1 April It Happened Today
1204 Death of Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of English King Henry II.
1578 Birth of British physician William Harvey who discovered the circulation of the human blood supply.
1873 Birth of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov.
1917 Death of American composer Scott Joplin.
1938 Birth of American actress Ali McGraw.
1945 US forces invade the Japanese island of Okinawa.
1960 The US launches it’s first weather satellite.
1976 Death of German born Surrealist painter Max Ernst.
1984 Death of American soul singer Marvin Gaye.
