Happy April Fools’ Day!
Otto Von Bismarck 1815
Lon Chaney 1883- Actor ("The Phantom of the Opera")
William Manchester 1922- Writer
Gordon Jump 1932- Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati")
Samuel Alito 1950- U.S. Supreme Court justice
1621 - The Plymouth, MA, colonists created the first treaty with Native Americans.
1826 - Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason in relation to the "Beer Hall Putsch."
1927 - The first automatic record changer was introduced by His Master's Voice.
1929 - Louie Marx introduced the Yo-Yo.
1933 - Nazi Germany began the persecution of Jews by boycotting Jewish businesses.
1934 - Bonnie & Clyde killed 2 police officers.
1938 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, NY.
1945 - U.S. forces invaded Okinawa during World War II. It was the last campaign of World War II.
1946 - Weight Watchers was formed.
1946 - A tidal wave (tsunami) struck the Hawaiian Islands killing more than 170 people.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift began.
1953 - The U.S. Congress created the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
1954 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was formed in Colorado.
1963 - Workers of the International Typographical Union ended their strike that had closed nine New York City newspapers. The strike ended 114 days after it began on December 8, 1962.
1970 - U.S. President Nixon signed the bill, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, that banned cigarette advertisements to be effective on January 1, 1971.
1979 - Iran was proclaimed to be an Islamic Republic by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the fall of the Shah.
1982 - The U.S. transferred the Canal Zone to Panama.
1992 - Players began the first strike in the 75-year history of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1998 - A federal judge dismissed the Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against U.S. President Clinton saying that the claims fell "far short" of being worthy of a trial.
2010 - The U.S. Congress cut Medicare reimbursements to physicians by 21%.
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