Historical Events on April 1

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Historical Events on April 1:

International Events:

• 1578: William Harvey of England discovered blood circulation.
• 1850: San Francisco County Government established
• 1867: International Exhibition opened in Paris.
• 1889: First dishwashing machine marketed in Chicago.
• 1900: First edition of Dutch newspaper ""The People"" was published.
• 1924: The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed.
• 1960: The TIROS-1 satellite transmitted the first television picture from space.

National Events:

• 1878: Calcutta Museum was opened.
• 1882: Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
• 1895: Indian Army was established.
• 1912: The capital of India was moved from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• 1933: Indian Air Force was established.
• 1935: The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank of India.
• 1936: Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
• 1962: Maharashtra State Finance Corporation was started.
• 1969: India's first Atomic Energy Reactor was started in Tarapore.
• 1976: Doordarshan Corporation was established.
• 1987: Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to the Indian Standards Institution.
• 1993: National Aeronautical Laboratory became the National Aerospace Laboratories.
• 1995: Airports Authority of India was established.

Days Observed on Apri 1:

• National Civil Service Day: Thailand

Historical Event on May 30

International Event:

Years	Events
1527	University of Marburg founded in Germany.
1631	First weekly magazine of France Gazette de France was published.
1783	First daily newspaper Pennsylvania Evening Post in Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia published in the U.S.
1868	First Memorial Day observed.
1872	Mahlon Loomis got a license for wireless telegraphy.
1896	First car accident occurred in New York by Henry Wells hit a bicyclist.
1908	Paris advocate E Archdeacon is the first passenger in an airplane.
1913	New country of Albania formed.
1941	First anti-semitic measured in Serbia.
1959	World's first hovercraft tested at Cowes England.
1967	Biafra got independence from Nigeria.