Independence
Day
Iran : 1 April 1979
April
1 : April Fools Day
April Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries
around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred
to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday,
but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when
many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness.
The day is marked by the commission of good-humoured
or otherwise funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical
jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members,
teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
Traditionally,
in some countries such as New Zealand, Ireland, the
UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes only last
until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon
is called an "April Fool" and taunted "April
Fool's Day's past and gone, You're the fool for making
one." Elsewhere, such as in France, Italy, South
Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil,
Canada, and the U.S., the jokes last all day.
The
earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness
can be found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1392). Many
writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as
New Year's Day in the 16th century was responsible for
the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not
explain earlier references.
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