April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...April 1, 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2004 was an April Fools Day or All Fools Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on 1 April. ...April Fool's Day that fell on a Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. ...Thursday. Hoaxes for this year included:

• In Every April 1st since 1989, the Internet Engineering Task Force has published one or more humorous RFC documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC titled ARPAWOCKY. List RFC 527 _ ARPAWOCKY R. Merryman, UCSD; 22 June 1973; a Lewis Carroll pastiche RFC 748 _ Telnet randomly_lose option. ...a tradition dating back to at least Events January January 1 _ The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. ...1978 (RFC 748), the The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is charged with developing and promoting Internet standards. ...IETF issues RFC 3751, Omniscience Protocol Requirements, written by Scott Bradner, the Secretary and VP of Standards for the The Internet Society or ISOC is an international organization that promotes Internet use and access. ...Internet Society. See Every April 1st since 1989, the Internet Engineering Task Force has published one or more humorous RFC documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC titled ARPAWOCKY. List RFC 527 _ ARPAWOCKY R. Merryman, UCSD; 22 June 1973; a Lewis Carroll pastiche RFC 748 _ Telnet randomly_lose option. ...April 1st RFC.
• The Guardian was also the name of a U.S. television series. ...The Guardian newspaper reported that Peter Mandelson The Rt Hon Peter Benjamin Mandelson (born October 21, 1953) is a British Labour politician, and former Member of Parliament for Hartlepool, who is currently European Commissioner for Trade. ...Peter Mandelson was frontrunner to become the The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC's new chairman.[1]  (http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html)
• CBBC or Childrens BBC is the brand for the BBCs childrens television output across BBC ONE, BBC TWO, CBBC Channel and CBeebies. ...CBBC's Newsround website claims the A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planetes or wanderers) is a body of considerable mass that orbits a star and that produces very little or no energy through nuclear fusion. ...planets of the Mosaic of the planets of the solar system, excluding Pluto, and including Earths Moon. ...Solar system will be renamed after characters from Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ...The Lord of the Rings _ Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...Earth will be named Sir Ian McKellen portrays Gandalf in The Two Towers. ...Gandalf. [2] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci-tech/newsid-3587000/3587189.stm)
• Both The Independents old (pre_compact) masthead. ...The Independent [3]  (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=507170) and This article refers to the BBC Today programme, for the NBC Today Show see The Today Show Today, commonly referred to as the Today programme in order to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long_running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am...The Today Programme [4] (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/arts/archers-20040401.shtml) claimed 1977 Brian Peter George St. ...Brian Eno had crafted an electronic remix of the theme tune of the radio The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...soap opera The Archers was also a film production company responsible for many classic British films in the 1940s and 50s. ...The Archers to replace the theme that had been used for over 50 years.
• An advert by The BMW logo is a circle divided into quadrants of alternating white and light blue color. ...BMW claimed new 'SHEF technology' would allow car drivers to cook their evening meals whilst driving home.[5]  (http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html)
• The Suns most famous headline The Sun, a daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom, has the highest circulation of any daily English_language newspaper in the world, standing at around 3,200,000 copies daily in late_2004. ...The Sun reported that The British police are a group of similar but independent police services which operate in the United Kingdom. ...British Police were fitting The term hawk refers to birds of prey in any of three senses: Strictly, to mean any of the species in the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis, and Megatriorchis. ...hawks with A red_light camera in use in Beaverton, Oregon A road_rule enforcement camera is a system including a camera and a vehicle_monitoring device used to detect and identify vehicles disobeying a road rule or road rules. ...speed cameras to catch lawbreaking motorists.[6]  (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2_2004150977,,00.html)
• The The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ...Daily Mail included photographs purporting to be the Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...Queen gambling on Horse_racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...horse racing amongst her subjects at a local A bookmaker, or a bookie, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the United States, with Singapore and Canada, the only legal bookmaker is state-owned and operated. ...Bookmaker.[7]  (http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html)
• Googles main pages unusually spartan design, uncluttered appearance and quick loading time have contributed greatly to the sites mass appeal. ...Google announced to start interviewing candidates for their new lunar hosting and research center (http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar-job.html). An email to the address listed returns an autoreply  (http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=102591&cid=8740668).
• The The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non_profit advocacy and legal organization with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving first amendment rights in the context of todays digital age. ...Electronic Frontier Foundation announced that it was merging with the The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ...United States Department of Justice, with In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...Attorney General The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ...John Ashcroft taking a new job in the office supplies department. They also announced that the recently retired The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non_profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ...MPAA head Jack Joseph Valenti (born September 5, 1921) was special assistant to Lyndon Johnsons White House. ...Jack Valenti would be joining their board of directors.
• Blizzards are characterized by high winds and blinding precipitation Sudden blizzards can cause terrible damage to infrastructure as well as danger to human life. ...Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft (WoW) is a class_based massively multiplayer online role_playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ...World of Warcraft would be adding Two_Headed Ogres as a playable race [8]  (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/races/two_headed_ogre.shtml). Also, they announced the addition of a new neutral hero for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real_time strategy computer game and the second sequel to Warcraft. ...Warcraft III: the Goblin Tinker [9]  (http://www.battle.net/war3/neutral/goblintinker.shtml). Meanwhile Mythic Entertainment, Inc. ...Mythic Entertainment, makers of Dark Age of Camelot is a 3_D medieval fantasy MMORPG that revolves around the war between three realms at the end of King Arthurs rule: Englands Albion, Scandinavias Midgard and Irelands Hibernia. ...Dark Age of Camelot announced a new expansion with a new player race of tiny tiny Spriggans [10] (http://www.camelotherald.com/rots/).
