1931 - Al Capone for Mayor Newspaper Enterprises Assoc. (NEA) distributed a number of fake stories to its subscribers

1933 - Wisconsin State Capitol Collapses Madison "Capital Times" ran a picture on its front page showing the dome collapsing with the headlines, "Dome Topples Off Statehouse."

1941 - Rue Maurice Thorez Vichy Government in France arrested 13 people on the charge of participating in a "Communist April Fool day plot" to rename streets in Marseille after the exiled Communist leader, Maurice Thorez.

1941 - Speechmaker Fools Congress Robert Fleming Rich, a PA Republican Congressman, was known for making heated 1-minute debates every day about the national debt, always asking, Where are we going to get the money?" On April 1, looking grimmer than usual, he asked the same, and consent was granted. Rich then said, "April Fool!"

1944 - Nazis in Times Square Goebbels, Hess, Hitler, and Goring, suitcases in hand, are marching through Times Square. They were actors who appeared in the movie, "The Hitler Gang."

1971 - Texas Honors The Boston Strangler TX House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honoring Albert DeSalvo, noting he had "officially been recognized by the state of MA for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control an applied psychology." The reason? "No one reads these bills or resolutions."

1984 - George Orwell for President 3 men held a press conference at Washington's Mayflower Hotel at which they announced Orwell's candidacy. Orwell died in 1950.

1991 - Democrats Nominate George Bush NPR's Morning Edition reported that Democrats planned to nominate George Herbert Walker Bush as the Dem candidate even though he would simultaneously he the Republican candidate.

1992 - Nixon for President "Talk of the Nation" reported that Nixon had declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. Accompanying the announcement were audio clips of Nixon delivering his candidacy speech and declaring, "I never did anything wrong, and I won't do it again."

2094 - Condoleezza Rice as Girlfriend of the Day "Maxim" magazine stated: The girl next door: "I always say to [the President], 'This is what I think, but let me tell you what the others think.' The key is to not take advantage of the fact that I live a few doors down from the Oval Office."

Where you've seen her: Lighting up the small screen and the press in her current role as President George W. Bush's sassy national security adviser. Look for her soon, when she will be making her hotly anticipated debut before the 9/11 commission.