April Observances and Holidays

I was looking for some printable calendars today to hang up in my cubicle at work and came across this list. It's different things to celebrate, or to remember, for the month of April. Now, I realize we are half way through the month, but I included the entire list. Make sure to mark your calendar for Daffy Duck's Birthday on April 17th, and National Pigs in a Blanket Day on April 24th! Also take note that it is National Frog Month, and National Stress Awareness Month. Hmm, seems like a funny coincidence that stress awareness month is when taxes are due! As humorous as some of these observances are, it proves that there are things in each of our lives to celebrate, even if they are silly.

Month Long Observances

April Is Autism Awareness Month
April Is International Guitar Month
April Is Keep America Beautiful Month
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
April Is National Frog Month
April Is National Garden Month
April Is National Humor Month
April Is National Mathematics Education Month
April Is National Poetry Month
April Is Stress Awareness Month

April 13th Thomas Jefferson's Birthday Born in 1743

April 14th Titanic Struck The Iceberg Shortly before midnight on April 14, the ship collided with an iceberg causing the ship to sink at 2:20 AM on April 15.

April 15th First McDonalds Opens By Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, IL, 1955. Income Tax Day, Leonardo Da Vinci Birthday Born in 1452.

April 16th National Eggs Benedict Day, Slavery Abolished in D.C. By Lincoln in 1862.

April 17th Daffy Duck's Birthday He debuted in a Warner Brothers cartoon in 1937. Sherlock Hemlock's Birthday

April 18th Pet Owner's Day, First Laundromat Opens In Fort Worth Texas - 1934. Great San Francisco EarthquakeIn 1906. Paul Revere Day Paul Revere rides to alert patriots that "The British are coming..." - in 1775.

April 19th Humorous Day

April 20th Cuckoo Day, National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day

April 21st Kindergarten Day The first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837.

April 22nd Administrative Professional's Day The fourth Wednesday of April. Earth Day, Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day

April 23rd Home Run Day Hank Aaron hits his first home run in 1954. International Sing Out Day, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day The fourth Thursday of April. William Shakespeare's Birthday Born in 1564.

April 24th Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day, Arbor Day Usually the last Friday of April. Celebration dates may vary from state to state.

April 25th Anzac Day Australia, New Zealand. National Telephone Day

April 26th Hug a Friend Day, National Pretzel Day

April 27th Tell a Story Day, Walter Lantz's Birthday-The creator of Woody Woodpecker.

April 28th Poetry Reading Day

April 29th Zipper Day Modern zipper invented by Gideon Sindback in 1917.

April 30th National Honesty Day George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789.

One's we missed!

April 1st April Fool's Day, One Cent Day

April 2nd Hans Christian Anderson's Birthday, International Children's Book Day

April 3rd Find-A-Rainbow Day

April 4th 1st Home Phone InstalledIn 1877. NATO EstablishedIn 1949.

April 5th National Read a Road Map Day

April 6th North Pole Discovered In 1898.

April 7th No Housework Day, World Health Day

April 8th Passover Begins at Sundown, Ponce de Leon Day Born in 1460. He discovered Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth.

April 9th 1st Public Library Opened In 1833, in Peterborough, NH.

April 10th Encourage a Young Writer Day, National Sibling Day

April 11th Jackie Robinson Day On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson became the 1st African-American in modern major-league baseball. U.S. Navy Acquires its 1st SubmarineIn 1900. It was a 53-foot craft designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland.

April 12th Easter, Space Shuttle Columbia First Launched Crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen - 1981