April 1st

527
Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
Theodora (6th century)
2009
Benjamin Netanyahu took office as Israel's prime minister for a second time.
Benjamin Netanyahu
2008
The Pentagon made public a legal memo dated March 14, 2003, that approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects.
William J. Haynes II
2003
American troops rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, where she had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed nine days earlier.
Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief
2001
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was arrested on corruption charges after a 26-hour armed standoff with police at his Belgrade villa.
Franjo Tuđman
1999
A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with originating the "Melissa" e-mail virus, which infected more than 1 million computers worldwide.
Timeline of computer security hacker history
1987
In his first major speech on the epidemic, President Ronald Reagan told doctors in Philadelphia, "We've declared AIDS public health enemy No. 1.".
Domestic policy of the Ronald Reagan administration
1984
Singer Marvin Gaye, 44, was shot to death by his father.
Death of Marvin Gaye
1979
Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed Iran to be an Islamic Republic.
Ruhollah Khomeini
1976
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs found Apple Computer in the garage of Jobs' parents house in Cupertino, California.
Apple I
1974
Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran.
History of the Islamic Republic of Iran
1970
President Richard Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and TV.
Tobacco advertising
1963
The daytime soap opera General Hospital first aired on ABC-TV.
List of U.S. daytime soap opera ratings
1960
The first weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
April 1960
1957
The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax. The 3-minute film shown on the current affairs program, Panorama, portrayed a Swiss family apparently harvesting spaghetti from a tree. A number of viewers later contacted the BBC to inquire where to find and how to grow such a plant. The hoax is regarded as one of the best April Fools jokes ever pulled.
Spaghetti-tree hoax
1952
Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow.
Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper
1945
American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.
Battle of Okinawa
1939
General Franco proclaims victory in the Spanish civil war. The dictator ruled Spain until his death in 1975. His regime was responsible for gross human rights violations, including murdering numerous political opponents.
Spanish Civil War
1933
The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses.
Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses
1918
Britain's Royal Air Force was established.
History of the Royal Air Force
1873
Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in Russia.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
1853
Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first U.S. city to pay its firefighters a regular salary.
Firefighter
1789
Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Frederick Muhlenberg
1778
Oliver Pollack created the dollar sign: $.
Robert Morris (financier)
1748
Ruins of Pompeii rediscovered by Spaniard Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre.
Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre
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