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April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day ( 1979 ) 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.
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 274 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 527 – ...
1961 - Death of Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873) 1996 - Comet Hyakutake was imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. April 5: 1622 - Birth of Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) 1804 - High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil.
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April 1: April Fools' Day; Iranian Islamic Republic Day ( 1979 ) Philip Sheridan. 1833 – Mexican Texans met at San Felipe de Austin to begin the Convention of 1833. 1865 – American Civil War: The Union Army under Major General Philip Sheridan (pictured) inflicted more than 2,900 casualties on the Confederates at the Battle of Five Forks.
18 February 1745 – Alessandro Volta 's birthday. 15 February 1786 – Cat's Eye Nebula discovered. 18 February 1838 – Ernst Mach 's birthday. 11 February 1847 – Thomas Edison 's birthday. 23 February 1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss 's death.
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!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day.