• Freshmeat (www. ...Freshmeat partners with For AltaVistas web translation service, see Babel Fish (website). ...Babelfish to enable (very poor) translations into over 52 languages [11] (http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1142/). The front page was also translated in ROT13 replaces each letter by its partner 13 characters further along the alphabet. ...rot13.
• The The Toronto Star is a major metropolitan newspaper produced in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...Toronto Star reports that Man Running _ Edward Muybridge Horse Running _ Edward Muybridge Running is by definition the fastest means for an animal to move on foot. ...joggers in the city are upset at a new speed limit of 10 km/h in city For the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. ...parks; the limit is to reduce noise disruption during the sensitive mating season of the local black Genera Several, see text Squirrel is the common name for rodents of the family Sciuridae. ...squirrel population. [12] (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article-Type1&c=Article&cid=1080774613973&call-pageid=970599119419)
• The Neopaganism (sometimes Neo_Paganism, meaning New Paganism) is a heterogeneous group of religions which attempt to revive ancient, mainly European pre_Christian religions. ...neopaganism An Internet forum, also known as a message board or discussion board, is a web application that provides for online discussions, and is the modern descendant of the bulletin board systems and existing Usenet news systems that were widespread in the 1980s and 1990s. ...Internet forum WiccaUK was informed that Spaghetti is a typical Italian dish comprised of long, thin, round pasta. ...spaghetti was invented by This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ...witches in the The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...Middle Ages.[13]  (http://forums.wiccauk.com/showthread.php?t=8540)
• NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not_for_profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ...National Public Radio's news program All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ...All Things Considered announces that the A USPS Truck at Night A U.S. Post Office sign The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is generally referred to as the post office. ...United States Postal Service, as part of its "Go Postal" program, is launching a "National Portable Zip Codes Program," which will allow individuals to keep their old zip codes if they move within the United States. [14]  (http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1805651)
• This article is about the radio personality; for Anna Nicole Smiths attorney, see her article. ...Howard Stern's daily radio program was introduced by Tom Chiusano, the general manager of WXRK (which hosts the program), announcing that Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) (NYSE: VIA) is an international media conglomerate. ...Viacom was pulling the plug on the show because of "the weight of the government pressure and its effects on our corporation." During the next hour, a mock replacement show with two different DJs ensued, and listeners from across the country called to complain. [15] (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4648090/)
• The The Motley Fool is a group of financial mavens founded by brothers Tom Gardner and David Gardner. ...Motley Fool investment site announced that Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is probably best known as the producer of SPAM luncheon meat. ...Hormel Foods Corporation planned to sue the The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States government over the The CAN_SPAM Act of 2003, signed into law by President Bush on December 16, 2003, establishes the first national standards for the sending of commercial e_mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions. ...CAN_SPAM anti_spam law. [16]  (http://www.fool.com/features/2004/h040331.htm?source=mppromo)
• Pro Wrestling Torch reports Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American professional wrestling promoter. ...Vince McMahon will form a women's Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...ice hockey league with some unusual rules. [17]  (http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article-7753.shtml)
• A National motto: Majulah Singapura (English: Onward, Singapore) Official languages English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil Capital Singapore Largest city Singapore Government President Prime minister Westminster (de jure) Dominant_party (de facto) Sellapan Rama Nathan Lee Hsien Loong Area  _ Total  _ Water (%) 697. ...Singapore A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ...tabloid reported that a billboard outside the Singapore History Museum was vandalized with the phrase " For other uses, see Casino (disambiguation). ...Casino Coming Here". Singapore has strict laws forbiding vandalism, and in 1994 an The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...American teenager, Michael Peter Fay is an American who was caned in Singapore on May 5, 1994 for theft and vandalism despite pleas from the US government and press for clemency. ...Michael P. Fay, received four strokes of cane because of vandalism. And recently the Singapore government was proposing to set up a casino in the country.[18] (http://www.todayonline.com/index-home.htm)
• The owner of DeadJournal is a website which allows Internet users to maintain an online journal, or blog. ...DeadJournal announced that LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is the name of a weblog site allowing Internet users to keep an online journal or diary. ...LiveJournal will take over operation of his site. [19]  (http://www.deadjournal.com/community/new-shit/34659.html)
• The author of The Best Page In The Universe is a personal humorous website created by a university student [1] named George Ouzounian, nicknamed Maddox. ...The Best Page in the Universe temporarily changed around the website to a parody of The informal term newbie (n00b or noob in leetspeak is not the same) means a newcomer to a particular corner of cyberspace, such as a game, newsgroup, or the World Wide Web itself or to an operating system. ...newbies.
• Australian Broadband Community website Whirlpool is an Australian Broadband user web site, started in 1998 by Simon Wright. ...Whirlpool announced that Telstra was going to "kill off" its cable service in favour of its ADSL service. [20]  (http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=1256&show=all)
• DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...DVD news website, dvdfile.com (http://www.dvdfile.com), reported that the entire For the ITV soap opera which ran from 1972 to 1979, see General Hospital (British television). ...General Hospital The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...soap opera would be released on June 22, boasting a 55 disc set of all 252 episodes from the 38th season.
• Open source firewall SmoothWall Express is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. ...SmoothWall announced that it had been bought by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), (founded 1975), headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the worlds largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). ...Microsoft, prompting a large number of concerned and worried posts (http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12813) on the SmoothWall Community Forums (http://community.smoothwall.org)

