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- 1926 - April Emily Fools is born to Herb and Emma Fools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- 1930 - April begins her life outside the limelight when her sister Judith is born.
- 1938 - At the age of twelve, Fools first shows an interest in baking when she helps her grandmother, the well-known Rose Fools, bake cookies.
- 1942 - April suffers her first true heartbreak when her sister Judith makes the cheerleading squad over her, gets the lead in the school play, and steals her boyfriend Johnny on the same day.
- 1944 - Fools lands her first job, working at a tank tread manufacturing plant in downtown Milwaukee.
- 1949 - After a lengthy engagement, April marries Albert Cranston in Madison, Wisconsin.
- 1952 - Upon the suggestion of a friend, April begins a small baked goods business from her own kitchen.
- 1955 - April and Albert welcome their first child into the world: Richard Cranston, named after his paternal grandfather.
- 1957 - The Cranston family welcomes their second child, Judy.
- 1969 - April enters a deep depression after her sister Judith dies of pancreatic cancer.
- 1971 - April enjoys what she would later describe as "the rush of a lifetime" after appearing on a local television program instructing children how to bake brownies.
- 1978 - Albert and April become grandparents to Henry Cranston.
- 1994 - April Emily Fools-Cranston passes away in her hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Herald declares her birthday a national holiday.
April 2: National Refrigerator Day (Paraguay)
- 1111 - The Knights Templar are formed as a clandestine drinking society, take things a little too far.
- 1942 - Classic arcade title 1942 developed as shoot 'em up, rights to year are purchased by Capcom, to the chagrin of some cranky veterans.
- 1983 - Science is invented by accident, and is quickly swept under the carpet.
- 1984 - Miniluv put crimethink proles into fridge, remake them goodthink fullwise.
- 2001 - The mailman bangs your mom, but she's her own person, you can't control who she loves.
- 2002 - The U.S. Kitten Embargo begins as part of The War Against Terror (Pictured), countless Iraqi kittens deported.
- 2012 - The number two renamed second one.
April 3: Vivaldi Appreciation Day
- 1220 - Rampaging crusaders drive a trebuchet through the walls of two towers in Ancient Syria.
- 1666 - Sir Marquis Baron Vivaldi walks to the crossroad and sells his soul to Satan
- 1888 - Vivaldi composes new record "A Change of Four Seasons", inspired by regressive metal band Dream Theater.
- 1945 - Scientists discover that if you play John Cage's 4'33" backward you'll hear someone cough, but backwards.
- 1974 - Tornadoes sweep the U.S.A, inspiring the invention of the tumble drier.
- 1986 - D.J. murder rate at all-time high, blamed on the provocative lyrics of The Smiths.
- 1996 - Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is arrested for crimes against tasteful nomenclature, and killing like six people.
April 4: National No Spamming Day (Iraq)
- 3141 BC - The world's first great pi was baked. It took years to eat.
- 1949 - Iceland's blundered declaration of war on the USA leads to the accidental formation of NATO.
- 1503 - Disneyland Central America opens in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
- 1975 - You really should have bought shares in Microsoft, which was formed on this day.
- 1984 - President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on something or other, oh hell I can't remember. (Pictured)
- 2001 - The butterfly effect is proved in an ingenious experiment, causing devastating hurricane damage in China.
- 2002 - Actor Mickey Rooney begins his process of decomposition.
April 5: National Bullying Day (Scotland)
- 1614 - Pocahontas sells life story to Disney for a handful of plastic beads
- 1640 - King Charles I of England disbands the Short Parliament because "Who cares what happens to short people?"
- 1945 - USSR deploys troops in Yugoslavia to act as security at TATU gig.
- 1955 - Winston Churchill gives up politics and goes into insurance.
- 1979 - Robin dies of Bat-AIDs, a grieving Batman later patents the first Bat-Condoms.
- 1992 - Several hundred thousand abortion rights demonstrators march on top of babies in Washington D.C.
- 2000 - Global warming is first linked to the phenomenon of climate change.
April 6: Arson Wednesday (New Zealand)
- 612 - Arab popstar Mohammed declares he is "more popular than Jesus now."
