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Mark your Calendar for these special April and May Days

Interesting Things That Happened in April

Cancer Control Month; National Child Abuse Prevention Month; Couple Appreciation Month; National Donate Life Month; Informed Woman Month; Injury Prevention Month; International Customer Loyalty Month; International Daffynitions Month; International Twit Award Month; Jazz Appreciation Month; Month of the Young Child; National Autism Awareness Month; National Car Care Month; National Decorating Month; National Humor Month; National Kite Month; National Knuckles Down Month; National Landscape Architecture Month; National Pecan Month; National Pet First and Awareness Month; National Poetry Month (a good time to purchase my book, It's A Good Thing I'm Not Married); National Prepare Your Home To Be Sold Month; National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month; National Youth Sports Safety Month (which makes it a great month to get a defibrillator for your child's school or athletic team. Visit www.DontDropDead.com); Physical Wellness Month; Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month; Straw Hat Month; Stress Awareness Month (like there's anyone on the planet who's not aware of stress); Women's Eye Health and Safety Month; World Habitat Awareness Month

April 1 = The day cigarette advertising was first banned on radio and TV (1970)
April 2 = Daylight Savings begins; Check Your Battery Day; International Children's Book Day
April 3 = Pony Express began (1860); National Workplace Napping Day
April 4 = Beatles take over the Billboard Hot 100 by holding the top FIVE spots (1964)
April 5 = Thank you, School Librarian Day
April 6 = First Modern Olympics (1868); Teflon (Polytetraflouroethylene resin) invented (1938)
April 7 = Hospital Admitting Clerks Day
April 8 = Tutor Appreciation Day; Home Run record set by Hank Aaron (1974)
April 9 = Civil War ended (1865); Jumbo the Elephant arrives in America (1882)
April 10 = Beatles break up! (1970); Safety pin patented (1849); National Siblings Day
April 11 = Barbershop Quartet Day
April 12 = National Licorice Day; Polio vaccine announced (1955); 1st Truancy law enacted (1853)
April 13 = 1st baseball strike ends (1972); International Plant appreciation Day
April 14 = 1st dictionary of American English published (1828, Noah Webster)
April 15 = Husband Appreciation Day; 1st McDonalds franchise opened (1955); Titanic sinks (1912)
April 16 = Easter
April 17 = Bay of Pigs anniversary (1961); Boston Marathon, 110th Running
April 18 = Yankee Stadium opens (1923); Anniversary of Paul Revere's ride (1775)
April 19 = International Whistler's Convention begins in Louisburg, NC - goes through 23rd
April 20 = First Day of Summer National Public Holiday in Iceland
April 21 = Kindergarten Day; Red Baron shot down (1918)
April 22 = Coins first stamped "In God We Trust" (1864)
April 23 = First movie theatre opens, NYC (1896); start of National Karaoke Week
April 24 = Start of National Scoop the Poop Week; Library of Congress established (1800)
April 25 = Abortion first legalized (1967); First license plates issued, NY State (1901)
April 26 = Richter Scale Day; Administrative Professional's Day
April 27 = Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
April 28 = Biological Clock gene discovered (1994); National Hairball Awareness Day
April 29 = Zipper patented (1913)
April 30 = Bugs Bunny "born" (1938); Spank Out Day USA; National Honesty Day

Interesting Things That Happened in May

Awareness of Medical Orphans Month; Better Hearing and Speech Month; Clean Air Month; Creative Beginnings Month; Family Wellness Month; Freedom Shrine Month; Get Caught Reading Month; Heal the Children Month; Healthy Vision Month; International Business Imagine Improvement Month; International Victorious Woman Month; More Than Just a Pretty Face Month; National BBQ Month; National Egg Month; National Hamburger Month; National Mental Health Month; National Moving Month; National Older Americans Month; National Physical Fitness & Sports Month; National Prepare to Buy a Home Month; National Salsa Month; National Scholarship Month; National Smile Month; National Stroke Awareness Month; Personal History Month; Revise Your Work Schedule Month; Young Achiever's Month

May 1 = Construction begun on 1st skyscraper, Chicago (1884); Mother Goose Day
May 2 = King James Bible published (1611); Dr. Spock's (not MISTER Spock) birthday (1903)
May 3 = Lumpy Rug Day, Paranormal Day, Wordsmith Day
May 4 = International Respect for Chickens Day
May 5 = Cartoonists Day; Totally Chipotle Day
May 6 = Babe Ruth's 1st Major League Home Run (1915); No Diet Day; National Scrapbook Day
May 7 = National Infertility Survival Day; start of National PTA Teacher Appreciation Day
May 8 = World Red Cross Day
May 9 = Childhood Depression Awareness Day; National Teacher Day
May 10 = Donate A Day's Wages To Charity Day; National Root Canal Appreciation Day
May 11 = Glacier National Park established (1910)
May 12 = Limerick Day; National Receptionists Day; Odometer Invented (1847)
May 13 = National Babysitters Day; Mother Ocean Day; International Migratory Bird Day
May 14 = Lewis & Clark expedition starts (1804); MOTHER'S DAY
May 15 = Nylon Stockings first went on sale (1940); Peace Officer Memorial Day
May 16 = Biographers Day, 1st Academy Awards (1929); International Sea Monkey Day
May 17 = Turn Beauty Inside Out Day; 1st Kentucky Derby (1875)
May 18 = Visit Your Relatives Day; Mount Saint Helens erupted (1980)
May 19 = Anne Boleyn executed (1536); Boys Club founded (1906); National Bike to Work Day
May 20 = Lindbergh's 1st trans-Atlantic flight (1927); Weights & Measures Day (1875)
May 21 = American Red Cross founded (1881); National Waitstaff Day; Neighbor Day
May 22 = Truman Doctrine approved by Congress (1947); National Maritime Day
May 23 = World Turtle Day
May 24 = Anti-Saloon League founded (1893); Brother's Day; International Tiara Day
May 25 = Constitutional Convention (1798); National Tap Dance Day
May 26 = World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest, Peoria, IL (through the 28th)
May 27 = Cellophane Tape patented (1930); Golden Gate Bridge opened (1937); International Jazz Day
May 28 = Sierra Club founded (1892)
May 29 = Sir Edmund Hillary & Tensing Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest (1953)
May 30 = 95th Indianapolis 500; Anniversary of the Battle of the Aleutian Island (1943)
May 31 = Copyright law passed (1790); Great American Grump Out; What You Think Upon Grows Day

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