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April 1: Palm Sunday in Christianity (2007); Independence Day in San Serriffe (1967); April Fools' Day; Assyrian New Year.

1318 - The Scottish re-took Berwick upon Tweed from the English.

1957 - Eight million viewers watched the television programme Panorama, prompting several of them to contact the BBC the following day and ask for instructions on how to grow spaghetti trees.

1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon (pictured) signed a law putting "the Surgeon General" on cigarette packages.

1997 - Cartoonists of popularly syndicated comic strips swapped cartoons for the day.

Recent days: March 31 – March 30 – March 29

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