History for April 1

History for April 1 - On-This-Day.com

Otto Von Bismarck 1815 - First chancellor of united Germany

• 1889 - The first dishwashing machine was marketed (in Chicago).
• 1891 - The William Wrigley Jr. Company was founded in Chicago, IL. The company is most known for its Juicy Fruit gum.
• 1927 - The first automatic record changer was introduced by His Master's Voice.
• 1933 - Nazi Germany began the persecution of Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses.
• 1945 - U.S. forces invaded Okinawa during World War II. It was the last campaign of World War II.
• 1946 - Weight Watchers was formed.
• 1948 - The Berlin Airlift began.
• 1979 - Iran was proclaimed to be an Islamic Republic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the fall of the Shah.
• 1987 - U.S. President Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1."
• 1999 - In Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Anatoliy Onoprienko was sentenced to death for the deaths of 52 men, women and children. 43 of the killings occurred in a 6-month period.
• 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. The bill made it a crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman.