1 April in history.

1976

Apple begins in a family home. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer, together with Ronald Wayne. Their first product was a computer board Wozniak designed himself.

Wikipedia: Apple Inc.

Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

More from 1 April

1. 

   1960

   The first TV picture from a weather satellite

   NASA's TIROS-1 sent back the first television image of Earth's clouds from space, the start of satellite weather watching.

   Wikipedia: Television Infrared Observation Satellite

   Photo: NASA/Glenn Research Center / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

2. 

   1973

   Project Tiger

   India launched a plan to save its tigers, starting in Jim Corbett National Park. Tiger numbers in India have grown again in recent years.

   Wikipedia: Project TigerWikipedia: Jim Corbett National Park

   Photo: Tisha Mukherjee / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

3. 

   1999

   Nunavut is born

   Canada created Nunavut, a huge new territory in the Arctic where most people are Inuit, giving them a greater say over their own land.

   Wikipedia: Nunavut

   Photo: Kooma (original) / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

4. 

   2004

   Gmail arrives on April Fools' Day

   Google launched Gmail with far more free storage than other email services offered. Because of the date, many people thought it was a joke.

   Wikipedia: Gmail

   Photo: Google / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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