Important Dates: April 2017

Days

1^st April Fool’s Day

1^st International Pillow Fight Day Link

2^nd International Children’s Book Day  Link

2^nd World Autism Awareness Day  Link

4^th International Carrot Day  Link

7^th World Health Day  Link

16^th World Voice Day  Link

21^st Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II

22^nd Earth Day  Link

22^nd International Marconi Day  Link

23^rd London Marathon  Link

23^rd World Book Night  Link

24^th Drive It Day   Link

25^th World Malaria Day  Link

28^th Undiagnosed Children’s Day  Link

29^th International Dance Day  Link

30^th International Jazz Day  Link

Weeks

1^st-16^th Edinburgh International Science Festival  Link

3^rd-9^th Orchid Male Cancer Awareness Week  Link

10^th-16^th Parkinson’s Awareness Week  Link

10^th-16^th World Homeopathy Awareness Week  Link

10^th-16^th National Gardening Week  Link

17^th-26^th National Experience Week  Link

24^th-30^th Allergy Awareness Week  Link

24^th- 28^th National Stop Snoring Week  Link

24^th-30^th MS Awareness Week  Link

24^th-30^th National Stationery Week  Link

29^th -7^th May Dystonia Awareness Week  Link

Months

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month  Link

National Pet Month  Link

April Religious Dates

5^th Ramanavami (Hindu)

9^th Palm Sunday (Christian)

10^th Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)

11^th Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)

11^th-14^th  Therevadin New Year (Buddhist)

11^th-18^th Pesach (Jewish)

13^th Maundy Thursday (Christian)

14^th Baisakhi (Sikh New Year)

14^th Good Friday (Christian)

16^th Easter Sunday

17^th Easter Monday (Christian)

21^st First Day of Rivdan (Baha’i)

23^rd St George’s Day (Christian)

23^rd Yom HaShoah (Jewish)

24^th Lailat al Miraj (Islam)

29^th Ninth Day of Rivdan (Baha’i)

  April National Days

1^st Iran

1^st Assyria

4^th Senegal

17^th Syria

18^th Zimbabwe

23^rd England

25^th Anzac Day

26^th Tanzania

27^th Sierra Leone

27^th South Africa

30^th Netherlands

This Day in History

1^st First Aldermaston march for nuclear disarmament (1958)

2^nd Argentina invades the Faulklands (1982)

3^rd Robert Walpole becomes first British Prime Minister (1721)

3^rd Haile Selassie becomes Emperor of Ethiopia (1930)

4^th NATO founded (1949)

4^th Martin Luther King shot (1968)

4^th Microsoft founded (1975)

4^th Civil war starts in Cyprus between Greek and Turkish (1964)

4^th First cats eyes laid on road near Bradford (1934)

5^th First launch of NASA Challenger (1982)

6^th First Modern Olympics in Athens (1896)

7^th WHO – World Health Organisation founded (1948)

9^th Prince Charles married Camilla (2005)

9^th American Civil War brought to close (1865)

9^th Captain Cook discovers Australia (1770)

12^th Union Flag created (1606)

12^th Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space (1961)

13^th Sidney Poitier the first black actor to win an Oscar (1964)

13^th Formation of Royal Flying Core (1912)

13^th John Dryden becomes first Poet Laureate (1668)

14^th Abraham Lincoln shot (1865)

14^th Spain becomes a republic (1931)

15^th Titanic sinks (1912)

15^th British liberate Belsen (1945)

15^th Hillsborough disaster (1989)

16^th Battle of Culloden (1746)

17^th London bomb blast (1999)

18^th Eire becomes a republic (1949)

23^rd Shakespeare’s birthday (1564) He died on this day in 1616.

26^th Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear reactor (1986)

26^th First US rocket lands on moon (1962)

30^th Official end of Vietnamese War (1975)

30^th Adolf Hitler commits suicide (1945)

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Mike Hutchins is the founder of Good Morning Children, an on-line company that provides engaging and mentally stimulating resources for primary school children of all ages. Mike started Good Morning Children in 2006 with the aim of the company being to help children develop key thinking and reasoning skills. His qualifications include B.Sc (Engineering) and a PGCE in primary education.

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