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April Fools? Day: Origins, Meaning & Hoaxes | HISTORY
27 Mar 2024 at 9:20am
April Fools? Day?occurring on April 1 each year?has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. April Fools' Day traditions include...

April Fools' Day - Wikipedia
27 Mar 2024 at 9:13am
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day [1] is an annual custom on 1 April consisting of practical jokes and hoaxes. Jokesters often expose their actions by shouting "April Fools!" at the recipient. Mass media can be involved with these pranks, which may be revealed as such the following day.

April Fools? Day | Origin, History, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica
27 Mar 2024 at 10:17am
John M. Cunningham. April Fools? Day, in most countries the first day of April. It received its name from the custom of playing practical jokes on this day. Although the day has been observed for centuries, its true origins are unknown and effectively unknowable.

April Fools' Day: When did it start? : NPR
26 Mar 2024 at 11:23am
Some historians have linked April Fools' Day to the ancient Roman festival of "Hilaria," where at the end of March, people would come together to commemorate the resurrection of the god...

When is April Fools? Day?History, Origin, and Humor | Almanac.com
28 Mar 2024 at 1:05am
April Fools? Day (April 1) is the one date on the calendar when jokes and mischief are expected. But how did April Fools? Day get its start? Learn more about the history of April Fools? Day?including some fun humor throughout the years!

The History of April Fools? Day, and Why We Celebrate
27 Mar 2023 at 6:29pm
April Fools? Day always falls on the first day of April. April Fools? Day 2024 is on a Monday?so we can add a little extra frivolity to the start of the week. For die-hard pranksters already thinking ahead, it falls on a Tuesday in 2025. What are the origins of April Fools? Day?

Origin of April Fools' Day: Still a Mystery | Merriam-Webster
27 Mar 2024 at 1:06am
What to Know. The origin of April Fools' Day is unknown but there are some theories. One is that religious hold-outs in the 16th century refused to celebrate the re-established New Year's date on January 1st, preferring the end of the holy week in early April, making them "April Fools."

April Fools' Day ? Origin, Meaning, History & Pranks ...
27 Mar 2024 at 3:25pm
The term April fool, for a victim of an April Fools? Day prank, dates back to the 1600s. Early records of the holiday from the 1700s declare it April Fool Day, with an apostrophized April Fools? Day recorded by the 1800s. This is also around when April fool came to refer to the trick itself.

April Fools? Day - HISTORY
28 Mar 2024 at 3:21am
1700. April Fools? tradition popularized. This Day in History: 04/01/1700 - April Fools tradition popularized. On April 1, 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual...

How April Fools Day started: History of pranking on April 1
24 Mar 2024 at 6:13pm
USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:24. It's not even April Fools' Day yet, but the pranks have already started. Since big brands' embrace of April Fools' Day returned following the pandemic, some...



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