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- All Is Ours Day
- Cosmonaut's Day
- Grand Ivy Day
- International Bird Day
- Invocation of Lumps and Cysts (Goblin)
- National Empanada Day
- Pesach (Passover) - Jewish - April 18 - 16, 2009
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Christian holidays
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anniversaries
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- Birthday of Betty Ford
- Hana Matsuri - Japan
- Astami-Nawami - Nepal
- Hanamatsuri, Buddha's Birthday - China
- St. Lazarus - Bulgaria
- Suez Canal officially reopened by UN 1957
- Flower Festival (Japan) - April 8; Ceremonies are hold in Japanese temples to commemorate Buddha's birthday. According to legend, when the prince of evil and his daughters tried to chase Buddha
from the tree of knowledge, the stones and darts thrown changed to flowers before reaching Buddha. The period of temptation ended at sunset, and the following evening Buddha achieved enlightenment.
- 4-H is founded (1902)
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April holidays & events by location
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- Buddha's Birthday - in Japan
- Hana Matsuri (Flower Festival) - in Japan
- Buddha's Birthday - in Thailand
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- Sealing the Frost - in Guatemala; ceremony of concealing the frost to protect the corn
crop
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- Day 98, with 267 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Sunday
- 2002 A. D.: Monday
- 2003 A. D.: Tuesday
- 2004 A. D.: Thursday
- 2005 A. D.: Friday
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- 2006 A. D.: Saturday
- 2007 A. D.: Sunday
- 2008 A. D.: Tuesday
- 2009 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2010 A. D.: Thursday
- 2011 A. D.: Friday
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other calendars
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season
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zodiac
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