Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 1
This is a list of selected April 1 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only 5–6 events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is not generally posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled April 1, 2012 featured article or the April 1, 2012 featured picture.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
Images
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Frederick Muhlenberg
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Richard Nixon
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George Pickett
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
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An example of an assembled Apple Computer "do-it-yourself" kit, complete with a wooden board with the words "Apple Computer" engraved on it
Ineligible
| Blurb | Why ineligible |
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| 1572 – Spanish general and governor Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba lost his glasses<!-Not bolded, stubby-> in the town of Brielle, enabling sea beggars to gain the first foothold on what would become the Dutch Republic. | no footnotes |
| 1854 – Hard times begin in England. | no footnotes |
| 1865 – Ordered to hold five forks, Confederate General George Pickett instead lost almost 3,000<!- do not add "men" here, it's hilarious as an April Fools' that he can't hold five forks in his hand then drops 3,000 forks ->. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1918 – The British Armed Forces started to grant personnel the power to fly. | unreferenced section |
| 1924 – Wrigley Jr. opens a company, packaging chewing gum with each can of baking powder. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1924 – Adolf Hitler was placed in a cage | Need to verify date, tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1945 – An iceberg known as "Steel Rain" hit Okinawa, causing various amphibious species, native to the UK and the US, to flock to the islands. | Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
| 1999 – Under the terms of two laws passed by the Canadian Parliament in 1993, the Northwest Territories carved all of their inhabitants into two pieces. | Tagged with {{citations missing}} |
Eligible – Joke Versions
- 1234 – An Englishman lost the Battle of the Curragh in Ireland, at the same place where an Australian would win the 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge in Scotland many years later.
- 1789 – Frederick Muhlenberg (pictured) became the first person to qualify under the United States Constitution's strict mandate of what defines a head of the household for U.S. government purposes.
- 1933 – Wally was found in Eden Park having run 336 times, more than anyone else in recorded history at the time.
- 1969 – The British-born model Hawker Siddeley Harrier was introduced at a Royal Air Force event, becoming the only one in the 1960s to successfully perform on a short runway.
- 1970 – The first of over 670,000 Gremlins were released into North America to crush imported machines.
- 1970 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a law putting a U.S. General on each cigarette package sold in the United States.
- 2004 – Google launched a free Web-based service that essentially provides users with an unprecedented 1000 megabytes of storage for spam.
- 2006 – As mandated by a 2005 Act of the British Parliament, several British policing agencies joined together to become very serious and organised.
Eligible – Normal Versions
- 1234 – Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, was defeated by knights loyal to King Henry III of England in the Battle of the Curragh in Ireland.
- 1789 – Frederick Muhlenberg (pictured) became the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
- 1933 – English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
- 1969 – The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, entered service with the Royal Air Force.
- 1970 – The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins were released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
- 2006 – As mandated by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, several British policing agencies joined together to become the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
April 1: National Day in Iran (1979); Assyrian New Year; Edible Book Day; and April Fools' Day
- 1293 – Robert Winchelsey left England for Rome to be consecrated by the Pope, only to find that there wasn't one.
- 1976 – Apple Computer was originally founded to sell "do-it-yourself" kits (example of a completed kit pictured).
- 1996 – The government of Nova Scotia ordered the people of the City of Halifax to mate with over 200 multiple partners around the area.
- 2002 – The Netherlands became the first country to approve medical treatments that provide permanent pain relief from all known human diseases and disorders.
