Misao Okawa(Japanese woman who was recognized as the world’s oldest person at the time. She was born on March 5, 1898, and died at age 117.)–
Dan Robbins(artist who created paint-by-numbers pictures)–
Val Kilmer(actor)–
Events
In Ohio, the Cincinnati Fire Department became the first full-time, salaried fire department in the U.S. –
The U.S. invasion of Okinawa began (WW II) –
The United States Air Force Academy is established –
The satellite Tiros I was launched from Cape Canaveral and eventually transmitted thousands of photographs showing the distribution of Earth’s cloud formations –
Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer, Inc. –
Nunavut territory created –
The Netherlands legalized euthanasia –
French acrobat Willy Martignon broke the world record for longest-distance somersaulting slam dunk –
Weather
April Fool’s Day Blizzard in the Dakotas, heavy drifting snow –
Houston, Texas, got its first natural waterspout as an April Fools Day joke from Mother Nature, when a high-velocity tornado hit the downtown area and broke into the water table. –
April Fool’s cold, -34 degrees F in Bergland, Michigan, and 16 degrees F in Georgia –
27 degrees F, Atlanta, Georgia –
Blizzard left 37 inches of snow in East Jewett, New York –
