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• Every year — April Fools' Day.
• 19?? — Colorist Val Staples is born.
• 19?? — Mau Pérez (Mexican voice of Predacon Megatron in War for Cybertron Trilogy and also Cyclonus and Grimlock) is born.
• 1922 — KB Toys is founded, originally named Kay Bee Toys.
• 1950 — Hubert Drac (French voice of Red Alert in the 2004 Armada video game) is born.
• 1958 — Robert Missler (German voice of Rattrap) is born.
• 1964 — Marvel Comics letterer Bill Oakley is born.
• 1965 — Thomas Schmuckert (German voice of Chase, Denny Clay, War for Cybertron Trilogy Red Alert and more) is born.
• 1968 — Composer Cher Watanabe is born.
• 1974 — Hyeon Gyeongsu (Korean voice of Isaac Sumdac in Animated) is born.
• 1976 — Troy Baker (voice of Jetfire, Zeta Prime, Jazz, Kickback, Steeljaw, Shockwave and more) starts his legend in the 20th century.
• 1979 — Nickelodeon makes its debut onto the airwaves.
• 1980 — Angela Brusa (Italian voice of Airachnid) is born.
• 1984 — Musician Marvin Gaye is assassinated at age 44 just one day short of his 45th birthday.
• 1997 — The Beast Wars episode "Other Voices, Part 2" premieres in the US.
• 1998 — The Beast Wars II cartoon premieres in Japan with the episode "The New Forces Arrive!".
• 2003 — Rooster Teeth is founded.
• 2003 — Ito Yokaido stores offer the "Street Speed Overdrive Edition" Microns (Auto, Nitro, Sieg), one free with the purchase of any Legends of the Microns product.
• 2006 — The Cybertron episode "United" premieres in the US.
• 2008 — "Shattered Expectations" is revealed to be an April Fools' joke. Many souls are crushed.
• 2009 — Maximum Dinobots #4, "Spotlight: Jazz" and Best of UK: City of Fear #3 are released by IDW Publishing.
• 2012 — Dark of the Moon was nominated for eight Razzies, but did not win any. We can let you know, that it was not an April Fools Joke.
• 2014 — Tubi is launched.
• 2014 — Cartoon Network TOO is shut down and replaced with Cartoon Network +1, a 1-hour timeshift of Cartoon Network.
• 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Sideways" premieres in Hungary and Poland.
• 2015 — The Rescue Bots entire second season premieres in Brazil on Netflix.
• 2016 — Rescue Bots: "Land Before Prime" is released on DVD by Beyond Home Entertainment in Australia.
• 2017 — TakaraTomy releases Masterpiece MP-36 Megatron.
• 2019 — Bumblebee gets released on VHS.
• 2020 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 92: Transformers: The Movie is released by Hachette Publishing.
• 2023 — During the 2023 NCAA Men’s Final Four, Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal make appearances during the game to promote Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in what may be the very first-ever live mixed-reality TV spot.
• 2024 — Final day to pre-order the Super Groupies x Transformers Collaboration.
• 2024 — J-Pop group Sexy Zone is now renamed "timelesz".