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April Fool's Day History
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Fool's Day Info
April 1
1578
William
Harvey of England discovers
blood circulation
1945 US forces launch invasion of Okinawa during WW II
1954 US Air Force Academy
established
1982 US formally transfers Panama Canal.
April 2
1805 Hans Christian Andersen
Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales was born
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742
Charlemagne 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14) was born
1513
Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by
Ponce de Leon
1865 CSA Pres Jefferson Davis
flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
1917 President
Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1932 Charles
Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as
ransom
for kidnapped son
1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
April 3
1860 Pony Express began between St, Joseph Missouri &
Sacramento California
Educational activity about
the Pony Express
1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of
Richmond Virginia
1948 1st US figure skating championships
held
April 4
1802 Dorothea Dix US was born
1818 Congress decided US flag is 13 red &
white stripes & 20 stars
1862 Battle of Yorktown
begins
Battle of Yorktown American Civil War – Battle
of Yorktown
1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon
April 5
1614 Indian princess Pocahontas marries English
colonist John Rolfe
1621 Mayflower
sails from Plymouth on
a return trip to England
1792 George Washington casts 1st
presidential veto
1887 Anne Sullivan teaches
"water" to Helen
Keller
April 6
1874 Harry Houdini famous
magician/escape artist was born
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1789 1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC
1909 1st credit union established in
US
April 7
1798
Territory of
Mississippi organized
1860 W K Kellogg
(Cornflakes) was born
1933 Prohibition ends, Utah
becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
April 8
1766 1st fire escape patented,
wicker basket on a pulley & chain
1913 17th amendment, requiring direct
election of senators, ratified
April 9
1682 La Salle claims lower
Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
1988 US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
April 10
1790 US Patent system
established
1849 Safety pin
patented by Walter Hunt (NYC) sold rights for $100
The Invention of the
Safety Pin
1930 Synthetic rubber
1st produced
April 11
1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1945 US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
1951 President Truman fires General Douglas McArthur
1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot
him
April 12
1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its
flag
1777 Henry Clay [the
Great Compromiser], US politician was born
1861 Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by
Confederacy, starting the Civil War
1938 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
April 13
1771 Richard Trevithick
inventor (steam
locomotive) was born
1899 Alfred Butts
inventor of Scrabble was born
1865 Sherman's march through
Georgia begins
1869 Steam power brake
patented by George Westinghouse
April 14
1818 US Medical Corp forms
1828 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary
published
1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives
in SF from St Joseph, Mo
1865 President Abraham Lincoln
shot in Ford's Theatre by John
Wilkes Booth
1910 President
Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1912 The Titanic, launched
April 15
1800 James Ross discovers North
Magnetic pole
1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
1900 International Exposition opens in
Paris
1923 Insulin becomes available
for diabetics
1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt
buried on grounds of Hyde Park home
April 17
1492 Christopher Columbus
signs contract with Spain to find the Indies
1524 NY Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano
April 18
1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by
Indians
1925
World's fair opens in Chicago
1934 1st
"Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Ft Worth, Tx)
April 19
1982 Sally Ride
announced as 1st woman astronaut
April 22
1451
Isabella
I of Castile, Queen of Spain, patron of Columbus was born
1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral
discovers Brazil
1509 Henry VIII ascended to
throne of England
1861 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia
forces
April
23
1791 James Buchanan
15th US president (1857-61) was born
April 24
1865 Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF)
1888 Eastman Kodak
forms
April 25
1284 Edward II king of
England (1307-27) was born
1840 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Russian
composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS) was born
1684 Patent granted for the thimble
1961 Robert Noyce
patents integrated circuit
April 29
1553 Flemish woman introduces
practice of starching linen into England
1813 Rubber is
patented
1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published
April 30
1789 George Washington
inaugurated as 1st president of US
1798 Dept of Navy established
1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15
million)
1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
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