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April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1871 – The Duke of Buckingham (pictured) opened the first section of the Brill Tramway , a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
1743 – Thomas Jefferson (pictured), principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1st Secretary of State, 2nd Vice President, and 3rd President of the United States, is born. 1861 – Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces during the American Civil War .
This is a list of notable people that were born in, or who have lived in, Berkeley, California.Located in the San Francisco Bay area and near Oakland, it includes people who attended Berkeley High School, but not people that attended University of California, Berkeley unless they achieved notoriety while in attendance, and were also residents of the city at the time.
527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. [1]1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, [2] and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
Kevin Costner, actor and Oscar-winning director, graduate of California State University, Fullerton; Suzanne Crough, actress [27] Jeremy Gable, playwright [28] Jenna Haze, actress [29] Chris Hebert, actor [30] Chuck Knipp [citation needed] Michael McDonald, actor and comedian [31] John Raitt, Broadway, television, and film actor and singer [32]
Linda Geary (born 1960), painter, educator; Jean Halpert–Ryden (1919–2011), painter, printmaker [1] Stephan Pastis, cartoonist of Pearls Before Swine; Peter Schifrin (born 1958), Olympic fencer and sculptor; Charles M. Schulz, creator and cartoonist of Peanuts; Nancy Speir, children's book illustrator
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 ...
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