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April 1, 2004
'''[[April 1]] [[2004]]''' was an [[April Fool's Day]] that fell on a [[Thursday]]. Hoaxes for this year included:

*In [[April 1st RFC|a tradition]] dating back to at least [[1978]] (RFC 748), the [[IETF]] issues RFC 3751, Omniscience Protocol Requirements, written by Scott Bradner, the Secretary and VP of Standards for the [[Internet Society]]. See [[April 1st RFC]].
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*[[Howard Stern]]'s daily radio program was introduced by Tom Chiusano, the general manager of [[WXRK]] (which hosts the program), announcing that [[Viacom]] was pulling the plug on the show because of "the weight of the government pressure and its effects on our corporation." During the next hour, a mock replacement show with two different DJs ensued, and listeners from across the country called to complain. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4648090/]

*[[Imagine FM]] in [[Stockport]], [[England]], claimed that the town's [[viaduct]], the largest in [[Europe]] was losing so much money that the arches were being made available for commercial [[sponsorship]], with the two arches over the busy M60 [[motorway]] being snapped up by [[McDonald's]] who intended to put their golden arches [[logo]] over both carriageways.⏎
* The [[Motley Fool]] investment site announced that [[Hormel Foods Corporation]] planned to sue the [[United States]] government over the [[CAN-SPAM]] anti-spam law.  [http://www.fool.com/features/2004/h040331.htm?source=mppromo]
* [[Pro Wrestling Torch]] reports [[Vince McMahon]] will form a women's [[ice hockey]] league with some unusual rules. [http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_7753.shtml]
(contracted; show full)==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Not another page of bad jokes and other deleted nonsense/April Fools 2004]]
* [[Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense#April_Fools.27|more Wikipedia entries from April 1 2004]]

== External link ==
* [http://www.urgo.org/aprilfools.html A long list of supposed 2004 April Fool's]

[[Category:April Fool's Day]]