2023 Daily Holidays that fall on April 2, include:
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. - April 2, 2023 (Four Days Before Passover)
Geologists Day - April 2, 2023 (First Sunday in April)
International Children's Book Day
International Fact-Checking Day
National Ferret Day
National Love Your Produce Manager Day
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Palm Sunday - April 2, 2023 (The Sunday one week prior to Easter)
Pascua Florida Day - April 2, 2023, but Observed on April 3, 2023 (Usually on April 2nd) (Local Observance in Florida State)
Reconciliation Day
World Autism Acceptance Day
World Autism Awareness Day
2023 Weekly Holidays that include April 2, are:
American Crossword Puzzles Week - March 31 - April 2, 2023
APAWS International Pooper Scooper Week - April 1-7
Bat Appreciation Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week of April)
Be Kind to Spiders Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week of April)
Explore Your Career Options Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week of April)
Golden Rule Week - April 1-7
Holy Week - April 2-8, 2023 (Begins on Palm Sunday and Ends on Holy Saturday)
International Pooper Scooper Week - April 1-7
Laugh at Work Week - April 1-7
Lent - February 22 - April 8, 2023 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 9, 2023)
Medication Safety Week - April 1-7
NanoDays - March 25 - April 2, 2023
National Blue-Ribbon Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week of April)
National Green Week - February 5 - April 30, 2023 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
National Medic Alert Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week of April)
National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week - April 2-8, 2023
National Public Health Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week in April)
National Raw Feeding Week - April 1-7
National Window Safety Week - April 2-8, 2023 (First Full Week of April)
Orthodox Lent - February 22 - April 8, 2023 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
Passiontide - March 26 - April 8, 2023 (Passion Week + Holy Week)
Ramadan - Evening of March 22, 2023 - Evening of April 20, 2023
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week - April 1-7
Week of the Young Child - April 1-7, 2023
World Irish Dancing Week - April 2-9, 2023
2023 Monthly Holidays that include April 2, 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:
A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
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.
Light It Up Blue on April 2, for World Autism Awareness Day
Please see Kerry's Pregnancy and Autism page on her Healthy Diet Habits website for safety tips if you are Pregnant, or plan on becoming Pregnant. (Kerry has an autistic boy, Nate, so she has done much research in this area!)
World Festivals and Events (Date Order)
National Cherry Blossom Festival - March 20 - April 16, 2023 (Washington D.C.)
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for April 2 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
1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
1875 – Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer, founder of the Chrysler Corporation (d. 1940)
1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) (d. 2003)
1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress (NCIS: Los Angeles)
1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer
1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, True Blood)
1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter
Famous Deaths
1872 – Samuel F. B. Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
1987 – Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1917)
2005 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
2015 - Robert H. Schuller, American televangelist, (Hour of Prayer) pastor and author (b. 1926)
Famous Weddings and Divorces
1836 - English novelist and social critic Charles Dickens weds Catherine Thomson Hogarth
1967 - Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
2011 - Michael Vartan, American Actor (Alias) weds Lauren Skaar
Quote of the Day
World Autism Awareness Day is April 2nd - It's Okay to Be Different!!
Recipe of the Day or a Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day
April is Global Child Nutrition Month! The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day for April 2, is a 10 page section on Healthy Kids, from Kerry, of Healthy Diet Habits. She has lots of tips on Children's Nutrition, Healthy Diet Habits for Kids, Healthy Cooking for kids, and some Stealthy Healthy Cooking tips to sneak more vegetables in your kids meals, plus lots more!
This Day in History
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida, and claims it for Spain
1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
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