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April 1 = The day cigarette
advertising was first banned on radio and TV (1970)
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April 2 = Daylight Savings begins;
Check Your Battery Day; International Children's Book Day
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April 3 = Pony Express began (1860);
National Workplace Napping Day
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April 4 = Beatles take over the
Billboard Hot 100 by holding the top FIVE spots (1964)
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April 5 = Thank you, School Librarian
Day
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April 6 = First Modern Olympics
(1868); Teflon (Polytetraflouroethylene resin) invented (1938)
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April 7 = Hospital Admitting Clerks
Day
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April 8 = Tutor Appreciation Day;
Home Run record set by Hank Aaron (1974)
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April 9 = Civil War ended (1865);
Jumbo the Elephant arrives in America (1882)
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April 10 = Beatles break up! (1970);
Safety pin patented (1849); National Siblings Day
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April 11 = Barbershop Quartet Day
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April 12 = National Licorice Day;
Polio vaccine announced (1955); 1st Truancy law enacted (1853)
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April 13 = 1st baseball strike ends
(1972); International Plant appreciation Day
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April 14 = 1st dictionary of American
English published (1828, Noah Webster)
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April 15 = Husband Appreciation Day;
1st McDonalds franchise opened (1955); Titanic sinks (1912)
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April 16 = Easter
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April 17 = Bay of Pigs anniversary
(1961); Boston Marathon, 110th Running
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April 18 = Yankee Stadium opens
(1923); Anniversary of Paul Revere's ride (1775)
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April 19 = International Whistler's
Convention begins in Louisburg, NC - goes through 23rd
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April 20 = First Day of Summer
National Public Holiday in Iceland
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April 21 = Kindergarten Day; Red
Baron shot down (1918)
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April 22 = Coins first stamped "In
God We Trust" (1864)
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April 23 = First movie theatre opens,
NYC (1896); start of National Karaoke Week
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April 24 = Start of National Scoop
the Poop Week; Library of Congress established (1800)
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April 25 = Abortion first legalized
(1967); First license plates issued, NY State (1901)
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April 26 = Richter Scale Day;
Administrative Professional's Day
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April 27 = Take Our Daughters and
Sons to Work Day
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April 28 = Biological Clock gene
discovered (1994); National Hairball Awareness Day
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April 29 = Zipper patented (1913)
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April 30 = Bugs Bunny "born" (1938);
Spank Out Day USA; National Honesty Day
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May 1 = Construction begun on 1st
skyscraper, Chicago (1884); Mother Goose Day
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May 2 = King James Bible published
(1611); Dr. Spock's (not MISTER Spock) birthday (1903)
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May 3 = Lumpy Rug Day, Paranormal
Day, Wordsmith Day
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May 4 = International Respect for
Chickens Day
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May 5 = Cartoonists Day; Totally
Chipotle Day
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May 6 = Babe Ruth's 1st Major League
Home Run (1915); No Diet Day; National Scrapbook Day
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May 7 = National Infertility Survival
Day; start of National PTA Teacher Appreciation Day
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May 8 = World Red Cross Day
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May 9 = Childhood Depression
Awareness Day; National Teacher Day
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May 10 = Donate A Day's Wages To
Charity Day; National Root Canal Appreciation Day
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May 11 = Glacier National Park
established (1910)
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May 12 = Limerick Day; National
Receptionists Day; Odometer Invented (1847)
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May 13 = National Babysitters Day;
Mother Ocean Day; International Migratory Bird Day
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May 14 = Lewis & Clark expedition
starts (1804); MOTHER'S DAY
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May 15 = Nylon Stockings first went
on sale (1940); Peace Officer Memorial Day
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May 16 = Biographers Day, 1st Academy
Awards (1929); International Sea Monkey Day
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May 17 = Turn Beauty Inside Out Day;
1st Kentucky Derby (1875)
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May 18 = Visit Your Relatives Day;
Mount Saint Helens erupted (1980)
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May 19 = Anne Boleyn executed (1536);
Boys Club founded (1906); National Bike to Work Day
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May 20 = Lindbergh's 1st
trans-Atlantic flight (1927); Weights & Measures Day (1875)
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May 21 = American Red Cross founded
(1881); National Waitstaff Day; Neighbor Day
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May 22 = Truman Doctrine approved by
Congress (1947); National Maritime Day
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May 23 = World Turtle Day
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May 24 = Anti-Saloon League founded
(1893); Brother's Day; International Tiara Day
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May 25 = Constitutional Convention
(1798); National Tap Dance Day
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May 26 = World Championship Old-Time
Piano Playing Contest, Peoria, IL (through the 28th)
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May 27 = Cellophane Tape patented
(1930); Golden Gate Bridge opened (1937); International Jazz Day
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May 28 = Sierra Club founded (1892)
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May 29 = Sir Edmund Hillary & Tensing
Norgay reach summit of Mount Everest (1953)
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May 30 = 95th Indianapolis 500;
Anniversary of the Battle of the Aleutian Island (1943)
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May 31 = Copyright law passed (1790);
Great American Grump Out; What You Think Upon Grows Day