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April
Monthly Observances
African American Women's Fitness Month
Atlanta Food & Wine Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month Link
Autism Awareness Month Link
Cancer Control Month
Car Care Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Child Abuse Prevention Month
(International) Cesarean Awareness Month Link
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Fair Housing Month Link
Financial Literacy Month Link
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month Link
Global Child Nutrition Month Link
Grange Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Informed Women Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month Link
International Twit Award Month
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month Link
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful
Month of the Young Child
Month of the Military Child Link
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Decorating Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Garden Month Link
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Poetry Month
Nationally Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Pet First Aid Awareness Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Soy Foods Month
Straw Hat Month
Stress Awareness Month
Women's Eye Health & Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
International School Spirit Season (April
30 - Dec. 26)
April
Weekly Observances
International
Pooper-Scooper Week: 1-7
Laugh at Work Week: 1-7
Golden Rule Week: 1-7 Link
Medication Safety Week: 1-7
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week: 1-7 (aka
Get A Grip Day!)
Alcohol-Free Weekend: 2-4
Hate Week: 4-10
National Blue Ribbon Week: 4-10
National Public Health Week: 4-10 Link
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
National Week of the Ocean: 4-10
National Women's Nutrition Week: 5-11
Explore Your Career Options: 5-10
National Networking Week: 5-11
National Environmental Week: 11-17 Link
National Karaoke Week: 11-17
National Library Week: 11-17
National Personal Training Week: 11-17
Pan American Week: 11-17
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 11-17
Week of The Young Child: 11-17
National Crime Victims Rights Week:
12-18 Link
International Whistler's Week:
14-18
National Park Week: 17-23
Administrative Professionals Week: 18-24
Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-24
Coin Week: 18-24
National Crime Victims Rights Week: 18-24
National Volunteer Week: 18-24
Sky Awareness Week: 18-24
Astronomy Week: 19-25
Consumer Awareness Week: 19-24
Fish Fry Week: 19-24
National Inspirational News Week:
19-25
Police Officers Who Gave Their
Lives In The Line of Duty Week: 19-24
National Paperboard Packaging Week: 19-25
National Window Safety Week: 19-25
Turnoff Week: 19-25
National Dream Hotline: 23-25
National & Global Youth Service Days: 23-25
National Dance Week: 23-5/2 Link
National Pie Week: 23-25
National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30
National Playground Safety Week:
25-30
Safe Kids Week: 26 to 5/2 Link
National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week: 27-5/3
Link
April
Daily Observances

NOTE: An *
in front of the day means that the observance is on the same day every year
regardless of the day it falls on.
*April
Fools or All Fools Day: 1
*Boomer Bonus Days: 1
*International Tatting Day: 1 Link
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday: 1
*National Fun Day: 1
*National Fun at Work Day: 1
*Poetry & The Creative Mind Day: 1
*Sorry Charlie Day: 1
St. Stupid Day: 1 Link
*US Air force Academy Day: 1
Good Friday: 2
Hospital Admitting Clerks Day: 2 (First
Friday)
*International Children's Book Day:
2
*Reconciliation Day: 2
*World Autism Day: 2 Link
*Pony Express Day: 3
Tangible Karma Day: 3 Link
*Tweed Day: 3
Easter: 4
*International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action: 4
*Victims of Violence Wholly Day: 4
World Rat Day: 4 Link
National Deep Dish Pizza Day: 5
White House Easter Egg Roll: 5
*Drowsy
Driver Awareness Day: 6
*Tartan
Day: 6 Link
*Teflon
Day: 6
ASPCA (American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day:
7 Link
International Beaver Day: 7
*Metric System Day: 7
National Day of Hope: 7
*No
Housework Day: 7
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day:
7
*World
Health Day: 7 Link
*Buddha
Day: 8
*National D.A.R.E. Day: 8 Link
*National Cherish An Antique Day: 9
National Geographic Bee (State Level): 9
*National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: 9
*Winston Churchill Day: 9
Baby Massage Day: 10
Every Day is Earth Day: 10
National Love Our Children Day: 10
*National
Sibling Day: 10
*Salvation
Army Founder's Day: 10
*Barbershop
Quartet Day: 11
*International
"Louie Louie" Day: 11
*World Parkinson's Disease Day: 11 Link
*D.E.A.R. Day (aka Drop Everything And Read): 12 Link
*Licorice Day: 12
*Walk
on Your Wild Side Day: 12
Dyngus Day: 5 (First
Monday after Easter) Link
*Thomas
Jefferson Day: 13
Tax Freedom Day: 13 Link
International Moment of Laughter
Day: 13
*Children
with Alopecia Day: 14
National Be Kind To Lawyers Day: 14
Get To Know Your Customers Day: 15 (Also
Jan 21, July 15, Oct 21)
*Pan
American Day: 14
*Income Tax Pay Day: 15
*McDonald's Day: 15
*Take
a Wild Guess Day: 15
*That
Sucks Day: 15
*Equal Pay Day: 15 Link
High Five Day: 16
Link
*National Stress Awareness Day:
16
*National
Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day: 16
Trivia Days: 16-18
World
Hemophilia Day: 16 Link
Auctioneers Day: 17
*Blah!
Blah! Blah! Day: 17
*Ellis
Island Family History Day: 17
*Ford
Mustang Day: 17
Husband Appreciation Day: 17 (3rd
Saturday)
Nothing Like A Dame Day: 17
Record Store Day: 17
Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day: 17
Adult Autism Day: 18
*Pet Owners Independence Day: 18
*World
Amateur Radio Day: 18 Link
*National Hanging Out Day: 19
*Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day: 19
Boston Marathon: 19
*National Pot Smokers Day: 20 Link
Administrative Professionals Day or
Secretary's Day: 21
*Kindergarten
Day: 21
*National
Chocolate-covered Cashews Day: 21 Link
*Chemists Celebrate The Earth Day:
22
*Earth Day: 22
*National Jelly Bean Day: 22 Link
Take Our Daughters & Sons to
Work Day: 22
*Talk Like Shakespeare Day: 23 Link
*World
Book & Copyright Day: 23
Arbor Day: 24
Astronomy Day: 24 Link
Bulldogs are Beautiful Day: 24
*Eeyore's Birthday Day: 24 (Last
Saturday in April) Link
Interstate Mullet Toss Days: 24-25
National Go Birding Day: 24
National Rebuilding Day: 24
Sense of Smell Day: 24 Link
(Last Saturday)
Spring Astronomy Day: 24
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day: 24 Link
DNA Day: 25 Link
20-Something Service Day: 25
*Malaria Awareness Day: 25
National Pet Parent's Day: 25
Mother, Father Deaf Day: 25
*Red
Hat Society Day: 25 Link
Note: This is the official day every year.
Various chapters will have their own birthday celebrations as well on different
dates.
Bob Wills Day: 26 Link
*Hug
An Australian Day: 26
International Marconi Day: 26 Link
*Richter
Scale Day: 26
* Mantanzas Mule Day: 27
*Morse Code Day: 27 (Some
also observe on May 24)
National Teach Your Children To Save
Day: 27
*Workers Memorial Day: 28
*National
Dance Day: 29
Poem in Your Pocket Day: 29
Arbor Day: 30
*Beltane:
30
National Hairball Awareness Day: 30
*Hairstylists
Appreciation Day: 30
National Honesty Day: 30
*Spank Out Day - USA: 30
*Walpurgis Night: 30
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Full Moon on the 28th is called
"Pink Moon" by Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes
because at this time of the year, wildflowers (esp. pink ground phlox) herald
the newly arrived spring.
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