Overview
April 1 (4月1日, shigatsu tsuitachi) is the first day of April and the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
Events
- Beginning of Fiscal Year (Japan)
- April Fool's Day
- Seasonal Change of Clothes
- Training Day
- Cell phone strap day
- Bikkuriman Day
History
- 1826 → Samuel Morley patents a gas-operated internal combustion engine.
- 1867 → Paris' Exposition Universelle opens.
- 1946 → M7.8 earthquake in the Aleutian Islands (Aleutian earthquake)
- 1974 → TV anime Chargeman Ken! began broadcasting.
- 1976 → Apple Computer Inc. is established.
- 1979 → Iranian Revolution. Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- 1985 → Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is established.
- 1985 → Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) established.
- 1986 → Equal Employment Opportunity Law enacted.
- 1987 → Seven companies of JR Group established.
- 1989 → Consumption tax introduced at 3%.
- 1997 → Broadcasting of Pokémon started.
- 1997 → Consumption tax rate raised to 5%.
- 2006 → On 2channel, when a post was made on April 1, it was displayed as March 32.
- 2007 → Hayate the Combat Butler first season started airing.
- 2008 → Gackpoid announced.
- 2012 → Inauguration of the merger of Spike Chunsoft (Spike & Chunsoft).
- 2014 → Consumption tax rate is raised to 8%.
- 2016 → Kamen Rider Amazons exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
- 2017 → The Lego Batman Movie premiere.
- 2017 → Fuji Heavy Industries changes its corporate name to Subaru Corporation.
- 2019 → New Japanese era named Reiwa is announced.
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4月1日とは (シガツツイタチとは) [単語記事] - ニコニコ大百科 (NicoNico Encyclopedia)