In honor of April Fools, famous hoaxes throughout history
- The Bloomsbury Group convinces the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the battleship HMS Dreadnought, to a fake delegation of “Abyssinian royals”.
- The Cardiff Giant
- The Spaghetti-Tree Hoax
- The Beatles’ Paul is Dead hoax
- Grunge: A Success Story
- Piltdown Man
- The Howard Hughes biography “as told to” Clifford Irving
- Orson Welles broadcast of War of the Worlds
- The Hitler Diaries
- Vinland Map - Wikipedia
- Tiara of Saitaphernes
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Richard Nixon announces his comeback in 1992 (one of NPR’s annual April Fool’s Day pranks)
- Naked Came the Stranger
Next: Recent political wins
- Janet Protasiewicz wins a set on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating Dan Kelly
Recent political wins
- Janet Protasiewicz wins a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating Dan Kelly
- Bola Tinubu won the Nigerian presidential election on Feb. 23rd.
- Brandon Johnson just won the Chicago mayoral race, defeating Paul Vallas
- Michigan strikes down a 1931 abortion ban.
- Xi Jinping is unanimously elected by the National People’s Congress for a third term as president of the People’s Republic of China, March 10
- Donald Trump is indicted (or indicated) on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- Idaho passed a super-restrictive “Abortion Trafficking” law.
Well, it’s a win. Just not for the good guys. (4/5/23)
This is actually a little tougher of a topic than I thought it would be.
Recent political wins
- Janet Protasiewicz wins a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating Dan Kelly
- Bola Tinubu won the Nigerian presidential election on Feb. 23rd.
- Brandon Johnson just won the Chicago mayoral race, defeating Paul Vallas
- Michigan strikes down a 1931 abortion ban.
- Xi Jinping is unanimously elected by the National People’s Congress for a third term as president of the People’s Republic of China, March 10
- Donald Trump is indicted (or indicated) on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- Idaho passed a super-restrictive “Abortion Trafficking” law.
- Tennessee’s State House managed to expel two state senators but failed to oust the third
- The Supreme Court denied West Virgina’s request to let it fully enforce a state law to ban transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams.
- Kansas Senate narrowly defeats voucher bill that would have allowed unregulated private schools to receive state dollars.
- The right wing, gerrymandered Tennessee house ousts two black members for speaking against gun violence.
A win for bigots, I suppose.
Recent political wins
- Janet Protasiewicz wins a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating Dan Kelly
- Bola Tinubu won the Nigerian presidential election on Feb. 23rd.
- Brandon Johnson just won the Chicago mayoral race, defeating Paul Vallas
- Michigan strikes down a 1931 abortion ban.
- Xi Jinping is unanimously elected by the National People’s Congress for a third term as president of the People’s Republic of China, March 10
- Donald Trump is indicted (or indicated) on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- Idaho passed a super-restrictive “Abortion Trafficking” law.
- Tennessee’s State House managed to expel two state senators but failed to oust the third
- The Supreme Court denied West Virgina’s request to let it fully enforce a state law to ban transgender women and girls from playing on school sports teams.
- Kansas Senate narrowly defeats voucher bill that would have allowed unregulated private schools to receive state dollars.
- The right wing, gerrymandered Tennessee house ousts two black members for speaking against gun violence.
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Miguel Díaz-Canel succeeded Raúl Castro, brother of Fidel Castro, as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba on 19 April 2021, marking the end of the Castro era in Cuba.
Er… isn’t #11 the same as #8?
Break-Up Songs
- Sometime After Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton (later covered by Whitney Houston)
Read the story behind the song.
-“BB”-