April
April 1 - April Fool's Day!
April 2 - 1877 the first Easter egg roll is held on the White House lawn
April 3 - 1973 The first portable celll phone call is placed in New York City
April 6 - 1980 Post-it Notes are introduced
April 7 - 1902 Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms
April 8 - 1893 The Critic announces that the ice cream soda is our national drink
April 9 - 1935 Work Progress Administration approved by Congress
April 13 - 1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in the US is halted
April 14 - 1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary
April 15 - 1957 Congress gives the Post Office $14 million; restoring Saturday mail delivery
April 16 - 1926 Book-of-the-Month Club sends out it's first selection
April 17 - 2009 Day of Silence
April 27 - 1990 the 50th annunal Barbar Shop Quartet singing convention held
April 28 - 1914 W H Carrier patents the air conditioner
April 29 - 2004 Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production
April 30 - 1808 The first practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri