On April Fools Day in...

On this day in...
1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
1826 – Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1857 – Herman Melville publishes The Confidence-Man.
1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf.
1945 – World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
1949 – The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland.
1954 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
1967 – The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.
1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic Republic by a 98% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it.
2004 – Google introduces its Gmail product to the public. The launch is met with skepticism because of the launch date.

Births
1815 – Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (d. 1898)
1929 – Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player
1971 – Method Man, American rapper
1977 – Jon Gosselin, TV personality, known for Jon & Kate+8
1980 – Randy Orton, American professional wrestler
1980 – Bijou Phillips, American actress
1983 – Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
1988 – Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player

I think the real April Fools joke is the birthday list. Looking a little skimpy. But we do have the brains behind the Kaiser, a legendary coach, an old rapper, a reality TV douche, a great wrestler, a dead safety and twin hoopsters. But I'm going to give a little love to Mark Jackson and try to help popularize his fledgling catch phrase "Mama, there goes that man."