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Apr 2023
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Introducing History Daily: The Mystery o...

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About this episode

On History Daily, we do history, daily. Every weekday, host Lindsay Graham takes you back in time to explore a momentous event that happened ‘on this day’ in history. On today’s episode, hear how the tradition of April Fools Day was born in a gruesome political murder that prevented the recognition of March 32nd, a day so steeped in mystery it doesn’t appear on the calendar…


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