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April 1st, 2006EventThe Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the British FBI , is created in the United Kingdom.
April 1st, 2004EventGoogle introduces its Gmail product to the public. The launch is met with scepticism on account of the launch date.
April 1st, 2002EventThe Netherlands legalizes euthanasia, becoming the first nation in the world to do so.
April 1st, 2001EventAn 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 detainedied in See Hainan Island incident.
April 1st, 2001EventFormer president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on charges of war crimes.
April 1st, 2001EventSame-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, which is the first country to allow it.
April 1st, 1999EventNunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
April 1st, 1996EventThe Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.
April 1st, 1989EventMargaret Thatcher s new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the poll tax ), is introduced in Scotland.
April 1st, 1981EventDaylight saving time is introduced in the USSR.

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