April 1

The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis. Since some of the Roman
months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess
Venus, her Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis
was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite
(Aphros), or the Etruscan name Apru.

"The Feast of Venus" by Peter Paul Rubens

It's April 1st.

April 1st is April Fool's Day in many Western countries.

Although no biblical scholar or historian is known to have mentioned a relationship, some have expressed
the belief that the origins of April Fools' Day may go back to the Genesis flood narrative. In The Complete
Compendium of Universal Knowledge of 1895: "Humorous Jewish Origin of the Custom of Making Fools
on the First of April.—This is said to have begun from the mistake of Noah in sending the Dove out of the
Ark before the water had abated, on the first day of the month among the Hebrews, which answers to the
1st of April; and to perpetuate the memory of this deliverance it was thought proper, who ever forgot so
remarkable a circumstance, to punish them by sending them upon some sleeveless errand similar to that
ineffectual message upon which the bird was sent by the Patriarch. The custom appears to be of great
antiquity, and to have been derived by the Romans from some of the Eastern nations."— William Ralston Balch

In Ireland, it was traditional to entrust the victim with an "important letter" to be given to a named person.
That person would read the letter, then ask the victim to take it to someone else, and so on. The letter when
opened contained the words "send the fool further"

On this day in 1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture
from space.

In 1976 - Apple Computer, Inc is founded.

In 1979 - Robert Fripp releases "Exposure"

In 1982 - Camel releases "The Single Factor"

In 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.

Birthdays:

Ken Brisby

Jane Adams
as Joy Jordon in "Happiness"

Mark White

Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro

He is best known for being the co-founder and drummer of the rock band Toto, but is also one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the US as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied

Denise Nickerson
as Shirley in "Smile"

Annette O'Toole
as Doria in "Smile"

Ronnie Lane

Ali MacGraw
as Diane Baker in "Murder Elite"

Jordan Charney
as Harry Hunter in "Network"

Peter Collinson

Dan Flavin
Site-specific instalation

Debbie Reynolds

George Baker

Grace Lee Whitney

Jonathan Haze
as Seymour Krelboined in "The Little Shop of Horrors"

as Gustaf in "The Terror"

Amos Milburn

Anne McCaffrey
"The Wings of Pegasus"

Duke Jordan

Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith

Toshiro Mifune
Films on the Internet Archive
"Starring Toshiro Mifune" on Criterion Channel

Sydney Newman
Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who

"The Avengers"

Sydney Newman, who would later go on to spearhead the creation of Doctor Who for the BBC, never received screen credit as the creator of The Avengers. In his memoir, The Avengers and Me, Patrick Macnee interviewed Newman about this. Newman explained that he never sought on-screen credit on the series because during his previous tenure at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, such credits were not given, and he never thought to get one for The Avengers

O. W. Fischer