Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/April 15
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April 15: Auditoria Begins (IRS)
- 1 BCE - The IRS meets; thousands mourn.
- 997 - King Æthelred the Unready finds himself in line at the post office near midnight to send in his request for an extension and suddenly realizes he's not an American.
- 1612 - Cotton Mather, in the midst of a bad day, has a revelation that leads to the foundation of a new faith.
- 1726 - The potato chip invented; thousands gorge.
- 1912 - The Titanic is torpedoed by The Empire off the coast of Newfoundland. Icebergs are blamed.
- 1912 - Dozens of innocent Polar bears are severely injured as their iceberg is struck by an overrated piece of metal.
- 1920 - The head of the IRS is arrested for tax evasion. Ironic, no?
- 1933 - Karl Marx and his brothers Lenny, Joey, and Leon star in the zany slapstick hit Opiate of the Molasses. (pictured)
- 1944 - The first weapon of mass destruction is invented in Switzerland, but nobody notices as it is made of cheese.
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier, then reimburses Major League Baseball for it.
- 2001 - Joey Ramone dies, taking straight-ahead rock 'n' roll with him. Black leather jacket sales plummet.
- 2014 - The US Air Force begins bombing US cities as they have already bombed every other place on the planet.