Surfing the Calendar
- National Kite MonthApril
- National Frog MonthApril
- National Garden MonthApril
- Distracted Driving Awareness MonthApril
- Financial Literacy MonthApril
- California Earthquake Preparedness MonthApril
- National Humor MonthApril
- National Mathematics Education MonthApril
- National Poetry MonthApril
- Metric System Adopted in FranceApr 7, 1795
- World Health DayApr 7, 2020
- National D.A.R.E. DayApr 7, 2020
- PassoverApr 8 - 16, 2020
- Civil War EndedApr 9, 1865
- Jumbo the Elephant Arrives in USApr 9, 1882
- Safety Pin PatentedApr 10, 1848
- Spain Cedes Gibraltar to Great BritainApr 11, 1713
- Civil War Begins with Confederate Attack on Fort SumterApr 12, 1861
- EasterApr 12, 2020
- Jonas Salk’s Polio Vaccine Declared Safe and EffectiveApr 12, 1955
- First Space Shuttle LaunchApr 12, 1981
- Thomas Jefferson’s BirthdayApr 13, 1743
- Alfred Butts’ (Inventor of Scrabble) BirthdayApr 13, 1899
- Leonardo da Vinci’s BirthdayApr 15, 1452
- Assassination of Abraham LincolnApr 15, 1865
- Titanic DisasterApr 15, 1912
- Paul Revere’s Midnight RideApr 18, 1775
- San Francisco EarthquakeApr 18, 1906
- Pet Owners DayApr 18, 2020
- National Park WeekApr 18-26, 2020
- National Library WeekApril 19-25, 2020
- Revolutionary War Begins with Shot Heard ‘Round the WorldApr 19, 1775
- National Volunteer WeekApril 19-25, 2020
- John Muir’s BirthdayApr 21, 1838
- Lyrids Meteor ShowerApr 21-22, 2020
- Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah)Apr 21, 2020
- Earth DayApr 22, 2020
- Ecology Games for Earth DayApr 22, 2020
- Endangered Species for Earth DayApr 22, 2020
- Shakespeare’s BirthdayApr 23, 1564
- Hubble Space Telescope Launched by Space Shuttle DiscoveryApr 24, 1990
- Italy Liberation DayApr 25, 1945
- World Penguin DayApr 25, 2020
- Whydah Pirate Ship Sank Off the New England CoastApr 26, 1717
- Richter Scale DayApr 26, 2020
- Ulysses S. Grant’s BirthdayApr 27, 1822
- National Playground Safety WeekApr 27 - May 1, 2020
- Harper Lee’s BirthdayApr 28, 1926
- Arbor DayApr 29, 2020
