April 1 
Today is April Fool's Day. 1826: Samuel Mory patented the internal combustion engine. 1875: Sir Francis Galton published the first newspaper weather map in The Times of London. 1918: England's Royal Flying Corps was replaced by the Royal Air Force. 1931: Norman Abramson, who developed the ALOHANET, the forerunner to the Ethernet, was born. 1938: The first commercially successful fluorescent lamps were introduced. 1957: The BBC broadcasted a spoof documentary about spaghetti crops in Switzerland. 1960: TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral. 1976: Apple Computer began operations. 1981: Russia adopted Daylight Savings Time. 1986 World oil prices dipped below $10 a barrel. 1999: Britain introduced a minimum wage. | 
