The word April means Open
Gardeners typically scour the internet for the best deals on seeds, gardening supplies and accessories this month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Humor Month - no joke!
Keep America Beautiful Month
International Guitar Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Poetry Month
National Pecan Month
National Welding Month
Records and Information Management Month
Stress Awareness Month (seems interesting since it is also TAXES ARE DUE MONTH)
Week 1 Read a Road Map Week
Week 2 Garden Week
Week 3 Medical Labs Week
Week 3 Organize Your Files Week
Week 4 Administrative Assistants Week
Week 4 National Karaoke Week
Aries March 21 - April 19; Taurus April 20 - May 20
Flower of the month: Daisy, Sweet Pea
Birthstone: Diamond, White Sapphire
1 Oliver Pollack invents the dollar sign $ (1778)
1 Daytime soap opera General Hospital first airs on ABC (1963)
1 April Fool's Day
2 Congress passes the Coinage Act and the U.S. Mint is born. (1792)
2 National Peanut butter and jelly day
3 Tweed Day
3 The Pony Express begins delivering the mail. (1860)
4 Hug a newsman day
4 Susanna Medora Salter is the first woman to be elected mayor in the nation in Argonia, Kansas. (1887)
4 Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. (1968)
5 Go for broke day
6 The first modern Olympic games opens in Athens, Greece (1896)
6 Twinkies hit the market. The first twinkies were banana-filled.(1930)
6 Plan your epitath day
7 The World Health Organization (WHO) is founded. (1948)
7 No housework day
8 Draw a picture of a bird day
8 Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 714 home run record. (1974)
9 French explorer LaSalle reaches the Mississippi river (1691)
9 Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. (1865)
9 Name yourself day
10 National siblings day
10 The "unsinkable" RMS Titanic departs on it's maiden voyage from Southampton, England. (1912)
11 Eight track tape day
12 Big wind day
12 By an Act of Congress, Puerto Rico becomes a U.S, territory. (1900)
12 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space. (1961)
13 Blame someone else day
14 National pecan day
14 President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. (1865)
15 Rubber eraser day
15 The Titanic hits an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic ocean as sinks. (1912)
16 National Librarian Day
17 Blah, blah, blah day
17 National Cheeseball day
18 Paul Revere makes his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Ma., shouting "the Red Coats are coming" as the American Revolutionary War begins. (1775)
18 The Great San Fransisco earthquake hits, killing 700 people. (1906)
18 Pet owners independance day
19 The Revolutionary War begins. (1775)
19 After a 51 day siege in Waco, Texas, the Branch Dividian compound goes up in flames, killing the cult members (1993)
19 National Garlic day
20 Two teenage boys go on a shooting rampage in Columbine High school in Littleton, Colorado. One teacher and 12 students are killed. (1999)
20 Volunteer Recognition day
21 Kindergarten day
22 National Jelly Bean Day
23 Lovers Day
23 Take a chance day
24 Pig in a blanket day
25 Delegates from 45 countries meet in San Fransisco to organize the United Nations. (1945)
25 World penguin day
26 Executive Admin's Day
26 Hug an Australian Day
27 National Prime Rib day
27 Tell a story day
27 Senior citizens take note, the first Social Security checks were distributed on this day in 1937
28 Kiss your mate day
29 National Shrimp Scampi Day
29 Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, N.J. patents the zipper. (1913)
30 The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon (later renamed Ho Chi Minh City) (1975)
30 National Honesty Day
No comments:
Post a Comment