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| ⚫ | {{*mp}} [[1865]] – Ordered to hold '''[[Battle of Five Forks|five forks]]''', [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[George Pickett]] instead lost almost 3,000.<!-- do not add "men" here, its hilarious as an April Fools that he can't hold five forks in his hand then droppes 3,000 forks --> |
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-->{{*mp}} [[1865]] – [[American Civil War]]: Ordered to hold '''[[Battle of Five Forks|Five Forks]]''', [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[George Pickett]] instead lost almost 3,000 men. |
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{{*mp}} [[1918]] – The [[British Armed Forces]] established the '''[[Royal Air Force]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1969]] – The '''[[Hawker Siddeley Harrier]]''' aircraft was introduced at a [[Royal Air Force]] event, becoming the only one in the 1960s to successfully perform on a short [[runway]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1976]] – [[Steve Jobs]], [[Steve Wozniak]], and [[Ronald Wayne]] founded '''[[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]]''' to sell [[Apple I|their first product]] ''(pictured)'', eventually offering them at a market-price of [[United States dollar|US$]]666.66 because they liked repeating digits. |
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{{*mp}} [[1999]] – Under the terms of two laws passed by the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] in [[1993]], the [[Northwest Territories]] '''[[Nunavut|was carved]]''' into two pieces. |
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{{*mp}} [[2002]] – Exactly one year after '''[[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|recognising same-sex marriage]], '''[[Netherlands|The Netherlands]] '''[[Euthanasia in the Netherlands|legalized euthanasia]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1918]] – The [[British Armed Forces]] established a new branch to grant personnel '''[[Royal Air Force|the power to fly]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1918]] – The [[British Armed Forces]] established a new branch to grant personnel '''[[Royal Air Force|the power to fly]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1969]] – The [[United Kingdom|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]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1969]] – The [[United Kingdom|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]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1999]] – Under the terms of two laws passed by the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] in [[1993]], the [[Northwest Territories]] '''[[Nunavut|carved]]''' all of their inhabitants into two pieces. |
{{*mp}} [[1999]] – Under the terms of two laws passed by the [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] in [[1993]], the [[Northwest Territories]] '''[[Nunavut|carved]]''' all of their inhabitants into two pieces. |
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{{*mp}} [[2002]] – [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]], on their one-year anniversary of '''[[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|recognising a new form of marriage]]''', '''[[Euthanasia in the Netherlands|legalized euthanasia]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[2002]] – [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]], on their one-year anniversary of '''[[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|recognising a new form of marriage]]''', '''[[Euthanasia in the Netherlands|legalized euthanasia]]'''. |
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Revision as of 00:29, 2 April 2008
April 1: Independence Day in San Serriffe (1967); April Fools' Day; Assyrian New Year.
- 1865 – Ordered to hold five forks, Confederate General George Pickett instead lost almost 3,000.
- 1918 – The British Armed Forces established a new branch to grant personnel the power to fly.
- 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.
- 1976 – Two college dropouts and a business partner with cold feet founded what is now Apple Inc. to sell their handicrafts (pictured), eventually offering them at a market-price of US$666.66 because they liked repeating digits.
- 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.
- 2002 – The Netherlands, on their one-year anniversary of recognising a new form of marriage, legalized euthanasia.