Special Days in April has been updated for 2017 – https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2017/03/26/special-days-in-april-2017/

April is bursting with holidays, observances, food themes, awareness days , historic figures and authors birthdays, science and historic based anniversaries,  and more!  Whether you’re looking for something special to study, trivia, a day to celebrate, or a food to add to the menu, this listing of special days in April gives you plenty to choose from.

April’s Themes,  Awareness, and Observances

• Amateur Radio
• Autism Awareness
• Card and Letter Writing
• Celebrate diversity
• Confederate History
• Decorating
• Frogs
• Garden
• Guitar
• Holy Humor
• Humor
• Jazz Appreciation
• Keep America Beautiful
• Kites
• Landscape Architecture
• Listening Awareness
• Math Education
• Military Child
• Pet 1st Aid
• Poetry
• Recycling
• School Library Media
• Straw Hat
• Stress Awareness
• Young Child
• Youth Sports Safety
• World Habitat Awareness

April Food Themes

• Celery
• Child Nutrition
• Cranberries
• Gooseberries
• Grilled Cheese Sandwich
• Pecan
• Soy Foods

April 1

• April Fool’s Day
• Atheist Day
• Medication Safety Week begins
• Poetry and The Creative Mind Day
• Reading Is Funny Day
• Tatting Day
• US Air Force Academy Day
• Whistlers Week begins

April 2

• Author Hans Christian Andersen born 1805
• Children’s Book Day
• Day of Hope
• 1st Easter Egg Roll at the White House lawn 1877
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• Ponce de Leon discovers and claims Florida for Spain 1513
• Reconciliation Day
• Walking Day
• World Autism Day

April 3

• Chocolate Mousse Day
• Don’t Go To Work Unless It’s Fun Day
• Find a Rainbow Day
• Scientist Jane Goodall born 1934
• Johan Gutenberg 1st used movable type to print a book  1451
• Author Washington Irving born 1783
• 1st Pony Express Mail Route 1860
• Tweed Day
• World Party Day

April 4

• Martin Luther King Fr. assassinated 1968
• NATO established 1949
• Rat Day
• Tell a Lie Day
• Vitamin C Day
• Walk Around Things Day

April 5

• Deep Dish Pizza Day
• Go For Broke Day
• Scientist Joseph Lister born 1827
• Love Our Children Day
• Money Smart Week begins
• Pillow Fight Day
• One Day Without Shoes Day
• Read A Road Map Day
• Robotics Week begins *
• Scientist Walter Sutton born 1877
• Booker T. Washington born 1856

April 6

• 1st Animated Cartoon was copyrighted 1906
• Fresh Tomato Day
• Jump Over Things Day
• North Pole discovered 1909
• Artist Raphael born 1483
• Sorry Charlie Day
• Tartan Day (Scottish Heritage)
• Teflon invented 1938
• Twinkie invinted 1930
• US Army Day
• US Entry Into WWI 1916

April 7

• Beaver Day
• Dare Day
• Explore Career Options Week begins
• Metric System Day
• No Housework Day
• Public Health Week begins
• Snailpapers Day
• Poet William Wordsworth born 1770
• World Health Organization Day

April 8

• All Is Ours Day
• Buddha born 563BC
• Empanada Day
• Roma Day
• Zoo Lovers Day

April 9

• Appomattox Day (US Civil War ends 1865)
• Baby Massage Day
• Cherish an Antique Day
• Winston Churchill Day  (first person to become an Honorary Citizen of the United States 1963)
• Name Yourself Day

April 10

• Farm Animals Day
• Golfers Day
• Safety Pin patented 1849
• Salvation Army Founder’s Day
• Sibling Day

April 11

• Apollo 13 Launched 1970
• Barbershop Quartet Day
• Day of Silence
• 8-Track Tape Day
• End of Revolutionary War 1783
• Pet Day
• Submarine Day
• Teach Your Children to Save Day
• Teacher Appreciation Day *

April 12

• American Civil War begins 1861
• Author Beverly Cleary born 1916
• Big Wind Day
• D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything and Read Day)
• Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
• 1st Human Space Flight 1961
• 1st Space Shuttle launch 1981
• Licorice Day
• Paul Revere’s Famous Ride 1775
• Walk On Your Wild Side Day

