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April
Zodiac:
Aries March
21 - April
1 Flower:
Sweet pea,
Daisy Birthstone:
Diamond
Reflects
the 2009-2010
SY
April,
as the
4th month
of the
year,
originates
from Aprilis,
the Latin
word meaning "to
open." The
interpretation
is thought
to refer
to the
opening
or budding
of spring
blossoms.
Control
Month
Month
National Month
Month
Keep Month
National Month ()
Education
Month ()
Prevention of Animal Cruelty
Month ()
Month ()
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U.S. transfers control
of Zone to Panama,
1982.
The ruins of were discovered in 1748. |
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(Karol Josef
Wojfyla, 1920-2005) dies
at the age of 84. His body
is buried in the crypt underneath
. FACTOID: Elected
the 264th leader of the Roman
Catholic Church in 1978,
at age 58. The first non-Italian
to assume the papacy in 455
years, he took the name John
Paul, following the lead
of his predecessor, Pope
John Paul I, who died after
just 33 days as pontiff.
In 2003, John Paul II marked
the 25th year of his papacy.
, born
1805. (d. Aug 4, 1875) Danish
author and poet most famous
for his fairy tales.
Day - to help young children develop an understanding of other cultures through literature.
[2010]
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, born, 1783.
FACTOID: The
first American author to achieve
international renown, created
the fictional characters and
. The critical
acceptance and enduring popularity
of Irving's tales involving
these characters proved the
effectiveness
of the short story as an American
literary form.
First
service began,
1860. |
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-
(North Atlantic
Treaty Organization) signed
on this day, 1949. FACTOID: An
alliance of 26 countries from North
America and
Europe whose fundamental
role is to safeguard the
freedom and security
of its member countries by political
and military means. NATO is playing
an increasingly important role in
crisis management and peacekeeping.
[2010]
National
Week of the (4 - 10th)
2009-2010 SY
National Week (4
- 10th ) 2009-2010
SY
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,
daughter of the Chief
of the Powhatan Indians, marries
English tobacco farmer John
Rolfe in ,
VA, 1614.
, American
educator born, 1856. FACTOID: In
1879, became an instructor at
Hampton Institute. The school
was so successful that in 1881
the founder of Hampton Institute,
the American educator Samuel
Chapman Armstrong, appointed
Washington
organizer and principal of a
black normal school in Tuskegee,
Alabama (now ).
Washington made the institution
into a major center for industrial
and agricultural training
and in the process became a
well-known public speaker.
,
American
slave hero
who escaped
to freedom
and later
was elected
congressman,
born 1839.
General , born 1937. FACTOID:
He served as
a soldier for 35 years, rising to
rank of 4-Star General and later
being sworn in on January 20, 2001,
as Secretary of State by
President George W. Bush. |
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reached in 1909 by
Robert E. Perry and Matthew
Henson after trying for 23
years.
Italian
Renaissance painter ,
born 1483.
U.S.
entered against
Germany, 1914.
Harry
Houdini,
American & locksmith,
born 1874. (d.
1926)
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Poet
, born 1770.
World Health Day |
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Recognition
Day (Drug
Abuse Resistance
Education launched
in 1983.) 2010 |
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General surrenders
his rebel forces to the Union
General at Courthouse,
Virginia ending the Civil War, 1865.
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publishes,
in 1925.
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National Week (11-17th)
2009-2010 SY |
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began as Confederate
forces fired on , 1861.
American
Statesman Henry Clay, "The
Great Compromiser," proponent
of the ,
born 1777.
Yuri
Gagarin, first person
to travel in space, 1961.
, author
of over 30 well loved
chilren's books which
portray her characters
as normal children facing
the same challenges that
every child faces growing
up, born 1916.
National Young
People's Week
(12-16th)
2009-2010
SY
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3rd
president
(1801),
born 1743.
(d. 1826)
FACTOID: The
Jefferson
Memorial
in Washington,
D.C. was
dedicated
in 1943;
200 years later. Website: Jefferson
Memorial http://www.nps.gov/thje/
Tiger Woods, ,
wins the prestigious Masters
Tournament by a record of
12 strokes, at the age of
21.
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First
edition of
Noah's Webster's ,
1828. |
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Insulin
becomes generally available
for people suffering
with ,
1923.
sank
on her maiden
voyage, after
hitting an
iceberg the
day before,
1912. 1,500
lives were lost.
died
of a gunshot wound he
received while attending
Ford Theatre the
day before, shot by
John Wilkes Boot , 1865. FACTOID: Wilkes
was one of six who plotted
the murder of Lincoln
and two others and
the only
one who carried through
his part of the plan,
the others didn't but
were still tried and
convicted - including
a woman, who was hanged
for her part.