Genuine events that had been interpreted as April Fools included:

• The The National Archives is a British Governmental organisation created in April 2003. ...National Archives (UK) revealed that during the The Cold War ( 1947_ 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. ...Cold War, there were British plans to use Alternate uses: Chicken (disambiguation) Binomial name Gallus gallus ( Linnaeus, 1758) A chicken is a type of domesticated bird which is usually raised as a type of poultry. ...chickens to regulate the temperature in a The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945 lifted nuclear fallout some 18 km (60,000 feet) above the epicenter. ...nuclear bomb.[21]  (http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1183684,00.html)
• The Guardian was also the name of a U.S. television series. ...The Guardian revealed that the The 1954 Football World Cup was held in Switzerland. ...1954 World Cup_winning First International Switzerland 5 _ 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Largest win Germany 16 _ 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Worst defeat England 9 _ 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 15 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 European Championship Appearances 9...Germany team may have been given performance_enhancing injections. [22] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1183266,00.html)
• The Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency that claims to be the worlds oldest and largest. ...Associated Press reported that Googles main pages unusually spartan design, uncluttered appearance and quick loading time have contributed greatly to the sites mass appeal. ...Google would launch an e_mail service (http://gmail.google.com/) with 1 GB of storage for each user. [23]  (http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/gmail.html)
• The Register (El Reg to its staff) is a British technology news website focusing on the computer industry. ...The Register [24]  (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36707.html), Web Hosting Industry News [25] (http://thewhir.com/features/subdomain.cfm) and Slashdot (frequently abbreviated online as /.) is a popular website, primarily consisting of short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the story. ...Slashdot [26]  (http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/30/0240215) report that Ideaflood, Inc. has filed a A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally maximum 20 years from the filing date, depending on extension). ...patent on the idea of user In the DNS hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain name. ...subdomains and is now attempting to collect royalties from various websites.

See also

• Wikipedia:Not another page of bad jokes and other deleted nonsense/April Fools 2004
• more Wikipedia entries from April 1 2004

External link

• A long list of supposed 2004 April Fool's (http://www.urgo.org/aprilfools2004.html)