Surfing the Calendar:
April

National Kite Month	April
Financial Literacy Month	April
California Earthquake Preparedness Month	April
National Humor Month	April
National Mathematics Education Month	April
National Poetry Month	April
Zoos: Zoo and Aquarium Month	April
Aquariums: Zoo and Aquarium Month	April
King George III Reacts to the Boston Tea Party by Closing the Boston Port	Apr 1, 1774
April Fools' Day	Apr 1, 2008
National Week of the Ocean	Apr 1, 2008
SAT Registration Deadline	Apr 1, 2008
Ponce de León Discovers Florida	Apr 2, 1513
Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday	Apr 2, 1805
Death of Pope John Paul II	Apr 2, 2005
Square Root Day	Apr 4, 2016
Booker T. Washington's Birthday	Apr 5, 1856
World Health Day	Apr 7, 2006
Civil War Ended	Apr 9, 1865
Jumbo the Elephant Arrives in US	Apr 9, 1882
National D.A.R.E. Day	Apr 10, 2008
Safety Pin Patented	Apr 10, 1848
Spain Cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain	Apr 11, 1713
Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine Declared Safe and Effective	Apr 12, 1955
First Space Shuttle Launch	Apr 12, 1981
Civil War Begins with Confederate Attack on Fort Sumter	Apr 12, 1861
Alfred Butts' (Inventor of Scrabble) Birthday	Apr 13, 1899
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday	Apr 13, 1743
National Library Week	Apr 13-19, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday	Apr 15, 1452
Titanic Disaster	Apr 15, 1912
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride	Apr 18, 1775
San Francisco Earthquake	Apr 18, 1906
Revolutionary War Begins with Shot Heard 'Round the World	Apr 19, 1775
Passover	Apr 20, 2008
National Park Week	Apr 19-27, 2008
John Muir's Birthday	Apr 21, 1838
Lyrids Meteor Shower	Apr 21-22, 2008
Earth Day	Apr 22, 2008
Ecology Games for Earth Day	Apr 22, 2008
Endangered Species for Earth Day	Apr 22, 2008
Shakespeare's Birthday	Apr 23, 1564
National Playground Safety Week	Apr 21-25, 2008
World Penguin Day	Apr 25, 2008
Hubble Space Telescope Launched by Space Shuttle Discovery	Apr 25, 1990
Italy Liberation Day	Apr 25, 1945
Arbor Day	Apr 25, 2008
Whydah Pirate Ship Sank Off the New England Coast	Apr 26, 1717
Richter Scale Day	Apr 26, 2008
Ulysses S. Grant's Birthday	Apr 27, 1822
National Volunteer Week	Apr 27-May 2, 2008
Vietnam Liberation Day	Apr 30, 1975
U.S. Buys Louisiana Territory from France	Apr 30, 1803

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