- 1522 - Mary had a little lamb. Yankee Doodle claims to be father.
- 1593 - John Greenwood, English Congregationalist, hanged. His last words: "Get this fucking rope off of me!"
- 1935 - AT&T formed. Its first disgruntled customer is created moments later.
- 1955 - Hell freezes over, Devil forced to skate to work.
- 1974 - ABBA wins Eurovision, marking the beginning of the Mamma Mia Invasion.
- 1985 - Video games are first cited as a precursor to juvenile delinquency.
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain's attempt to win a posthumous Grammy backfires tragically.
- 1999 - Chinese Democracy is released and subsequently pulled off shelves after the U.S. Government denies reports of its existence.
- 33 AD - Jesus Christ arrives in Jerusalem on the back of a humble velociraptor. (Pictured)
- 1078 - The first ever Battle of Hastings re-enactment is fought, Normans complain about historically inaccurate armor.
- 1544 - Queen Elizabeth I starts her famous celebrity gossip column in The Times of London.
- 1906 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts due to a bout of tectonic indigestion, kindly Italian grandmas douse the volcano with olive oil.
- 1940 - Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American to be featured in a postage stamp, racists unsure how to mail their letters of complaint.
- 1948 - The World Health Organization is created by the UN, to act as the inept organization in movies that fails to stop the zombie apocalypse.
April 8: International Things That Rhyme With "Bat" Day
- 563 BC - Buddha is born. Under a tree he sat.
- 432 BC - Artemus of Capadocia introduces kitten huffing to the world when he huffs a small cat.
- 67 AD - Pliny the Elder records the first instance of fortune telling through analysis of scat.
- 1612 - A new sport is introduced when Swedish people use a cannon to launch a rat.
- 1935 - FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, then dances a jig and falls flat.
- 1998 - Another explosion occurs in the usually serene inlet of Michael Bay, sounding like this: splat.
- 2006 - Conservapedia is founded and its editors try to prove that the Earth is flat.
- 2011 - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal proves himself to be a twat.
April 9: Stereotype Dismissal Day (France)
- 1812 - Pretentiousness makes its first appearance in Victorian England.
- 1832 - Captain Petey Widdershanks Blunderbub Shaleweather Monkeyturtle Johansen III obtains his first ship, and immediately sets sail in search of wenches and grog.
- 1865 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders himself to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. The two later wed in Vermont.
- 1877 - Oscar Wilde pens his play Salome: A Tragedy in One Act which describes his personal experience spilling milk on his favorite sweater.
- 1905 - The famous Bacon and Cheese Sandwich is envisioned; planning takes several months. (Pictured)
- 1940 - Germany invades Norway and Denmark, Sweden feels left out.
- 1947 - A tornado in the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas sends over 181 people to the land of Oz.
- 2005 - Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles wed, thus squashing rumors that Parker Bowles is a man.
April 10: Smoke-'em-if-ya-got-'em Day
- 1490 - Juan Ponce de León discovers the Fountain of Youth in Florida, shrugs and sets up a retirement community around it.
- 1919 - Colombian guerrilla lord Juan Valdez invents coffee. (Pictured)
- 1926 - Polio victim FDR still can't feel his legs, So he feels up Lucy Mercer instead.
- 1952 - Kellogg's Cereals introduces Atomic-O's claiming that there are "Vitamins, minerals and Uranium-235 in each glowing bite."
- 1996 - Michael Jackson admits he turned white to get a pay raise.
- 2007 - Hundreds hurt after Easter Markdown Days Sale stampede at the K-Mart in Gritlyville, Missouri. "Oh, the humanity!"
- 2012 - Al Gore drops out of presidential race after revealing photos of him and Michael Moore trading carbon offsets is published in Der Spiegel.
April 11: "Fuck You John Milton" Day (U.K.)
- 1492 - First slice of buttered toast thrown into someone's face.
- 1667 - The blind, impoverished John Milton (Pictured) sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10 and buys a Milkshake.
- 1667 - On his way home John Milton is robbed, he hears the robber shouting victoriously "I Drink Your Milkshake" while running away.
