What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
04/01/1883	Lon Chaney, man of a thousand faces
EVENTS
04/01/	April Fool's Day
04/01/	Saint Stupid's Day (a San Francisco tradition since 1980).
04/01/1778	Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans Businessman, creates the '$'.
04/01/1850	San Francisco County Government established.
04/01/1853	Cincinnati became first US city with salaried firefighters
04/01/1918	Royal Air Force established
04/01/1952	'Big Bang' theory published by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow
04/01/1960	TIROS I (Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched
04/01/1960	to improve weather prediction.
04/01/1964	USSR launches Zond 1 towards Venus
04/01/1971	US/Canada ISIS II launched to study ionosphere
04/01/1979	Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of the Shah

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