Event Calendar

APRIL FOOLS’ DAY April Fools’ Day on April 1st has long been a day when practical jokes and tricks are played on the unaware. It’s a time when children convince their parents they’ve broken a bone. Parents get in on the planning, too. #AprilFoolsDay   NATIONAL TOM FOOLERYS DAY  April 1 is National Tom Foolerys[...]

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION DAY National Reconciliation Day on April 2nd each year urges us to repair relationships we have damaged through words or actions. While many different “Days of Reconciliation” are held worldwide, this specific observance takes place on April 2nd.

GOLD STAR SPOUSES DAY Gold Star Spouses Day on April 5th honors the surviving loved ones of military service members who died while serving their country. #GoldStarSpousesDay

NATIONAL ONLY CHILD DAY On April 12th, National Only Child Day celebrates the individual child, the siblingless, the one and onlies. You know who you are. There are more of you these days than in decades before

Happy National Scrabble Day! Today marks the birthday of Alfred Mosher Butts, the inventor of the game. Whether you’re a “Triple Word Score” master or just looking for a place to put your ‘Q’, today is for celebrating the power of language.

NATIONAL LAUNDRY DAY Benjamin Franklin may have overlooked one certainty in life: laundry. National Laundry Day on April 15th creates an opportunity to assess our laundry habits and teach our children to develop good ones. Read more…

NATIONAL TAX DAY April 15th of each year is National Tax Day. In the United States, the term “tax day” refers to the day on which individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. The day may also refer to April 15th for state tax returns. Do you need more information…

NATIONAL TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAY On April 15th, National Titanic Remembrance Day remembers the lives lost when the Titanic sank into the North Atlantic’s icy waters in 1912. We remember the more than 1,500 people who died that day. Read more…

NATIONAL BEAN COUNTER DAY  National Bean Counter Day on April 16th is every accountant’s favorite day of the year. After the flutter and the flurry of preparing taxes right up until the stroke of midnight, these diligent number crunchers are well past due for a day off. Discover more…

NATIONAL EGGS BENEDICT DAY On April 16th, National Eggs Benedict Day celebrates a long-favored breakfast or brunch dish. Eggs Benedict consists of poached eggs with Hollandaise sauce and Canadian bacon or ham on English muffin halves. Discover more…

NATIONAL ORCHID DAY Each year on April 16th, National Orchid Day recognizes one of the world’s diverse and widespread flowering plant families. The orchids’ often colorful and fragrant blooms grow in abundance around the world. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049[...]

NATIONAL WEAR YOUR PAJAMAS TO WORK DAY Each year on April 16th, National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day allows us a reprieve after meeting a late-night deadline shuffling receipts, and adding columns to file our taxes. Read more…  

NATIONAL COLUMNISTS’ DAY National Columnists’ Day on April 18th honors all newspaper columnists and their contributions to the truth in black and white. Read on…  

NATIONAL EXERCISE DAY National Exercise Day on April 18 offers inspiration to try new ways of becoming fit and healthy. These days there is no reason not to do something for your health. Including healthier eating habits too. Read more…

NATIONAL LINEMAN APPRECIATION DAY National Lineman Appreciation Day on April 18th honors the men and women who work around the clock to keep the power going.  If the power is on where you are reading this article, you likely have a lineman to thank. Read more…  

NATIONAL EARTH DAY Each year on April 22nd, National Earth Day campaigns around the globe promote ways to keep the Earth healthy and our planet livable. Learn more…  

NATIONAL GIRL SCOUT LEADER’S DAY Each year, National Girl Scout Leader’s Day on April 22nd recognizes the thousands of leaders who volunteer their time and share their experiences with youth across the country. Girl Scout volunteer leaders have been positively impacting girls’ lives since the beginning of Girl Scouting in 1912. These leaders are often[...]

NATIONAL LOST DOG AWARENESS DAY Each year on April 23rd, National Lost Dog Awareness Day increases awareness concerning missing dogs and celebrates reunions

NATIONAL TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY On April 23rd each year, National Talk Like Shakespeare Day encourages us to speak like the Bard and the characters in his plays

NATIONAL BUCKET LIST DAY April 24 celebrates National Bucket List Day to remind us it’s never too late to set new goals, go on a dream vacation, and inspire people around you to enjoy life to the fullest

NATIONAL DNA DAY On April 25th, people across the nation recognize National DNA Day. On this day in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick formally announced their discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in a short letter published in the science journal

April 25th, we observe National Telephone Day. Around the world, there are over 9.82 billion mobile phones. And while some predicted the landline to be obsolete by 2020, there are still about 931 million landlines around the world. February 14, 1876, Marcellus Bailey, one of Bell’s attorneys, rushed into the U.S. Patent office in Boston to file the[...]

SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY Each year School Bus Driver Appreciation Day falls on the fourth Tuesday in April. Today, we are recognizing all school bus drivers for taking care of our precious cargo during the school year. Whether they are transporting our kids to school, home, activities, or to sporting events, school bus drivers[...]

GLOBAL PAY IT FORWARD DAY Every year on April 28th, Global Pay It Forward Day encourages people around the world to engage in a small act of kindness. It’s a day to respond to someone’s kindness toward you by being kind to someone else. Discover more…

NATIONAL BRAVEHEARTS DAY Each year on April 28, we celebrate National BraveHearts Day to honor the bravery of families dealing with childhood cancer. During this time, pay tribute and support the families and friends of those involved in the child’s life. Learn more…

NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY Have you ever been rescued from a risky situation or saved from injury or death? Those who come to our aid are called heroes. Some heroes happen to be in the right place at the right time. Others choose to be a hero as a career (though they wouldn’t call themselves heroes.)[...]