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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day'.
[The Hankster says] One of the great food marriages of all time. I ate hundreds of them as a kid and still love them today. Actually hundreds might be a little short, since one reference I read, said that a kid will eat over 2000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches by the time they graduate from high school. I am running a spreadsheet, and if I find that I have not fulfilled by duty as an 'average kid', will commence immediately to rectify the indignity. Now, where did I put my glass of ice cold milk?
Well, I don't understand this one. Tomorrow is 'Tell A Lie Day'.
[The Hankster says] Wasn't that today, April 1?
Tomorrow is 'National Reconciliation Day' A day on which to patch up relationships.
[The Hankster says] A relationship between two people can only last as long as both are alive. Tomorrow is as good a as any, to make the effort and avoid missing the opportunity. Apologies over a grave are too late for one and too painful for the other.
Awareness days tomorrow.
- 'International Children's Book Day'. Since 1976 by the International Board on Books for Young People and celebrated on the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen.
- 'World Autism Day'. Since December 18, 2007 by the United Nations.
- 'National Ferret Day'. Awareness of the animals as pets. There welfare, care, nutrition and responsible ownership.
- 'Love Your Produce Manager Day'. To 'honor exemplary customer service in U.S. supermarket produce departments'.
Frank Lloyd Wright once said 'Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.'
[The Hankster says] Lets look back to April 2 in the past and see who laid a cornerstone that lasted and who designed and built our, now and our children's, future.
In 1513, Ponce de Leon lands in Florida.
In 1902, Tally's Electric Theater in Los Angeles is the first motion picture theater built just to show motion pictures. The cost was 10 cents for a ticket.
In 1917, United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany, to bring the U.S. into WW I.
In 1942, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'American Patrol'.
In 1964, The Beach Boys recorded 'I Get Around'.
In 1968,- Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' is released.
In 1974, At the 46th Academy Awards,
- Best Picture is 'The Sting'.
- Best Actor is Jack Lemmon for 'Save the Tiger'.
- Best Actress is Glenda Jackson for 'A Touch of Class'.
- Best Supporting Actor is John Houseman for 'The Paper Chase'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Tatum O'Neal for 'Paper Moon'.
- Best Original Song is 'The Way We Were' from 'The Way We Were'.
In 1977, Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks.
In 1978, Velcro goes on sale. The term is from 'combining two French words — Vel for velvet and Cro for crochet'.
In 1978, The TV show 'Dallas' premieres.
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Food Holiday:
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
Fresh Florida Tomato Month
National BLT Sandwich Month
National Florida Tomato Month
National Food Month
National Garlic Month
National Grilled Cheese Month
National Pecan Month
National Soft Pretzel Month
National Soy Foods Month
Other:
Alcohol Awareness Month
Arab American Heritage Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Counseling Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Fair Housing Month
Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Informed Woman Month
International Amateur Radio Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Library Snapshot Month
Listening Awareness Month
Mathematics Education Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
Multicultural Communication Month
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Anxiety Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Cancer Control Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Decorating Month
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Facial Protection Month
National Frog Month
National Garden Month
National Greyhound Adoption Month
National Heartworm Awareness Month
National Humor Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Minority Health Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Poetry Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Safe Digging Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)'s Education and Awareness Month
National Sjogren's Syndrome Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Parliamentary Law Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month
Prevention of Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month of Action
Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
April is:
April origin (from Wikipedia):
'The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis but the derivation of
this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire,
'to open', in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin
to 'open', which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of
(anoixis) (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named
in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her
Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that
April was the second month of the earliest Roman calendar, before
Ianuarius and Februarius were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC.
It became the fourth month of the calendar year (the year when twelve
months are displayed in order) during the time of the decemvirs about
450 BC, when it also was given 29 days. The 30th day was added during
the reform of the calendar undertaken by Julius Caesar in the mid-40s BC,
which produced the Julian calendar.'
April
'is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the
Northern Hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere,
where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the
Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.'
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