On This Day In History April Fools Tradition Popularized

As History.com notes, on this day in 1700 English pranksters began popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other.

You can read about the beginnings of April Fools' Day via the below link:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2017-0401-04012017&om_rid=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa&om_mid=166317294&kx_EmailCampaignID=10776&kx_EmailCampaignName=email-hist-tdih-2017-0401-04012017&kx_EmailRecipientID=de5e4076c942a595dbda53f758321d197499484f6d117f61b6ac5c08e0d6f0aa

Note: On April Fools' Day many years ago I took a beautiful girl out on our first date. I married her a couple of years later and we are still together.