April 1: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.

This decision was geared by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.

NASA celebrated April Fool’s Day by telling the world that they found water on Mars.

The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.

Canada formed the territory of Nunavut to recognize the traditional lands of their native Inuit people.

Marvin Gaye died after his father shot him twice in Los Angeles.

The event happened when he tried to break up an argument between his parents. Medics announced his death upon their arrival.

Apple was launched from the home of Steve Jobs and with the help of Steve Wozniak.

Their first personal computers were personally assembled and went on sale in July 1976.

The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.

The Television InfraRed Observation Satellite 1 (TIROS-1) was the first in a series of weather satellites developed by NASA.

The US Air Force accidentally bombed the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.

Schaffhausen lies on a small strip of land which is almost completely nestled within Germany's borders, so when the US bombers' navigation went slightly awry, they thought they were bombing Germany. 40 Swiss Civilians lost their lives that day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally wrote a letter of apology to the mayor of Schaffhausen, along with a gift of four million US dollars.

Bonnie and Clyde shot two highway patrolmen outside Grapevine, Texas.

Both patrolmen were relatively young and helped turn public sentiment against the infamous criminal duo.

The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed out of the Canadian Air Force.

The first edition of The Standard was published in London.

Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.

The Settlements became answerable directly to the Colonial Office in London instead of the government of British India, based in Calcutta.

The lost Roman city of Pompeii was rediscovered by a Spanish engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.

The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.

Jesus Christ’s Last Supper was held.

According to Colin Humphreys of Cambridge University, a prominent historian, the event took place on a Wednesday instead of Maundy Thursday.