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April Fools' Day
 Websites presented in alphabetical order April Fools' Day On the Web 
 A big collection "of April Fools' Day Jokes that Web Sites have run each year from 2004 all the way up to today," listed by site in no particular order and with a brief description of the joke. http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Humor, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 26, 2009 Library Journal: April Fool's Day Retrospective
"In case you missed the spoof stories posted April 1 [2005], here are all the headlines and links to the full articles (where they existed)." Features a story in which American Library Association (ALA) president-elect Michael Gorman is alleged to step down and the Librarians' Index to the Internet's own Karen Schneider "would be asked to step in as interim president and inaugurate a 'wholly virtual' ALA." From Library Journal. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA514753 Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Librarianship Last updated Mar 26, 2009 On This Day: The First of April, 1864
A lighthearted but accurate historical review of April Fools' Day, illustrated with a cartoon by artist Thomas Nast. From the New York Times Learning Network. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0401.html Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Humor, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 26, 2009 Snopes.com: April Fools' Day
Material about this holiday celebrated on April 1 by the pulling of pranks and jokes. Includes an overview of the holiday's purported origin, an article about famous April Fools' Day pranks, and links to news articles and press releases from recent April Fools' Days. From a website that evaluates urban legends. http://www.snopes.com/holidays/aprilfools/aprilfools.asp Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Mar 7, 2006 The Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
This site presents the origin of April Fools' Day, pranks played, and a quiz challenging readers to sort the truth from the outrageously false stories reported by the media on April 1st. It also includes a chronological index of hoaxes from 1698 to 2005, and an essay on reasons to hate the observance. From the Museum of Hoaxes. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ Topics: Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Humor, Media, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 26, 2009 |
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