April 1

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.

• Beginning of Fiscal Year (Japan)
• April Fool's Day
• Seasonal Change of Clothes
• Training Day
• Cell phone strap day
• Bikkuriman Day

• 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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