Educators' Calendar: United States

April 2024

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

31st March

31

1st April

1

2nd April

2

3rd April

3

4th April

4

5th April

5

6th April

6

31st March

 

1st April

World Autism Awareness Day

International Children's Book Day

Philadelphia Mint Authorized (1792)

Author Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday (1805)

2nd April

First Pony Express Service (1860)

Scientist Jane Goodall's Birthday (1934)

3rd April

Pres. William H. Harrison Died (1841)

NATO Created (1949)

Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated (1968)

Microsoft Founded (1975)

4th April

Pocahontas Married John Rolfe (1614)

Educator Booker T. Washington's Birthday (1856)

Helen Keller First Learned Sign Language (1887)

5th April

Tartan Day

First Modern Olympics (1896)

North Pole First Reached (1909)

U.S. Entered WWI (1917)

6th April

U.N. World Health Day

5,000 Suffragists Marched on Washington (1913)

Singer Billie Holiday's Birthday (1915)

7th April

7

8th April

8

9th April

9

10th April

10

11th April

11

12th April

12

13th April

13

7th April

17th Amendment Ratified (Election of Senators) (1913)

8th April

Name Yourself Day

Civil War Ended (1865)

First Full-Color Film Shown (1914)

9th April

Encourage a Young Writer Day

Publisher Joseph Pulitzer's Birthday (1847)

10th April

Einstein Revealed Theory of Relativity (1905)

1968 Civil Rights Act Signed (1968)

11th April

Civil War Began (1861)

First Man in Space (1961)

12th April

Pres. Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (1743)

Oxygen Tank Burst on Apollo 13 (1970)

13th April

Webster's First Dictionary Copyrighted (1828)

Abraham Lincoln Assassinated (1865)

The Titanic Hit Iceberg (1912)

14th April

14

15th April

15

16th April

16

17th April

17

18th April

18

19th April

19

20th April

20

14th April

Jackie Robinson Day

Artist Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday (1452)

Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack (2013)

15th April

Inventor Wilbur Wright's Birthday (1867)

Ice Hockey Player Wayne Gretzky Retired (1999)

16th April

Daffy Duck Debuted (1937)

Ford Mustang Debuted (1964)

Apr. 17-18
Volunteer Week

17th April

Paul Revere Day

18th April

American Revolution Began (1775)

Oklahoma City Bombing Killed 168 (1995)

19th April

First Game Played at Fenway Park (1912)

Columbine High School Shooting Killed 15 (1999)

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)

20th April

City of Rome Founded (-753)

21st April

21

22nd April

22

23rd April

23

24th April

24

25th April

25

26th April

26

27th April

27

21st April

Passover Begins at Sundown

Earth Day

Jelly Bean Day

First Earth Day Observed (1970)

Apr. 22-28
National Library Week

22nd April

World Book & Copyright Day

Playwright William Shakespeare's Birthday (1564)

YouTube Launched (2005)

23rd April

Library of Congress Established (1800)

Mailbox Inventor Born (1815)

24th April

First Use of Name "America" (1507)

First License Plates Required (1901)

Singer Ella Fitzgerald's Birthday (1917)

25th April

John Wilkes Booth Killed (1865)

Studio 54 Disco Opened (1977)

Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Disaster (1986)

26th April

Tell a Story Day

York Captured by U.S. (1813)

Activist Coretta Scott King's Birthday (1927)

27th April

Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day

Pres. James Monroe's Birthday (1758)

Maryland Admission Day (1788)

28th April

28

29th April

29

30th April

30

1st May

1

2nd May

2

3rd May

3

4th May

4

28th April

International Dance Day

Zipper Patented (1842)

Musician Duke Ellington's Birthday (1899)

Prince William Married Kate Middleton (2011)

29th April

International Jazz Day

Louisiana Admission Day (1812)

Vietnam War Ended (1975)

30th April

1st May

 

2nd May

 

3rd May

 

4th May

 

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Alcohol & Drug Awareness Month

Deaf History Month (3/13-4/15)

National Garden Month

World Habitat Awareness Month

Animal Cruelty Prevention Month

Keep America Beautiful Month

National Poetry Month

Youth Sports Safety Month

Autism Awareness Month

Mathematics Education Month