- 1775 - Germany runs out of people to accuse of witchcraft and execute, and begins brainstorming on who to meaninglessly kill next.
- 1904 - Albert Einstein discovers that he's related to his sister
- 1984 - Mr. Rogers flips out and assassinates the Thomas the Tank Engine.
- 1999 - Rain of Tears memorial, mass suicides after first showing of Gigli
- 2009 - Somebody puts his helmet on backwards, his bike is immediately stolen because he can't see.
April 12: Narcolepsy D....zzzzzz
- 30 AD - Jesus takes a nap. Apostles write their own parables while he's not aware.
- 124 BC - Forgetting to file his taxes on time, Prometheus uninvents fire in an attempt to delay the deadline, but the Sun foils his plans.
- 1945 - Orville Redenbacher begins work on The Manhattan Project.
- 1955 - February's Groundhog leaves hole (Pictured), Spring decides not to come at all this year, skips straight to Summer.
- 1961 - Yuri Gagarin flies into space, notices an unusual draft coming from his porthole window.
- 1967 - Che Guevara takes a nap and wakes up in a CIA prison in Bolivia.
- 1979 - Mel Gibson goes mad and eliminates a rogue biker gang.
April 13: National Falling Down The Stairs Day (United States)
- 1 AD - Jesus Christ and the Buddha form the seminal gangster rap duo, Shakyamuni and the JC.
- 1597 - The first Yo mamma joke: "Thy moth'r wast so bacon-fed those gents did need a tree to pierce her maidenhead."
- 1984 - Ingsoc releases minitrue-approved rap artist "Doubleplus Hardcore", is disbanded after recording song Fuck Tha Thoughtpolice.
- 1985 - The Space Shuttle Challenger is dubbed "Unexplodable" by NASA at a news conference.
- 1997 - Tiger Woods becomes the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament by getting a hole in one in every round that he has played.
- 2009 - Popular webcomic Homestuck gets created, eventually creates a fandom full of teen angsty emos that will doom the Internet for the rest of its lifespan.
- 2010 - EU demands cash from Iceland. Iceland sends ash, Europe buggered for weeks.
- 13 - Repairs begin after worst Friday the 13th ever.
- 1215 - Magna Carta signed, giving the Red Baron the right to bake pizza on his warplane.
- 1654 - On this Sunday, by a freak coincidence, no-one turned up to church at all, anywhere. Excuses cited include "washing cart" and "wife pregnant".
- 1936 - Hitler's girlfriend Eva Braun buys a "really cute armband" for the big rally.
- 1967 - Yoko Ono forms her renegade militant group "The Plastic Renegades" with the objective of destroying all good music in the universe.
- 1987 - Miracle Whip deemed "less than miraculous" by the FDA. (Pictured)
- 2007 - Captain obvious says something hilariously astute.
- 2011 - Encyclopedia Dramatica dies, and nothing of value is lost.
April 15: Sinking of James Cameron's The Titanic Day
- 1 AD - The IRS is invented by angry accountants, thousands mourn.
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln leaves a scathing Yelp review of Ford's Theatre on his way to the afterlife.
- 1912 - The RMS Titanic strikes an errant iceberg and starts to sink (Pictured), thankfully the passengers use the ship's many doors as makeshift life rafts and all survive.
- 1912 - Meanwhile, dozens of innocent Polar bears are severely injured as their iceberg is struck by an overrated piece of metal. Icebergs later sue for libel, loses to jury with three cruise ships.
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier, then reimburses Major League Baseball for it.
- 1989 - The Tiananmen Square square protests erupt over absolutely nothing. Move along, citizen.
- 2013 - Two Chechens bomb the Boston Marathon, Mark Wahlberg's pupils turn into dollar signs like in the cartoons.
April 16: 42nd Josef Stalin Appreciation Day (World)
- 1560 BC - Moses forgets to take his schizophrenia pills and begins to hear voices. He takes off from Ur, resulting in all of modern humanity's problems.
- 1855 - Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln enjoy a night of mad passionate love.
