April 15

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on April 15, include:

• Anime Day 
• Father Damien Day 
  
• Income Tax Pay Day - April 15, 2024
• Jackie Robinson Day 
• McDonald's Day 
• Microvolunteering Day 
• National ASL Day (American Sign Language) 
• National Glazed Spiral Ham Day 
• National Griper's Day 
• National Laundry Day 
• One Boston Day 
• One Day Without Shoes 
• Patriot's Day - April 15, 2024 (Massachusetts and Maine) (Third Monday of April)
• Rubber Eraser Day 
• Take a Wild Guess Day 
• Tax Day - April 15, 2024 (April 15 unless it falls on a weekend)
• That Sucks Day 
• Titanic Remembrance Day 
• Universal Day of Culture 
• World Art Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include April 15, are:

• Astronomy Week (Spring) - April 14-20, 2024
• California Native Plant Week - April 13-20, 2024 
• National Animal Control Appreciation Week - April 14-20, 2024 (Second Full Week in April)
  
• National Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week - April 14-20, 2024 (Second Full Week in April)
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week - April 14-20, 2024 (Second Full Week of April)
• National Student Employment Week - April 14-20, 2024 (Second Full Week of April)
  
• National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week - April 15-19, 2024
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 18, 2024 - May 4, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Pan American Week - April 14-20, 2024 (Week that includes April 14th)
• Undergraduate Research Week - April 15-19, 2024 (Different Universities have slightly different dates) 

2024 Monthly Holidays that include April 15, 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 15, 2024 (Third Monday of April)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for April 15 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

• 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, scientist, and architect (d. 1519)
• 1684 - Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27) (d. 1727)
• 1890 - Percy Shaw, English businessman who invented the "cat's eye" (the raised pavement markers) (d. 1976)
• 1892 - Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American author (The Hiding Place), and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)
• 1894 - Bessie Smith, American jazz singer and actress who was nicknamed the Empress of the Blues (d. 1937)
• 1933 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (Bewitched) (d. 1995)
• 1951 - Heloise, American journalist and author
• 1959 - Emma Thompson, English actress and screenwriter
• 1982 - Seth Rogen, Canadian-American comedian, actor, director, producer and screenwriter

Famous Deaths

• 1865 - Abraham Lincoln, American politician and 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1912 - Victims of the RMS Titanic that sank after striking an iceberg. In all more than 1,500 people died, including John Jacob Astor IV, an American colonel and businessman.

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1978 - Danielle Steel, novelist weds William George Toth
• 1994 - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marries Mary Richardson
• 2011 - Christian Aquilera, pop singer, divorces Jordan Bratman, music executive after 5 years of marriage

Quote of the Day

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

Weight loss mistakes trip us up! Weight loss is complex, but doable. There are a few mistakes that catch most of us at one time or another. Let’s locate those and put them away for good.

See the Top 20 Weight Loss Mistakes from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits!

This Day in History

• 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot by John Wilkes Booth the previous evening. VP Andrew Johnson becomes President
• 1892 - The General Electric (GE) Company is formed
• 1912 - The RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20am after hitting an iceberg. 710 of the 2,227 passengers/crew on board survive
• 1923 - Insulin becomes available for use by people with diabetes
• 1924 Rand McNally publishes it first road atlas
• 1964 - The first Ford Mustang is finished two days before it goes on sale nationwide
• 1969 - North Korea shoots down a US Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board
• 2014 - 200 female students are abducted in Borno State, Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram
• 2019 - The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is damaged by a large fire

This Day in Music

• 1961 - After 1375 performances, "Music Man" closed at the Majestic Theater in New York City
• 1989 - "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles starts a 4 week run at #1 on the UK Singles chart
  
• 1989 - "She Drives Me Crazy" by The Fine Young Cannibals hits #1 on the US singles chart

This Day in Sports

• 1896 - The Games of the Olympiad in Athens, Greece close
• 1910 - William H. Taft is the first US President to throw out the 1st ball at a baseball game
• 2013 - Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others
• 1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st African-American drafted to play for the Dodgers major league baseball team

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!