The term “All Fools,” was probably meant as a deliberate stab at All Saints (November 1) and All Souls (November 2) Day. Although the origin of playing practical jokes and pranks on this day is hazy, many folklorists believe it may go back to 16th-century France. At that time, New Year’s Day was March 25, with a full week of partying and exchanging gifts until April 1. In 1582, the Gregorian calendar moved New Year’s Day to January 1. Those who forgot or refused to honor the new calendar were teasingly called, “April Fool!” Weather folklore states, “If it thunders on All Fools Day, it brings good crops of corn and hay.”
Every Year
- ALL FOOLS’ DAY
- APRIL FOOLS’ DAY
- BORN : FRED & GEORGE WEASLEY (CHARACTERS IN HARRY POTTER SERIES)
- MONTH OF APRIL
1850s
- BORN 1852: EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY (ILLUSTRATOR)
- 1853: IN OHIO, THE CINCINNATI FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAME THE FIRST FULL-TIME, SALARIED FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE U.S.
1910s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
- BORN 1980: RANDY ORTON (PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER)
- DIED 1984: MARVIN GAYE (SINGER)
- BORN 1988: COURTNEY MCCOOL (GYMNAST)
1990s
2000s
- 2002: THE NETHERLANDS LEGALIZED EUTHANASIA
- 2007: FRENCH ACROBAT WILLY MARTIGNON BROKE THE WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST-DISTANCE SOMERSAULTING SLAM DUNK
2010s
- DIED 2010: JOHN FORSYTHE (ACTOR)
- DIED 2015: MISAO OKAWA (JAPANESE WOMAN WHO WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON AT THE TIME. SHE WAS BORN ON MARCH 5, 1898, AND DIED AT AGE 117.)
- DIED 2019: DAN ROBBINS (ARTIST WHO CREATED PAINT-BY-NUMBERS PICTURES)
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