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- Administrative Professionals Day
- Blue Day
- Chance Day (Fairy)
- Festival of Jupiter and Venus (Old Roman)
- Green George (Corinthia)
- Industry Day
- International Special Librarians Day
- National Cherry Cheesecake Day
- National and Global Youth Service Day - April 21 - 23, 2006; over two million young
people changing the world
- Picnic Day
- 2003, 2004: Take Our Daughters to Work Day
- World Laboratory Animals Day
- World Book Day and Copyright Day (UN)
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Christian holidays
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- Calendar of Saints - April 23
- St. Adalbert's Day (patron of Prussia)
- St. George Feast Day - patron saint of England, Portugal, Germany, the Boy Scouts, cavalry, equestrians, farmers, horses; against leprosy,
syphilis; by the middle ages, St. George was revered in much of Europe as the personification of chivalry
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anniversaries
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- Holocaust Day (Yom Hashoah) - Allied troops liberate the first Nazi concentration camp
- United Methodist Church is created (1968)
- Hank Aaron’s first of 755 homeruns (1954)
- Miguel de Cervantes dies (1616)
- Amsterdam is virtually destroyed by fire (1421)
- Book and Lover's Day (Spain) - April 23; in Spain, women give books to men, while men give flowers to the women. Celebrated in the Spanish city
of Barcelona since 1714 to honor Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (author of "Don Quixote") and in observance of St. George's Day
(see above).
- William Shakespeare birth anniversary - in 1564, the world's most famous playwright was born; also died on his birthday in 1616;
Shakespeare continues to capture the popular imagination
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directories
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April holidays & events by location
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- Book Day and Lover's Day - in Spain
- Children's Day - in Turkey
- Ewe's Day - in Bulgaria
- Emaishen - in Luxembourg
- National Sovereignty Day a/k/a Independence Day - in Turkey (1920)
- Sigurd the Dragonslayer's Day (a/k/a Siegfried) - celebrated in Northern Europe
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- Peppercorn Ceremony - in Bermuda
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- Day 113, with 252 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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