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Christian holidays
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anniversaries
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- Winston Churchill Day a/k/a Churchill Day
- Martyrs' Day - Tunisia
- Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens) becomes a steamboat pilot on this date in history. In 1833, the first free library opened in Petersborough, New Hampshire. - April 9
- Martyrs Day in Tunisia
- Denmark - Occupation 1940 (Half staff until 12:02 PM)
- Finland - Mikael Agricola's Birthday 1508
- Philippines - Bataan Day 1945
- Tunisia - Martyr's Day
- Kidsproj - Rama Navami in India
- Kidsproj - Victory Day in Russia
- Civil Rights Bill of 1866: Anniversary. The Civil Rights Bill, passed by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson, granted blacks the rights and privileges of American citizenship and
formed the basis for the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The Civil Rights Movement Timeline
- Civil War Ending: Anniversary (1865). Lesson Plan Ideas (with trade book suggestions) http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/American.html#CIVIL
- Yom Ha-Shoah (Jewish) - More commonly known as Holocaust Day, Yom Ha-Shoah remembers the Jews who perished in concentration camps during World War II. This day is traditionally observed by
fasting from sundown to sundown.
- Holocaust Day (Yom Hashoah) - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- St. Casilda's Day - April 9; Patroness Saint invoked against sterility and bad luck. A Moorish princess, she was converted to Christianity by the prisoners held captive by her father. According
to legend, Casilda would bring the prisoners extra rations of food and wine. Almost discovered by her father when he demanded to know what she carried under her cloak, Casilda answered
"Roses," and the food and wine she carried were miraculously transformed into flowers.
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April holidays & events by location
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- Fast & Prayer Day - in Liberia
- Martyr's Day - in Tunisia
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- Day 99, with 266 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Monday
- 2002 A. D.: Tuesday
- 2003 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2004 A. D.: Friday
- 2005 A. D.: Saturday
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- 2006 A. D.: Sunday
- 2007 A. D.: Monday
- 2008 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2009 A. D.: Thursday
- 2010 A. D.: Friday
- 2011 A. D.: Saturday
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other calendars
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season
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zodiac
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