- 1878 - Joseph Stalin (Pictured) is born. Baby Hitler shudders in his Baby Hitler dreams.
- 1934 - Eleanor Roosevelt uncharacteristically enjoys a hotdog.
- 1943 - The first "Annual Miss Stalin-Look-Alike" contest is held in the Soviet Union; Joseph Stalin wins unanimously.
- 1953 - Desi Arnaz slaps Lucille Ball, calling her an "estupit beach" on national television.
- 1991 - US federal law passed forbidding driving while spreading cream cheese on a bagel.
- 2006 - The Queen of England decrees that all Australians must wear cork underpants.
- 2011 - Encyclopedia Dramatica sadly returns within 2 days of its death.
April 17: Genocide Appreciation Day
- 1783 - America wins its war for independence. Agrees to continue the British policy of deindianization.
- 1915 - The Armenian Genocide begins, Turkey declares it to be a startling coincidence.
- 1932 - Joseph Stalin pays the clouds twelve rubles to stop raining in Ukraine, everyone dies.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler attempts to cleanse Europe of Jews and other minority groups, but creates antibiotic resistant Super-Minorities in the process.
- 1967 - The Beatles write "Hey Jude", (German for "Kill everyone named Jude"). People are oblivious.
- 1994 - The Rwandan Genocide begins, survivors of this tragedy glad that their suffering begot the critically acclaimed Don Cheadle film Hotel Rwanda.
- 2016 - The Americans commits horrible genocide against their own brain cells, the rest flee to Canada.
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April 18: Dependence Day (Canada)
- 1485 - A conductor accidentally invents jazz music when the orchestra's metronome goes on the fritz.
- 1524 - The world's first Spanish restaurant is founded by Hernán Cortéz in Tenochtitlan.
- 1958 - The Supreme Court of the United States bans poetry and evicts all known poets from the country.
- 1972 - First state laws mandating public toilets passed in Texas. In protest, Texans urinate in public.
- 1983 - A suicide plumber floods the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
- 2002 - The internet is officially declared "useless and beyond redemption" by the Norwegian military.
- 2007 - The same orchestra who played jazz band music in 1485 faces the horror of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes."
April 19: Clitoris Awareness Day
- 1559 - Scholars at the University of Padua, Italy, discover the first clitoris in recorded history.
- 1775 - In a New York study on sexual behavior, researchers find the clitoris to be more important to sexual pleasure than the actual vagina, small penises find new hope.
- 1913 - The sale of vibrators are banned in France, due to electrical grid overload issues.
- 1957 - Oral sex becomes a popular alternative to intercourse, condom sales decline.
- 1998 - Windows 98 is released, memory leaks in the OS cause Bill Gates to be declared the world's "Biggest Clitoris". (Pictured)
- 1999 - Bill Clinton has a threesome and sorely disappoints, policy wonks tells Americans not to jump to conclusions.
- 2011 - Aperture Science launches new official holiday, supposedly better than Christmas.
April 20: Smoke Weed for Baby Hitler Day (Germany)
- 420 - People probably smoked lots of weed this year feeling really good about themselves. (Pictured)
- 571 - Cassius Clay born, later changes name to Muhammad, hails himself as the "Greatest prophet of all time, baby!"
- 1607 - White settlers arrive at Jamestown, find nothing of value except some inedible brown leaves and some equally inedible brown people.
- 1814 - The War of 1812 begins, two years behind schedule.
- 1889 - Adolf Hitler, perhaps best known for his ghastly taste in oil paintings, is born.
- 1943 - France so despises Vichy Government that they give them stern looks and serve them English wine.
- 1994 - A fireworks display in Oklahoma City goes horribly wrong; bystander blamed and later executed.
- 2007 - Cho Seung-Hui is welcomed in Hell. Even Satan is not amused.
April 21: "We Are Totally Romans" Day (Italy)
- 753 BC - Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus, after building it in a day.
- 949 BC - A group of Romulans unable to get dates known as the Vulcans decide to leave Earth and start their own planet. (Pictured)
- 1350 - A Belgian man expects the Spanish Inquisition, and is promptly beaten to death.