April 13

• Blame Somebody Else Day
• Cowboy/Outlaw Butch Cassidy born 1866
• Environmental Education Week begins
• President Thomas Jefferson born 1743
• Library Week begins
• Palm Sunday *
• Scrabble Day

April 14

• Look Up At The Sky Day
• Moment of Laughter Day
• Passover begins *
• Reach As High As You Can Day
• Websters American Dictionary of the English Language published 1828
• Week of the Young Child begins

April 15

• Artist/Scientist/Inventor Leonardo Da Vinci born 1452
• Library Day
• Rubber Eraser Day
• Take A Wild Guess Day
• The Titanic sank 1912

April 16

• Day of the Mushroom
• Eggs Benedict Day
• Stress Awareness Day
• Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day
• Inventor Wilbur Wright born 1867

April 17

• Bat Appreciation Day
• Blah! Blah! Blah! Day
• Cheese Ball Day
• Ellis Island History Day
• Haiku Poetry Day
• 1st Hershey Bar sold 1895

April 18

• Cleaning For A Reason Week begins
• Good Friday *
• Juggler’s Day
• San francisco Earthquake 1906
• Teen Literature Day

April 19

• Auctioneers Day
• Garlic Day
• Hanging Out Day
• Hunger Clean Up Day *
• Husband Appreciation Day
• The Shot Heard Around the World (Battle of Lexington and Concord)  1775
• Record Store Day

April 20

• Coin Week begins
• Cuckoo Day
• Marie and Pierre Curie Discover Radium 1902
• Easter
• Karaoke Week begins*
• Look Alike Day
• National Park Week begins
• Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
• Sky Week begins *
• Volunteer Week begins *
• Wildlife Week begins *

April 21

• Chocolate Covered Cashews Day
• Egg Salad Week begins
• Queen Elizabeth born 1926
• Henry VIII Became King of England  1509
• Innovation Day
• Kindergarten Day
• Naturalist John Muir born 1838
• Rome Founded 753 BC
• naturalist and conservationist John MuirPlayground Safety Week begins

April 22

• Chemist Celebrate the Earth Day
• Earth Day
• Girl Scout Leaders Day
• Jelly Bean Day
• Mother Earth Day
• Roller Skates patented 1823

April 23

• President James Buchanan born 1791
• Homerun Day
• Movie Theater Day
• Picnic Day
• Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day
• Slay A Dragon Day
• Talk Like Shakespeare Day
• Author William Shakespeare born 1564
• St. George’s Day

April 24

• Gathering of the Nations PowWow begins
• Guide Dogs Day
• International Astronomy Day
• Poem in Your Pocket Day
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day *

April 25

• Arbor Day *
• DNA Day
• Fiddler’s Frolic Days begin
• Great Fire of London 1666
• Hug a Plumber Day
• Malaria Awareness Day
• Suez Canal Construction begins 1859
• World Penguin Day
• Zucchini Bread Day

April 26

• Audubon Day
• Go Birding Day *
• Hug An Australian Day
• Kids and Pets Day
• Pretzel Day
• Scientist/Inventor Charles F. Richter born 1900
• Save the Frogs Day
• Sense of Smell Day *
• Veterinary Day *
• Weekend of Prayer and Fasting *

April 27

• Dance Week begins
• Freedom Day
• President Ulysses S. Grant born 1822
• Scientist Johannes Kepler born 1571
• Inventor Samuel Morse born 1791
• Prime Rib Day
• Raisin Day
• Tell A Story Day

April 28

• Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Maryland Statehood 1788
• Poetry Reading Day
• President James Monroe born 1758

April 29

• Dance Day
• Zipper patented 1851

April 30

• Honesty Day
• Louisiana Statehood 1812
• Vietnam War ended 1975
• Walpurgis Night

I make my monthly special days lists by using several sources including old calendars,  holiday books, newspapers, and the web. If you know of a special day that I do not have listed, please comment and let me know what it is so I can add it in.   Below are the links to my favorite online calendars.

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/april-2014.html

http://food.unl.edu/fnh/april

http://www.se7en.org.za/se7ens-april

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/blog/2014/03/april2014-activity-calendar/

Happy April

betty jo