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  • 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, 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. Passover Begins at Sundown, Paul Revere Day, Paul Revere rides to alert patriots that "The British are coming..." - in 1775. Pet Owner's Day
  • 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- 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- Easter, 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- Administrative Professional's Day, The fourth Wednesday of April. Tell a Story Day, Walter Lantz's Birthday, The creator of Woody Woodpecker.
  • April 28th- Poetry Reading Day, Take Our Daughters to Work Day, The fourth Thursday of April.
  • April 29th- Arbor Day, Usually the last Friday of April. Celebration dates may vary from state to state. Zipper Day, Modern zipper invented by Gideon Sindback in 1917.
  • April 30th- National Honesty Day, George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789.

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