WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. APRIL
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Aleutian Island earthquake: A 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo. (1. April 1946)

Formation of the Malayan Union. (1. April 1946)

Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II. (1. April 1947)

Cold War: Berlin Airlift — Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. (1. April 1948)

Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark. (1. April 1948)

Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. (1. April 1949)

The Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. (1. April 1949)

The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland. (1. April 1949)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. (1. April 1954)

The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece. (1. April 1955)

The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. (1. April 1957)

Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America. (1. April 1959)

The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space. (1. April 1960)

The United States Department of Transportation begins operation. (1. April 1967)

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force. (1. April 1969)

President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. (1. April 1970)

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh. (1. April 1971)

Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India. (1. April 1973)

In the United Kingdom, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being. (1. April 1974)

Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (1. April 1976)