- 1684 - Isaac Newton proposes the idea of "gravity", gravity skeptics float away into space.
- 1836 - Sam Houston gets into erotic pillow fight with Santa Anna and his sleepy Mexicans
- 1900 - Creamed corn is deemed just the thing to spice up that Sunday dinner.
- 2010 - The Spanish Inquisition expects the Spanish Inquisition, since of course they did they planned it.
April 22: National Try To Assassinate The President Day (U.S.)
- 1609 - Council of Antes declares that peas will henceforth be eaten with a fork.
- 1882 - First obscene phone call made, crude equipment mandates heavy breathing when careless whispers can not be heard.
- 1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald (Pictured) fucks up first attempt to kill JFK so badly the attempt goes unnoticed until 1986, when a remodeling crew fixes the bullet hole.
- 1970 - The Partridge Family thinks it loves you, but what is it so afraid of?
- 1981 - A second failed assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan takes place, the shooter's motive being Reagan's films which the shooter declared, "sucked".
- 2002 - WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson invents the ability to refer to himself in the fifth person.
- 2022 - Darth Vader gets his voice box fixed after decades of agony.
- 2024 - Jimmy Blackman is the first person to ever smell what the rock is cooking.
April 23: Bring Your Penis To Work Day
- 303 - Deadbeat Saint George refuses to pay for his lizard children's child support.
- 1875 - Queen Victoria outlaws the word penis, decrees henceforth the organ shall be known as Naughty Mr. Johnson. (Pictured)
- 1909 - Czarina Alexandra is enraptured by Rasputin's penis, puts it in the parlor mantelpiece.
- 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II announces that she shall confer upon all royal penii the title of Sir.
- 1967 - Bono's penis is voted by readers of Us Weekly as being attached to the "World's Biggest Dick."
- 1968 - Flower Power is replaced by Wind Power, and all the petals are blown away...
- 1971 - The Rolling Stones release Sticky Penis, their first album on their own label.
- 1993 - Bill Clinton becomes the first USA president since JFK to bring his penis to the White House.
- 2008 - Your mom forgets to pack your penis in your lunchbox, You get teased the rest of the day.
April 24: Regretting Eating Those Novelty Chocolate Easter Bunnies Day (U.S.)
- ∞ BC - Time begins, to the disappointment of trillions.
- 1353 - Badger maulings reach record levels in Europe.
- 1704 - The first regular newspaper is published in America: The Boston New-Letter, containing overly-opinionated columns and hyped-up headlines. Circulation soars.
- 1856 - The word chairman is introduced to the Oxford English Dictionary as "A person with a proclivity to stand sitting."
- 1862 - The American Civil War on spelling begins, the letter 'u' in 'color' being the first victim.
- 1995 - The most amazing child on earth was born, sadly, he was born in Croatia.
- 2005 - George W. Bush declares, "America is officially full," all immigrants rerouted to Nunavut.
April 25: National Obesity Appreciation Day (North America)
- 900 - A horde of plus-sized Vikings raid the east coast of Britain and set up a new IKEA, selling meatballs and lingonberry sauce to all.
- 1847 - The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness. Shortly thereafter, the first McDonners restaurant opens. First item on the menu: McRib.
- 1862 - The worlds first battery operated fork is created, two million die during its first use.
- 1859 - Ground is broken for the Suez Canal. Israelis and Egyptians immediately begin fighting over who owns the hole.
- 1915 - Australians invade Turkey, but couldn't get past the smell of street kebab.
- 1921 - Fattest US president in history, William Howard Taft, eats his own ruptured spleen.
- 2016 - The International Federation of Dentists cancel all appointments for the month of August until Americans learn to floss.
April 26: Hyperbole Day!
- 1764 - Hyperbole day founded in the most spectacular ceremony since the dawn of time.
- 1834 - The best day in all of history! There'll never ever be another day like it! It's amazing! Not like I'd tell you, though.
- 1901 - President Teddy Roosevelt mounts his wife: BULLY!
- 1965 - The mildest day in the history of the universe. No other day was as mild. Ever. Aside from the racism.
