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“Though April showers may come your way, they bring the flowers that bloom in May; And if it's raining, have no regrets; because it isn't raining rain, it's raining violets.”
~Al Jolson~

Knowledge House Guide to
HOLIDAYS & SPECIAL DAYS

APRIL is...

National Poetry Month
National Food Month
National Garden Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
National Kite Month
California Earthquake Preparedness Month
Confederate Heritage Month
National Humor Month
Stress Awareness Month
Autism Awareness Month
Internet Evangelism Day*
Cancer Control Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
International Amateur Radio Month
Mathematics Education Month
Zoo and Aquarium Month
National Week of the Ocean*
National Library Week*
National Playground Safety Week*
National Park Week*
National Volunteer Week*
Love Our Children Day*
(first Saturday of April)
Palm Sunday*
(Sunday before Easter)
Maundy Thursday
(Thursday before Easter)
Good Friday*
(Friday before Easter)
Passover*
(7-8 days in March or April)
Easter/Resurrection Day*
(first Sunday on or following
the first full moon in Spring)
Arbor Day*
(last Friday in April)

APRIL CALENDAR
1 April Fool's Day
2 Ponce de León Discovers Florida (1513) Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday (1805) International Children’s Book Day
3 Washington Irving's Birthday (1783)
4 Read a Roadmap Day
5 Booker T. Washington's Birthday (1856) National Tomb-Sweeping Day (Taiwan)
6 First Modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece (1896, after a 1500-year hiatus) U.S. enters World War I (1917)
7 World Health Day Metric System Anniversary (1795)
8 National Week of the Ocean* (second full week in April)
9 Civil War Ended (1865) Civil Rights Bill of 1866 Anniversary
10 Florida Children's Day* (second Tuesday in April)
11 Civil Rights Act of 1968 Anniversary
12 Civil War Began (1861) First Space Shuttle Launch (1981) National D.A.R.E. Day
13 Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (1743)
14 Pan American Day Home Education Day
15 Income Taxes Due Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday (1452) Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
16 Stress Awareness Day
17 National Park Week*
18 Paul Revere's Midnight Ride (1775) San Francisco Earthquake (1906)
19 Battle of Lexington & Concord (1775)
20 National TV Turnoff Week*
21 Kindergarten Day Friedrich Froebel's Birthday (1782)
22 Earth Day
23 William Shakespeare's Birth & Death Anniversary (1564-1616) Saint George's Day International Day of the Book (UNESCO)
24 Library of Congress Anniversary (1800)
25 Italy Liberation Day (1945) Hubble Space Telescope Launched (1990) World Penguin Day
26 Pirate Ship Sank off the New England Coast (1717) Richter Scale Day National Pretzel Day ReignDownUSA (National Day of Prayer & Repentance)
27 Ulysses S. Grant's Birthday (1822) National Youth Service Day* National Volunteer Week*
28 Mutiny on the HMS Bounty Anniversary (1789)
29 Zipper Invented (1913) Webmasters Day
30 National Honesty Day Vietnam Liberation Day (1975)
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*These dates change from year to year; check current calendar.
(National Days are American holidays unless stated otherwise.)

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