April 1

Media related to 1 April.

April 1 is the 91^st (92^nd in leap years) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of the year.

General

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  1854 – Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine Household Words.
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  2006 - Bikini contest in Florida

Births

Main category: April 1 births

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  1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1943)
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  1973 - Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author

Deaths

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  1930 – Cosima Wagner, Hungarian wife of Richard Wagner (b. 1837)
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  1991 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)

Holidays and observances

Main category: April holidays and observances

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  April Fools' Day

Saints

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  Saint Hugh of Grenoble

External links

• "On This Day". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved on 2015-06-22.