Month Long Observations

Autism Awareness Month

International Guitar Month

Keep America Beautiful Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Frog Month

National Garden Month

National Humor Month

National Mathematics Education Month

National Poetry Month

Stress Awareness Month

Week Long Observances

3rd Week - Week of the Young Child

Special Days in April

Administrative Professional's Day
The fourth Wednesday of April.

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
The fourth Thursday of April.

Arbor Day
Usually the last Friday of April. Celebration dates may vary from state to state.

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 Installed In 1877.

NATO Established In 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

Ponce de Leon Day
He was 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 Submarine in 1900. It was a 53-foot craft designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland.

April 12th

Space Shuttle Columbia First Launched
Crewed by John Young and Robert Crippen - 1981

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
Sesame Street character.

April 18th

First Laundromat Opens In Fort Worth Texas - 1934.

Great San Francisco Earthquake In 1906.

Paul Revere Day
Paul Revere rides to alert patriots that "The British are coming..." - in 1775.

Pet Owner's Day

April 19th

Humorous Day

Passover Begins at Sundown

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

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

William Shakespeare's Birthday Born in 1564.

April 24th

Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

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.

• poetry [´pəuitri] n.诗；诗意 (初中英语单词)
• wednesday [´wenzdi] n.星期三 (初中英语单词)
• florida [´flɔridə] n.佛罗里达 (初中英语单词)
• fountain [´fauntin] n.泉水；源泉；根源 (初中英语单词)
• writer [´raitə] n.作者；作家 (初中英语单词)
• holland [´hɔlənd] n.荷兰 (初中英语单词)
• columbia [kə´lʌmbiə] n.哥伦比亚 (初中英语单词)
• shortly [´ʃɔ:tli] ad.立刻，马上；不久 (初中英语单词)
• midnight [´midnait] n.午夜；漆黑 (初中英语单词)
• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)
• reading [´ri:diŋ] n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词)
• celebration [,seli´breiʃən] n.庆祝(会)；庆典 (高中英语单词)
• submarine [´sʌbməri:n] a.海中的 n.潜水艇 (高中英语单词)
• immigrant [´imigrənt] a.外国来的移民 (高中英语单词)
• earthquake [´ə:θkweik] n.地震；大变动 (高中英语单词)
• pineapple [´painæpəl] n.菠萝 (高中英语单词)
• appreciation [ə,pri:ʃi´eiʃən] n.评价；感激 (高中英语单词)
• honesty [´ɔnisti] n.诚实，老实 (高中英语单词)
• prevention [pri´venʃən] n.预防；阻止；妨碍 (英语四级单词)
• mathematics [,mæθə´mætiks] n.数学 (英语四级单词)
• lincoln [´liŋkən] n.林肯 (英语四级单词)
• creator [kri:´eitə] n.创造者；设立者 (英语四级单词)
• woodpecker [´wud,pekə] n.啄木鸟 (英语四级单词)
• guitar [gi´tɑ:] n.吉他，六弦琴 (英语六级单词)
• housework [´hauswə:k] n.家务劳动 (英语六级单词)
• iceberg [´aisbə:g] n.冰山 (英语六级单词)
• cartoon [kɑ:´tu:n] n.漫画；(电影)卡通片 (英语六级单词)
• revere [ri´viə] vt.尊敬；敬畏 (英语六级单词)
• sundown [´sʌndaun] n.日落 (英语六级单词)
• zipper [´zipə] n.拉链 (英语六级单词)