April 17

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2023 Daily Holidays that fall on April 17, include:

• Bat Appreciation Day 
  
• Blah Blah Blah Day 
• Boston Marathon - April 17, 2023 (Third Monday of April) 
• Ellis Island Family History Day 
• Ford Mustang Day 
• Herbalist Day 
• Income Tax Pay Day - April 17, 2023
• International Bat Appreciation Day 
• Malbec World Day 
• National Cheeseball Day 
• National Haiku Poetry Day
• National Kickball Day
• Nothing Like a Dame Day 
• Orthodox Easter Monday - April 17, 2023
• Patriot's Day - April 17, 2023 (Massachusetts and Maine) (Third Monday of April)
• Tax Day - April 17, 2023 (April 15 unless it falls on a weekend)
• World Hemophilia Day 

2023 Weekly Holidays that include April 17, are:

• Animal Cruelty / Human Violence Awareness Week - April 16-22, 2023 (Third Week in April)
• California Native Plant Week - April 15-22, 2023 
• Chemists Celebrate Earth Week - April 16-23, 2023 (Always includes Earth Day 4/22)
• Earth Week - April 14-22, 2023
• Holocaust Remembrance Day or Yom HaShoah - Evening of April 17, 2023 to Evening of April 18, 2023
• Holocaust Remembrance Week - April 16-23, 2023 (Starts the Sunday before Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and continues through the following Sunday)
• International Dark Sky Week - April 15-22, 2023
• International Trombone Week - April 16-23, 2023
• Money Smart Week - April 15-21, 2023
  
• National Coin Week - April 16-22, 2023 (Third Full Week of April)
• National Green Week - February 5 - April 30, 2023 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Osteopathic Medicine Week - April 17-23, 2023
• National Paperboard Packaging Week - April 16-22, 2023 (Includes Earth Day April 22nd)
• National Pet ID Week - April 16-22, 2023 (Third Week of April)
• National Student Leadership Week - April 16-22, 2023 (Third Week of April)
  
• National Volunteer Week - April 16-22, 2023 (Third Full Week in April)
• National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week - April 17-21, 2023
• Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week - April 16-22, 2023
• Ramadan - Evening of March 22, 2023 - Evening of April 20, 2023
• Undergraduate Research Week - April 17-20, 2023 (Different Universities have slightly different dates) 
• Yom HaShoah - Evening of April 17 to Evening of April 18, 2023

2023 Monthly Holidays that include April 17, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our April Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of April.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Boston Marathon - April 17, 2023 (Third Monday of April)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for April 17 is Aries.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for April are:

• Daisy - signifies innocence, loyal love, and purity
• Sweet Pea - signify blissful pleasure, but are also used to say good-bye.

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for April is the diamond, a symbol of enduring love.

Famous Birthdays

• 1820 - Alexander Cartwright, American inventor of Baseball (d. 1892)
• 1837 - J.P. Morgan, American banker who founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (d. 1913)
• 1918 - William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1923 - Harry Reasoner, American journalist (60 Minutes) (d. 1991)
• 1951 - Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress (played Juliet in the 1968 version of Romeo & Juliet)
• 1972 - Jennifer Garner, American actress (Alias)
• 1974 - Victoria Beckham - English singer (Spice Girls)
• 1984 - Rosanna Davison, Irish model and actress, Miss World 2003
• 1985 - Rooney Mara, America actress (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Famous Deaths

• 1790 - Benjamin Franklin, US Founding father, inventor, publisher, politician, and 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
• 1998 - Linda McCartney, wife of Beatle, Paul McCartney, singer-songwriter (Wings) (b. 1941)
• 2003 - Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist who created the Atkins diet (b. 1930)
• 2016 - Doris Roberts, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond) (b. 1925)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1929 - Babe Ruth marries his 2nd wife Claire Merritt
• 1993 - Susanna Hoffs, lead singer of The Bangles, marries director Jay Roach
• 2009 - Tennis player Andy Roddick, marries model and actress, Brooklyn Decker

Quote of the Day

April 17th is the death of Benjamin Franklin, so this quote of his seemed appropriate for the day!

Recipe of the Day or a
Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day

The Holidays and Observances Recipe or Food Tip of the Day for April 17, is to learn how to Cook from Scratch! Most of us do not even know what cooking from scratch means!

Cooking from scratch is a healthy diet habit that needs to be learned. It's easy, fun, and healthy!  Most of all, it will help with weight control!

Find out some more of the benefits of Cooking from Scratch from Kerry of Healthy Diet Habits. (link goes to her website)

This Day in History

• 1817 - 1st US school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut
• 1861 - The 8th state to secede from the Union is Virginia 
• 1907 - The Ellis Island immigration center in New York processed the most people in one day - 11,747 people
• 1924 - MGM Studios is formed by merging Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B. Mayer Co.
• 1937 - Daffy Duck, Elmer J. Fudd & Petunia Pig debut
• 1941- Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany during World War II
• 1949 - The Republic of Ireland was formed at midnight with a 21 gun salute when 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth
• 1961 - 1,400 Cuban exiles trained by the CIA land in the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow Castrol
• 1964 - Jerrie Mock because the 1st woman to fly solo around the world
• 1964 - Ford Mustangs are introduced in North American
• 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy
• 1973 - The GSG 9, German counter-terrorist unit is founded
• 1982 - Canada adopts its constitution
• 2013 - An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, kills 15 and injuries over 160 more

This Day in Music

• 1970 - Paul McCartney released his 1st solo album "McCartney"
• 1970 - Johnny Cash plays "A Boy Named Sue", at the White House, at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon
• 1971 - Joy to the World from Three Dog Night hits #1 for six weeks
• 1971 - Each of the four ex-Beatles has a solo single on the charts in the UK, George Harrison, 'My Sweet Lord', Ringo Starr, 'It Don't Come Easy', Paul McCartney with 'Another Day', and John Lennon, 'Power to the People'.

Above, is Paul McCartney's, 'Another Day', which was the first single he released on his first solo album "McCartney" that he released on this day in 1970. His wife Linda provided vocal harmonies on the original song. She passed away on this day, in 1998.

This Day in Sports

• 1869 - 1st professional baseball game between Cincinnati Reds (24), and Cincinnati Amateurs (15)
• 1920 - The American Professional Football Association forms 
• 1933 - The Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL game by beating NY Giants 23-21
• 1939 - Joe Louis KO's Jack Roper in 1 round and wins the heavyweight boxing title
• 1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts his 1st major league hit
• 1968 - Oakland A's play their 1st game in the Oakland-Alameda Stadium. They lose to the Baltimore Orioles 4-1.
• 1983 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500 batter

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!