On this day :

1700 April Fools tradition popularized, 1789 First US House of Representatives elects speaker, 1993 The Polish Prince killed in plane crash, 1865 Confederates suffer at Battle of Five Forks, 1948 Soviets stop US and British military trains, 1800 Weeks trial sheds light on early procedure, 1924 Beer Hall Putsch secures Hitlers rise to power, 1946 Alaskan earthquake triggers massive tsunami, 1621 The PilgrimWampanoag peace treaty, 1918 RAF founded, 1924 Hitler sent to Landsberg jail, 1963 Soap operas General Hospital and The Doctors premiere, 1816 Jane Austen declines royal writing advice, 1984 Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father, 1877 Discoverer of Tombstone begins prospecting, 1970 Nixon signs legislation banning cigarette ads on TV and radio, 1985 Villanova beats Georgetown for NCAA basketball championship, 1918 British Royal Air Force is founded, 1945 US troops land on Okinawa,