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This day in history: April 1

1. 1970

   U.S. president Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring that a prominent warning by the surgeon general be placed on cigarette packages.

2. 1970

   The American Motors Corporation introduced its Gremlin, promoted as America's first subcompact car.

3. 1974

   A man ignited tires in the crater of Mount Edgecumbe, prompting a false eruption scare later revealed as an April Fools' hoax.

4. 1976

   Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc..

5. 1990

   The longest prison riot in British penal history began at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, lasting 25 days.

6. 2001

   Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalized, making it the first country to do so.

7. 2001

   An American Lockheed EP-3 and a Chinese Shenyang J-8 collided in mid-air off Hainan, resulting in an international dispute between the two countries.

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