What happend on 1st April

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02.04
1954

President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

1949

Newfoundland becomes the tenth Province of Canada

1949

The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.

1949

Chinese Civil War: Communist Party of China hold unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.

1948

Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark

1948

Cold War: Berlin Airlift

1946

Formation of the Malayan Union.

1946

Aleutian Island earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159 (mostly in Hilo, Hawaii).

1945

World War II: Operation Iceberg

1941

The Blockade Runner Badge for German navy is instituted.