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3 April in internet history

Things that can be dated to 3 April: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

What is dated to this day3 April

  1. The submarine Boaty McBoatface begins its first mission, in the Orkney Passage. Boaty McBoatface Wikipedia — Boaty McBoatface

  2. Elon Musk replaces Twitter’s bird logo with the Doge for four days. Doge Wikipedia — Doge (meme)

Also around this weekWithin three days

These did not happen on 3 April. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

  1. The Japanese service, which had kept running, is closed. GeoCities Wikipedia — GeoCities

  2. A video is posted of a boy, Maverick Trevillian, yelling the numbers. He becomes known as the 67 Kid. 6-7 meme Wikipedia — 6-7 meme

  3. Seven people put up signs bearing the phrase around Sturgis, Michigan, as an April Fools’ joke. During the Iraq war, residents are alarmed. All Your Base Are Belong To Us Wikipedia — All your base are belong to us

  4. Every featured link on YouTube’s homepage leads to the video. It is watched 6.6 million times that day. Rickrolling Wikipedia — Rickrolling

  5. Lady Gaga's Bad Romance took the title — the first music video to do so, beginning a hold by music videos that has never since been broken. Wikipedia — List of most-viewed YouTube videos

  6. Google publishes an April Fools’ game that hides Pokémon in Google Maps. The idea of a real one follows from it. Pokémon Go Wikipedia — Pokémon Go

  7. China’s CCTV airs a report that Kabosu has died. It is an April Fools’ hoax. Doge Wikipedia — Doge (meme)

  8. Brolsma uploads the original to his own YouTube channel, more than twelve years after he made it. Numa Numa Wikipedia — Numa Numa (video)

  9. The track is released as an April Fools’ joke. Crab Rave Wikipedia — Crab Rave

  10. A Discord April Fools' video reached about a billion views in under a day because an in-app notification looped it for everyone with the app open. YouTube later revised the figure down to the low millions. Tubefilter

  11. South Park’s episode Canada on Strike features the song, and the video gains more than a million views. Chocolate Rain Wikipedia — Chocolate Rain

  12. South Park parodies it in the episode Canada on Strike. Leave Britney Alone Wikipedia — Leave Britney Alone!

  13. Christopher Torres posts an animated GIF of a cat with a pastry for a body on his site LOL-Comics. He calls it Pop Tart Cat. Nyan Cat Wikipedia — Nyan Cat

  14. Tardar Sauce is born in Morristown, Arizona, one of a litter of four. Grumpy Cat Wikipedia — Grumpy Cat

  15. Despacito became the first YouTube video to reach five billion views. Despacito Guinness World Records

  16. Kosaka releases a version about washing hands. PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) Wikipedia — PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)

  17. He blends an iPad. Will It Blend? Wikipedia — Will It Blend?

  18. The YouTube user saraj00n sets the GIF to the cover version and uploads it under the title Nyan Cat. Nyan Cat Wikipedia — Nyan Cat

  19. A sequel, Beyond Famous, is released. It reaches 1.7 million views in eleven days. Kony 2012 Wikipedia — Kony 2012

  20. It is the first video to reach five billion views. Despacito Wikipedia — Despacito

  21. A remix with the country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is released. Old Town Road Wikipedia — Old Town Road

  22. He uploads a recording of it to YouTube. Evolution of Dance Wikipedia — Judson Laipply

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