>>>>> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 03:18:42 +0900,
>>>>> Hal E Fulton <hal9000 / hypermetrics.com> (hef) writes:

hef> Do our international readers know the significance
hef> of April 1 in the US?

Unless I'm mistaken, "April fools" started in Europe, like around
the 1500's or so???  It had to do with the adoption of the Gregorian
calendar, changing the beginning of the year from April 1 to Jan 1.
Or so I remember....

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Amos