April 1

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1908: In a poorly thought out April Fool's Day prank, over three hundred cadets from the "Pendleton Guards" march to Pendleton, returning with a cannon they dismount from the town square. President Patrick Hues Mell expels the entire group, gutting the football team, as several members had participated in the ill-advised roadtrip. Many are re-admitted the following year.
1946: The Tiger ("The World's Most Uninteresting College Rag") publishes April Fools' issue (Volume XXXIX, Number 32a) - headlined "Shorty Is New President" with sub-head "Oscar is found dead in Latrine".
1960: WSBF makes its first broadcast.
1974: Comedian and musician Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture appears in a free concert in Tillman Auditorium.
1980: Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell appears in the Clemson House Ballroom.
1986: James L. Lucas, III, Class of 1973, Tiger band grad student member who produced the 1974 edition of The Unhymnal, dies of a heart attack, age 34.
1987: Women's basketball Coach Jim Davis is hired.