What happend on 1st April

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02.04
2004

Faroese Prime Minister's Office announces that from then on the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's Office would use a new version of the Faroese Coat of Arms. The colours were inspired from the Merkið (flag) and yellow/gold was added. The new Coat of Arms depicts a Ram on a blue shield ready to defend. It can be used by the Government Ministries and by Faroese embassies, but some still use older versions of the Coat of Arms.

2004

The first legal same-sex marriage in the Canadian province of Quebec: Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf wed in Montreal.

2004

George W. Bush signs the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which makes an attack that leads to the death of a mother and her unborn child two criminal charges.

2004

Google unveils their invitation-based email service Gmail.

2002

The Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the only nation in the world to do so.

2001

The first legal same-sex marriage in the Netherlands is celebrated.

2001

An EP-3E United States Navy plane collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, People's Republic of China and is detained.

2001

Former president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.

1999

Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

1996

University of Kentucky team wins NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.