1. The first issue of The Salt Lake Tribune was published on April 1, 1871. The newspaper, which is still in publication today, has been a significant part of Utah's history and culture for over a century.

2. April 1, 1896, is the day that Utah became a state. After years of political maneuvering and negotiations with Congress, Utah was finally admitted as the 45th state in the Union on this date.

3. On April 1, 1999, the Utah Jazz played their final game at the Salt Palace Arena in Salt Lake City. The team would move to the newly-built Delta Center (now Vivint Smart Home Arena) for the following season.

4. April 1, 1923, was the date of the first commercial airline flight from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. The flight, operated by Western Air Express, took seven hours and forty minutes and cost $125 each way.

5. In 1933, Utah became the first state in the country to repeal Prohibition, eighteen months before the 21st Amendment was ratified. The repeal went into effect on April 1, allowing Utah residents to legally consume alcohol for the first time in over a decade.