The Library of Congress traces the tradition of April Fools' pranks back to the Roman festival of Hilaria, celebrated the day after the March equinox. This joyous occasion marked the first point in ...

Beware: April Fools' Day, every prankster's favorite day, is nearly upon us. The unofficial holiday encourages pulling light-hearted pranks, practical jokes, hoaxes or hijinks on others. It's also ...

Humorous pranks and tricks have been entertaining the world for centuries. There's nothing quite like plotting a harmless joke on loved ones — and the more creative, the better. More than the average ...

Beware: April Fools' Day, every prankster's favorite day, is nearly upon us. The unofficial holiday encourages pulling light-hearted pranks, practical jokes, hoaxes or hijinks on others. It's also ...

April Fools' Day falls on April 1 each year. Known for jokes and pranks, the lighthearted holiday has a longstanding tradition you might not know about. Historians trace April Fools' Day back to 1582.

April Fools' Day is celebrated every year on April 1 and has multiple origin stories. Easter's date fluctuates as it's determined by the lunar calendar, falling on the Sunday after the first full moon ...

People have always been stymied about the origins of April Fools' Day, dating all the way back to the late Middle Ages (as far as academics could confidently say). In 1760, the parody periodical Poor ...

April Fools' Day, a day of pranks and hoaxes, is believed to have originated in France in the 1500s. The holiday may have stemmed from the transition to the Gregorian calendar, which caused confusion ...