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April 1: April Fool's Day

1789 - The U.S. House of Representatives held its first quorum in New York City and elected Frederick Muhlenberg (pictured) as the first Speaker.
1826 - The internal combustion engine was patented by Samuel Morey.
1918 - The Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps merged to form the Royal Air Force, the air force branch of the British Armed Forces.
1939 - Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State proclaimed victory in the Spanish Civil War.
1957 - The BBC television programme Panorama ran a mockumentary about Spaghetti trees.
1973 - Project Tiger, a wildlife conservation project to protect the Bengal Tiger, was launched at Jim Corbett National Park, India.
1997 - Comic strip switcheroo: Cartoonists of popularly syndicated comic strips swapped cartoons for the day.

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