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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Islamic_Republic_Day" title="Iranian Islamic Republic Day">Iranian Islamic Republic Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville,_3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos" title="Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos">The Duke of Buckingham</a> opened the first section of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brill_Tramway" title="Brill Tramway">Brill Tramway</a></b>, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a> – Israel enacted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_citizenship_law" title="Israeli citizenship law">a citizenship law</a></b>, prior to which the country technically had no citizens.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier" title="Hawker Siddeley Harrier">Hawker Siddeley Harrier</a></b>, the first operational <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/STOL" title="V/STOL">V/STOL</a> capabilities, entered service with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Netherlands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands">Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands</a></b> was legalised, with the country becoming the first to do so.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimery_of_Cyprus" title="Aimery of Cyprus">Aimery of Cyprus</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1205); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Germain" title="Sophie Germain">Sophie Germain</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1776); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivakumara_Swami" title="Shivakumara Swami">Shivakumara Swami</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1907); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin" title="Scott Joplin">Scott Joplin</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1917)</p>
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