April Fool's Day

Cigarette Ads Banned from Radio & TV (1970)

Apple Computer Founded (1976)

Intn'l Children's Book Day

Ponce de Leon Landed in Fla. (1513)

Philadelphia Mint Authorized (1792)

Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday (1805)

First Pony Express Service (1860)

Jane Goodall's Birthday (1934)

Pres. William H. Harrison Died (1841)

Martin L. King Jr. Assassinated (1968)

Pocahontas Married John Rolfe (1614)

Booker T. Washington's Birthday (1856)

Helen Keller First Learned Sign Language (1887)

First Modern Olympics (1896)

North Pole First Reached (1909)

U.S. Entered WWI (1917)

U.N. World Health Day

5,000 Suffragists Marched on Washington (1913)

Billie Holiday's Birthday (1915)

Passover Begins at Sundown

17th Amendment Ratified (1913)

Pablo Picasso Died (1973)

Nat'l D.A.R.E. Day

Civil War Ended (1865)

First Full-Color Film Shown (1914)

Encourage a Young Writer Day

Joseph Pulitzer's Birthday (1847)

1968 Civil Rights Act Signed (1968)

Persian Gulf War Cease-Fire (1991)

Easter

Civil War Began (1861)

First Man in Space (1961)

Nat'l Library Week

Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (1743)

Oxygen Tank Burst on Apollo 13 (1970)

Moment of Laughter Day

Webster's First Dictionary Copyrighted (1828)

Abraham Lincoln Assassinated (1865)

The Titanic Hit Iceberg (1912)

Jackie Robinson Day

Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday (1452)

Ray Kroc Acquired McDonald's (1955)

Wilbur Wright's Birthday (1867)

Wayne Gretzky Retired (1999)

Ben Franklin Died (1790)

Daffy Duck Debuted (1937)

Ford Mustang Debuted (1964)

Paul Revere Day

San Francisco Earthquake Killed 500 (1906)

First Game Played in Yankee Stadium (1923)

American Revolution Began (1775)

First Boston Marathon (1897)

Okla. City Bombing Killed 168 (1995)

Nat'l Playground Safety Week

Nat'l Volunteer Week

First Game Played at Fenway Park (1912)

Columbine High School Shooting Killed 15 (1999)

TV-Turnoff Week

Holocaust Remembrance Day

City of Rome Founded (753 BC)

Earth Day

Nat'l Jelly Bean Day

First Earth Day Observed (1970)

Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day

World Book & Copyright Day

Shakespeare's Birthday (1564)

James Earl Ray Died (1998)

Library of Congress Established (1800)

Mailbox Inventor Born (1815)

Spain Declared War on U.S. (1898)

First Use of Name "America" (1507)

First License Plates Required (1901)

Ella Fitzgerald's Birthday (1917)

John Wilkes Booth Killed (1865)

Studio 54 Disco Opened (1977)

Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Disaster (1986)

U.S. Steamship Explosion Killed 1,400 (1865)

Coretta Scott King's Birthday (1927)

James Monroe's Birthday (1758)

Maryland Admission Day (1788)

USDA Food Pyramid Revealed (1992)

Zipper Patented (1842)

Duke Ellington's Birthday (1899)

Louisiana Admission Day (1812)

Casey Jones Died (1900)

Vietnam War Ended (1975)

Cyclone Killed 131,000 in Bangladesh (1991)