The first televised image of Earth from space, taken by TIROS-1 on April 1, 1960

Today in History

• Adolf Hitler is sentenced to jail for the “Beer Hall Putsch” (1924)
• The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space (1960)
• Television and radio advertisement of cigarettes is banned in the US and Surgeon General’s warnings are required on tobacco products (1970)
• Apple, Inc., is founded (1976)
• Netherlands becomes the first modern nation to legalize same-sex marriage (2001)
• Google announces Gmail (2004)

Birthdays

• Otto von Bismarck, politician (1815)
• Edmond Rostand, playwright (1868)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer (1873)
• Lon Chaney, actor (1883)
• Whittaker Chambers, spy (1901)
• Abraham Maslow, psychologist (1908)
• Toshiro Mifune, actor (1920)
• William Manchester, historian (1922)
• Anne McCaffrey, author (1926)
• Grace Lee Whitney, actress known for Star Trek (1930)
• Debbie Reynolds, actress (1932)
• Samuel R. Delany, author (1942)
• Gil Scott-Heron, musician (1949)

Deaths

• Eleanor of Aquitaine, royal consort (1204)
• Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (1917)
• Hermann Rorschach, psychologist (1922)
• Helena Rubenstein, cosmetics tycoon (1965)
• Marvin Gaye, musician (1984)
• Martha Graham, choreographer (1991)
• John Forsythe, actor (2010)
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poet (2017)

Holidays and Celebrations

• April Fool’s Day
• Civil Service Day (Thailand)
• Edible Book Day
• Islamic Republic Day (Iran)
• Kha b-Nisan (Assyrian people)
• Sourdough Bread Day (US)
• Utkala Dibasa (Odisha state, India)
• Veneralia (ancient Rome)

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years). There are 274 days remaining until the end of the year.