April 1, 2017 by GµårÐïåñ
A meerkat in its natural environment
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(1698) April fools flock to the Tower of London
Several gullible people are sent to the Tower of London to see the "washing of the lions" (a nonexistent practice), as will be reported April 2 by a London newspaper. The prank will endure for centuries, making clear that the tradition of tricking dupes on April 1 is becoming increasingly popular.
April Fools' Day is celebrated every year on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes expose their prank by shouting April Fool. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country.
wiki/April_Fools'_Day
(1918) Britain's Royal Air Force is formed
Combing the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service, the RAF is the world's largest air force. Formed at the tail end of World War I, the force will find its greatest glory 22 years later during the Battle of Britain.
The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force. Formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world. Following victory over the Central Powers in 1918 the RAF emerged as, at the time, the largest air force in the world. Since its formation, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history, in particular, playing a large part in the Second World War where it fought its most famous campaign, the Battle of Britain.
Website: www.raf.mod.uk
Founded: Apr 01, 1918
Founder: Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Subsidiary: Royal Air Force Air Cadets
wiki/Royal_Air_Force
(1919) Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus school
Architect Walter Gropius opens the Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany, to teach modernist art and design. Ideas that spring from the school will revolutionize the world's aesthetic sense, from painting to textiles to architecture.
Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicised and taught.
Ceased operation: 1933
Founder: Walter Gropius
wiki/Bauhaus
(1939) Spanish Civil War ends
Almost three years after a coup against Spain's elected leftist government sparked a bloody battle of ideologies, the country's civil war is over and the right-leaning Nationalists, headed by General Francisco Franco, have won.
The Spanish Civil War, widely known in Spain simply as The Civil War or The War, took place from 1936 to 1939 and was fought between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning and relatively urban Second Spanish Republic in an alliance of convenience with the Anarchists, versus the Nationalists, a falangist, Carlist, and a largely aristocratic conservative group led by General Francisco Franco. Although the war is often portrayed as a struggle between democracy and fascism, some historians consider it more accurately described as a struggle between leftist revolution and rightist counter-revolution. Ultimately, the Nationalists won, and Franco then ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from April 1939 until his death in November 1975.
wiki/Spanish_Civil_War
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