Current events of 1 April 2009 (2009-04-01) (Wednesday) edit history watch

The 72-year-old American soap opera Guiding Light will broadcast its final episode on September 18. (Reuters) The United States and Russia begin Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. (The Australian) Local government in England undergoes structural changes. (BBC) A Computer virus called Conficker was spread through millions of computers, getting onto their computers and destroying files, and sharing information. This was supposed to be a April Fools Joke. Ukraine will hold a presidential election on October 25. (AFP via Google News) At least eight people are killed when a Eurocopter AS332 ditches into the North Sea. (AFP via Google News) Five thousand people protest in London as the G-20 begins its summit. (BBC) Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman says that the Annapolis Conference "has no validity." (BBC) New South Wales, Australia, declares its flooded Mid North Coast a disaster area. (ABC News Australia) Albania and Croatia join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (AFP via Google News) The United States' World War II motor ship City of Rayville is located near Australia. (The Age) Sweden's Parliament legalizes same-sex marriage. (AFP via Google News) A bomb damages a statue of Vladimir Lenin near Finlyandsky Rail Terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Moscow Times)