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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!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day.
The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday. 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom . 1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
Wikipedia:On this day/Today. Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 18 [ talk · edit · history ] August 18: Ghost Festival in China (2024) 684 – Second Fitna: Umayyad partisans defeated the supporters of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr near Damascus, cementing Umayyad control of Syria. 1823 – At least 9,000 enslaved people rebelled in the ...
July 9. July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 175 days remain until the end of the year.
The iconic British comedy musical film, "A Hard Day’s Night," was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and starred the Beatles in their first feature movie. The movie was released ...
August 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM. On this day in history, August 12, 1877, Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light ...
Erica Lamberg. August 12, 2024 at 9:02 PM. On this day in history, August 13, 2004, iconic American chef Julia Child dies. American cooking expert, television personality and cookbook author Julia ...
June 10. June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 204 days remain until the end of the year.