>>>>> 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.... -- Amos