April

April 1 - April Fool's Day

April 5, 1722 - Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island

April 6, 1528 - Albrecht Durer, German graphic artist, died at the age of 56

April 7, 2010 - Ridge High School Day of Silence

April 8, 1946 - League of Nations assembles for the last time

April 9, 1945 - The US Atomic Energy Commission was formed

April 19, 1897 - The first American marathon ran in Boston

April 20, 1865 - Safety matches were advertised for the first time

April 21, 1892 - The first buffalo were born in Golden Gate Park

April 22, 1927 - PEZ candy went on sale

April 23, 1985 - New Coke debuted (soon to vanish)

April 26, 1514 - Copernicus made his first observations of Saturn

April 27, 1937 - The Social Security system made its first benefit payment

April 28, 1919 - The first jump with an Army Air Corp parachute was made

April 29, 1852 - The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus was published

April 30, 1993 - The World Wide Web was born at CERN