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  2. April 1 - Wikipedia

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    April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) ... 1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins. [26] 1948 – Cold War: ...

  3. April Fools' Day - Wikipedia

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    April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day [1] is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!"

  4. actual date not specified in article ("on or around 1 April") 1572 – Dutch Revolt: The Geuzen captured the undefended town of Brielle from Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, providing the first foothold on land for the rebels. refimprove section (CN tags) 1789 – Frederick Muhlenberg became the first Speaker of the United States House of ...

  5. April Fools’ Day: How Did It Start, and Why Is It April 1?

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    The origin of April Fools’ Day is debated, but its history covers centuries of April Fools’ pranks, from family high jinks (like pranks to play on your parents or your kids) to office pranks ...

  6. Odisha Day - Wikipedia

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    Odisha Day, also Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on 1 April in the Indian state of Odisha in memory of the formation of the state as a separate state out of Bihar and Orissa Province with addition of undivided Koraput District and Ganjam District from the Madras Presidency on 1 April 1936. [1] [2] After losing its political identity completely in ...

  7. April 1945 - Wikipedia

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    Action of 23 April 1945: In one of the rare actions of the Pacific War to involve a German submarine, U-183 was sunk off the southern coast of Borneo by American submarine Besugo. Antiship Bat missiles were used for the first time in combat when Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateers of the U.S. Navy launched two of them at Japanese vessels in ...

  8. April - Wikipedia

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    April, Brevarium Grimani, fol. 5v (Flemish) The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis [1] but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire, "to open", in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of άνοιξη (ánixi) (opening) for spring.

  9. 65 April Fools' jokes that are stupid funny

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    Celebrate April Fools' Day with a funny prank and one of these silly jokes inspired by spring, trickery and tomfoolery. Find short one-liners and corny puns. 65 April Fools' jokes that are stupid ...