It was, but since we've had so many leap years since then the actual day has been muddled and sometimes people >think< it was actually 2nd April.
Cheers, Stefan From: Don Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Texascavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Memorable Events in History on April 1st No joking - according to my 2005 calendar - The First Descent of Golondrinas was on April 2nd 1967. Too bad they didn't do it a day earlier. -Don C On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Logan McNatt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The following is from the Museum of Hoaxes Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time. No fooling! Logan http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ #76: Great Cave Sell On one undetermined April 1 in the 1840s a story appeared in the Boston Post announcing that a cave full of treasure had been discovered beneath Boston Common. It had supposedly been uncovered by workmen as they removed a tree from the Common. As the tree fell, it revealed a stone trap-door with a large iron ring set in it. Beneath the door was a stone stairway that led to an underground cave. In this cave lay piles of jewels, old coins, and weapons with jeweled handles. As word of the discovery spread throughout Boston, parties of excited curiosity-seekers began marching out across the Common to view the treasure. A witness later described the scene: "It was rainy, that 1st of April, the Legislature was in session, and it was an animated scene that the Common presented, roofed with umbrellas, sheltering pilgrims on their way to the new-found sell. A procession of grave legislators marched solemnly down under their green gingham, while philosophers, archaeologists, numismatists, antiquarians of all qualities, and the public generally paid tribute to the Post's ingenuity." Of course, the Common was empty of all jewel-bearing caverns, as the crowd of treasure seekers eventually discovered to its disappointment. -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you.
