Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1976 - In Ottawa, the Olympic $100 gold coin is launched. Governor-General Jules Leger presents the first Proof $100 gold to Kathy Kreiner, gold medal winner in slalom at Innsbruck. The coin was designed by Dora de Pedery-Hunt. The 22K proof coin will be sold by special reservation by those who have purchased the 28 silver Olympic coins. The 14K uncirculated version is to go on sale June 15.
- 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.
- 2006 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases a $5 0.9999 silver coin depicting a pink colored ribbon on white circle background. Mintage limit is 15,000; price is $59.95.
- 1876 - First official National League baseball game (Boston-6, Philadelphia-5).
- 1888 - Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam.
- 1902 - Birth of L P Jai cricketer (one Test India vs England 1934, scored 19 and 0).
- 1906 - Birth of Sigve Lie Norway, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1948, 52).
- 1911 - Birth of Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys Dutch soccer star/writer.
- 1914 - Rube Waddell baseballer, dies at 37 of TB.
- 1916 - First US national women's swimming championships held.
- 1920 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), three games to 2.
- 1926 - Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren.
- 1931 - Jackie Mitchell becomes first female in professional baseball.
- 1935 - Birth of John Murray cricketer (England 1961-67, first wk called Murray to play Tests).
- 1938 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown New York.
- 1938 - Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in five for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1939 - Birth of Phil Niekro knuckleball pitcher (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves).
- 1941 - Birth of Ajit Wadekar cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman and captain).
- 1945 - Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg.
- 1948 - Birth of Y Y Williams Welsh rugby player.
- 1948 - H H H Johnson bowls West Indies to win vs England 10-96 match on debut.
- 1952 - Birth of Rey Robinson US, 100 metre sprinter (Olympics-1972).
- 1953 - Birth of Aftab Baloch cricketer (Pakistani in two Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74).
- 1953 - Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs India.
- 1955 - Birth of Danny Joe Pohl Mount Pleasant Michigan, PGA golfer (1986 Colonial).
- 1957 - Birth of David Gower cricketer (elegant England left-handed batsman 1978-92).
- 1957 - Birth of Donald William Hammond Frederick Maryland, PGA golfer (1986 Bob Hope).
- 1958 - Birth of Anton Innauer Austria, 70 metre ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1961 - Birth of Jim Jeffcoat NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills).
- 1962 - Birth of Rich Amaral Visalia California, outfielder (Seattle Mariners).
- 1963 - New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000.
- 1964 - Birth of John Morris cricketer (England right-hand batsman vs India 1990).
- 1964 - Birth of Kevin Duckworth NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1964 - Birth of Scott Stevens Kitchener, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils, Team Canada).
- 1965 - Birth of John "Jumbo" Elliot NFL tackle (New York Giants, New York Jets).
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Jackson NBA guard (Indiana Pacers).
- 1966 - Birth of Dave Vankoughnett Canadian Football League corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1966 - Birth of Odie Harris NFL safety/defensive back (Houston Oilers).
- 1968 - Birth of Joel Smeenge NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1969 - Birth of Andrew Vlahov Australian basketball forward (Olympics-1988, 1992, 1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Arnaud Boetsch Meulam France, tennis star (1985 European Junior).
- 1969 - Birth of Frank Castillo El Paso Texas, pitcher (Chicago Cubs).
- 1969 - Birth of John Forest soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1969 - Birth of Kevin Dean Madison, NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils).
- 1969 - Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Kansas City Royals.
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Wheeler NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots).
- 1970 - Birth of Wes Barnett Saint Joseph Missouri, 238lb (108kg) weightlifter (Olympics-6th-1992, 1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Wyatt Jones Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000; although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declares the Pilots bankrupt.
- 1971 - Birth of Daniel Vacek Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star.
- 1971 - Birth of Ernest Jones NFL defensive end (Saints, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1972 - Birth of Kenny Gales NFL/WLAF cornerback (Chicago Bears, Barcelona Dragons).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike McCoy WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1972 - Major league baseball players stages first collective strike.
- 1973 - Arthur Wood cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies.
- 1973 - Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic.
- 1973 - Birth of Ferdy Vierklau soccer player (FC Utrecht).
- 1973 - Birth of Stephen Fleming cricketer (New Zealand left-handed Test batsman 1994-).
- 1975 - Birth of Kristine Quance 100 metre breaststroke/200 metre medley (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Magdalena Maleeva Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow).
- 1976 - Birth of Clarence Seedorf Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid).
- 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 record with 103rd assist.
- 1984 - Third NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tennessee 72-61.
- 1984 - Eight men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours.
- 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 - A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of 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 - Second Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins.
- 1990 - Wrestlemania VI (67,678 in Toronto); Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for championship.
- 1991 - 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65.
- 1991 - Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million three year contract with New York Mets.
- 1992 - Fifthth largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome).
- 1992 - Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash.
- 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.
- 1993 - Alan Kulwicki, American stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 (born 1954).
- 1993 - Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68.
- 1995 - Johnny Nicholss, footballer, dies at 63.
- 1995 - New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23.
- 1996 - 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67.
- 1996 - John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1971 - US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere.
- 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU).
- 1793 - Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000.
- 1931 - Earthquake devastates Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000.
- 1946 - Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo HI.
- 1954 - Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed.
- 1964 - 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio in April.
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.
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Chronology of World History
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