,
Italian Renaissance artist & scientist,
born, 1452. FACTOID: Pioneer
in modern anatomy, inventor
of parachute & helicopter,
architect, engineer,
scientist, and the man
who used steam before
Watt & who knew
before Copernicus that
the sun stood still.
One of his famous paintings
is the "The
Last Supper."
Federal es due.
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National
Week (12-16th)
commemorates
Wilbur
Wright's
birthday
(1867)
of the .
Today
is Wright
Brother's
Day. |
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invasion of Cuba
by U.S. based anti-Castro Cuban
rebels, 1961.
Verranzano
Day -
Celebrates
the discovery
of by
Giovanni da
Verrazano, 1524. |
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Historical
and
fire occurred
at 5:15 a.m., leaving 500
dead and a quarter million people
homeless, 1906.
's Famous Ride
- "",
1775. FACTOID: Sent
by Dr. Joseph Warren to warn
and that
British Troops were coming to arrest
them.
Administrative
Professionals
Week (18-24th)
2009-2010 SY
National Public School Week (18-24th)
2009-2010 SY
National Week (18-24th)
2009-2010 SY
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Battle
of ,
the start of American in 1775. FACTOID: Eight
years later in 1783, on this
same date, Congress announced
the end of the war.
, chosen by
to be first woman astronaut, 1982.
The of
the Alfred P.
Murrah Federal
Building, killing
168 people and
injuring 490 occured on this day in
1995. FACTOID: Timothy
McVeigh (executed
08-14-1997) and
Terry Nichols
(life in prison,
June 11, 2001)
were captured.
National Week (19-25th) 2009-2010 SY
(This is the SPRING Turnoff date, FALL date is September 19-25th.) www.turnofftv.org |
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Holocaust Day FACTOID: (1889-1945) was
appointed Chancellor of Germany
January 30, 1933. On
April 29, 1945, he committed
suicide as allied troops closed
in on Germany. His biography
is titled, "Mein
Kampf" (My
Struggle).
Two
teenage gunmen,
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, went
on a shooting spree killing
13 people and wounding
23 before killing themselves at , 1999.
Danica Patrick, driver,
becomes the
first woman to
ever win an Indy
500 Race, 2008.
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, born 1926. FACTOID: King
King George VI of Great Britain
died and was succeeded by his
daughter on February 6, 1952. FACTOID: The
Queen Mum died
March 20, 2002 at
the age of 101.
began, 1898.
Charlotte
Bronte, half
of the English
novelists' , born
1816.
Thousands of
students begin
to protest their
discontentment
with China's
authorative Communist
government in , 1989.
They were released
5/10/1990.
Administrative
Professionals
Day 2009-2010
SY |
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Day
U.S.A.- To acknowledge
our responsibility for
the environment and to
make a stronger commitment
to take action for the
coming year.
,
Russian Revolutionary,
born 1870.
Territory opened to
in American land rush, 1889.
National
Take Our Daughters
and Sons to
Work Day [2010]
www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/
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English poet & dramatist,
born on
this date
in 1564;
he died on
his 52nd
birthday
in 1616.
,
15th President
(1857), born
1791. |
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established
in Washington, D.C., 1800.
The is introduced,
1981.
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FACTOID: First
license plates were issued by
the state of New York in 1901.
Exactly 954 cars were registered,
each
license plate carried the initials
of the owner.
deployed
into space, 1990. |
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Great
began in London, 1665.
,
famous American
artist and
Ornithologist,
born 1785.
The world's worst nuclear
disaster occurred at the power
station in the Soviet Union, 1986. FACTOID: An
estimated 5,000 soviet citizen eventually
died from cancer
related deaths. In 2000, the reactors
were shut down.
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,
18th President
(1869), born
1822.
Samuel F. B.
Morse, inventor
of telegraph
and , born
1791.
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became the 7th
state (settled
in 1634), 1788. FACTOID:
Was one
of the original
13 colonies.
,
5th President
(1817),
born 1758. |
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of Japan, born
1901. |
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National
Day -
Commemorates George
Washington's
inauguration as first president,
1789.
became the 18th state (settled in
1699), 1812. FACTOID: On April 30,
1803, President Thomas Jefferson
bought Louisiana
Territory
from France, then ruled by
Napoleon, thus concluding the largest
real estate transaction in history:
The .
National -
Plant and care for a tree. [2010] |
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