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April 1
4 moments across history
Apple Computer Founded
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in their Los Altos garage workshop, 1976
The Apple I — the hand-assembled computer that started a revolution
On April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne signed the Apple Computer Company partnership agreement in the Jobs family garage in Los Altos, California. Wozniak had designed the Apple I board; Jobs saw its commercial potential. Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 — worth billions today.
Battle of Okinawa Begins
US Marines storming the beaches of Okinawa, Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945
Marines advancing through Okinawa's brutal terrain during 82 days of fighting
On April 1, 1945 — Easter Sunday — the United States launched Operation Iceberg, the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Nearly 60,000 troops stormed the beaches of Okinawa in what would become one of the bloodiest battles of the war, lasting 82 days with over 100,000 casualties on both sides.
Royal Air Force Established
RAF founding ceremony with officers and aircraft, April 1, 1918
Sopwith Camel fighters of the newly formed Royal Air Force, 1918
On April 1, 1918, the Royal Air Force was created by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, becoming the world's first independent air force. Born in the final year of World War I, the RAF went on to become one of history's most storied military institutions.
Nunavut Becomes Canada's Newest Territory
Nunavut territory creation ceremony in Iqaluit, April 1, 1999
The vast Arctic wilderness of Nunavut — Canada's newest and largest territory
On April 1, 1999, Nunavut officially became Canada's newest and largest territory, carved from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories. Covering nearly 2 million square kilometres of Arctic land, it was created to give the Inuit people of Canada's Far North a measure of self-governance over their ancestral homeland.