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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/1833" title="1833">1833</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Texas" title="Mexican Texas">Mexican Texans</a> met at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Felipe,_Texas" title="San Felipe, Texas">San Felipe de Austin</a> to begin the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_1833" title="Convention of 1833">Convention of 1833</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> under Major General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan" title="Philip Sheridan">Philip Sheridan</a> inflicted more than 2,900 casualties on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederates</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Five_Forks" title="Battle of Five Forks">Battle of Five Forks</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Customs_Line" title="Inland Customs Line">Inland Customs Line</a></b>, established by the British for the collection of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_salt_tax_in_British_India" title="History of the salt tax in British India">salt tax in India</a>, was abandoned.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922" title="1922">1922</a> – Under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Seas_Mandate" title="South Seas Mandate">South Seas Mandate</a>, Japan set up a government in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koror" title="Koror">Koror</a>, precipitating large-scale <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_settlement_in_Palau" title="Japanese settlement in Palau">Japanese settlement in Palau</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a><b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Strangeways_Prison_riot" title="1990 Strangeways Prison riot">The longest prison riot in British penal history</a></b> began at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Manchester" title="HM Prison Manchester">Strangeways Prison</a> in Manchester, lasting for 25 days.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuditta_Pasta" title="Giuditta Pasta">Giuditta Pasta</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1865); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marvin_Gaye" title="Killing of Marvin Gaye">1984</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jofra_Archer" title="Jofra Archer">Jofra Archer</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1995)</p>