April 1 Birthday
April 1 is April Fools' Day, and the origin is genuinely uncertain. The most common theory connects it to the 1582 switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, when people who still celebrated the new year in late March/April were mocked. But this theory only appears in print in the 1760s, and earlier April Fools traditions exist in other cultures. The BBC's 1957 spaghetti tree hoax — showing Swiss farmers harvesting pasta from trees — remains the gold standard. Hundreds called in asking how to grow their own. People born on April 1 fall under the zodiac sign of Aries. The birthstone is Diamond and the birth flower is Daisy. Historical events on April 1 include 1976: Apple Computer founded by Jobs and Wozniak, 2001: Same-sex marriage legalized in Netherlands (first country), 2004: Gmail launched. Famous people born on April 1 include Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Jane Powell (1929), Debbie Reynolds (1932).