- 1983 - The worst day in the history of the universe, God himself mourns. (Pictured)
- 1986 - Ronald Reagan stays awake for an entire cabinet meeting! Good job, Mr. President! Let the void take you!
- 2016 - The best night I've ever had. Ever! It felt so good! Say goodbye to cats!
April 27: When Pigs Fly Day (Chile)
- 1368 - The Big Bad Wolf is found guilty of vandalism and mouth robbery, and is sentenced to 30 hours of social work.
- 1509 - Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. The interdict arose from finding the state warm and moist.
- 1520 - Magellan arrives in the Philippines. The locals invite him in for some dinner.
- 1555 - You are born, but die of cholera by age eight. You don't remember this previous life because you were born a moron.
- 1945 - USA and USSR meet for the first time in Germany, starting a love affair to last several decades.
- 1949 - Texas becomes the first US State to outlaw Cheese, following the discovery of a Soviet covert cheddar ring operating in Houston.
- 1966 - NASA scientists propose using Dusty Springfield's 11-mile tall bouffant to get to the moon.
- 2011 - Pigs are observed actually flying in the Southern United States.
April 28: Amateur Internet Porn Day
- 3500 BC - Moses descends from Mt. Sinai amid thunderclaps and bush conflagrations with a number of commandments.
- 204 - Early Christians invent the concept of shame to curbe the spread of wild Levantine sex orgies.
- 1861 - Oscar Wilde first merits mention in his local newspaper for his treatise on the manufacturing of Bon-bons.
- 1920 - The Soviet Union acquires free agent Azerbaijan, US responds weakly by drafting Alaska 39 years later.
- 1988 - Dr. Bill Cosby announces discovery of vaccine for Jell-O Fever, the vaccine being a night out on town and maybe some dinner? (Pictured)
- 1991 - First recorded case of a man pretending to be woman on IRC for free pizza, thin crust with anchovies and olives.
- 2015 - "Jell-O Fever" discovered to be a noxious cocktail of several different STDs and rape drug side-effects.
April 29: Annual Belly Button Lint Harvest (Peru)
- 1108 - Last of the Ancient Jizzlamists captured and killed by the Abbasid Caliphate, challenging their Golden Age's renowned tolerance.
- 1862 - New Orleans falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut. Union forces would later prove to be the undoing of the manufacturing sector, curse you commies!
- 1942 - Brave Peruvian ace pilot José "Speedy" Gonzales caricatured by shameful American cartoon. (Pictured)
- 1954 - On a dare, a group of drunken Oxford History postgrads build Stonehenge in just under five hours in the middle of the night, Oxford fabricates druids to save face.
- 1968 - The controversial musical Hair, based on an Oscar Wilde work, opens on Broadway.
- 1988 - Video kills the Radio Star: Video is promptly arrested.
- 1993 - Don DeLilo's biting surrealist novel, Jacomo's Belly Fluff, panned by critics as "bourgeois" and "insufficiently postmodern."
April 30: Painfully Outdated Pop Cultural Reference Day ('Nam)
- 1026 - The first casualty in the on-going Pirate-Ninja War occurs when Eric Bauman of eBaums fame is keelhauled for piracy, strangely enough.
- 1959 - Grandpa first drops a mentos into his glass of coke, is later run out of town for dropping mentos into the communal Diet Coke well.
- 1969 - Vietnam Vets declare "You weren't there man!" (Pictured) for the first time, bystanders believe it to be a Forrest Gump reference and applaud.
- 1997 - Simpson's fanboy welcomes "our insect overlords" during the brief but tumultuous Arachnid Occupation and is promptly mandibled in half.
- 2001 - HAL declares "I'm sorry, Dave, but I cannot touch this." Remaining crew laugh at HAL's oversized hammer pants.
- 2003 - Maj. General Patraeus says to Iraq, "All Your Base Are Belong To Us!" Baghdad Bob declares America to be "the Lamest Memester"
- 2005 - Snape Kills Dumbledore! Don't worry, Snape is good and it's all part of a clever plan. That's the real spoiler.