April 25

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on April 25, include:

• ANZAC Day - (Australia and New Zealand)
• Celebrate Teen Literature Day - April 25, 2024 (Thursday of National Library Week)
• DNA Day 
• East Meets West Day 
• Hairstylist Appreciation Day 
• International Financial Independence Awareness Day 
• International Girls in Information and Telecommunication Technologies Day - April 25, 2024 (Fourth Thursday in April)
• License Plates Day 
• Love Your Thighs Day - April 25, 2024 (Fourth Thursday in April)
• Malaria Awareness Day 
• National Crayola Day
• National Mani-Pedi Day 
• National Plumbers Day 
• National Teach Children to Save Day - April 25, 2024 (Fourth Thursday in April)
• National Telephone Day 
• National Zucchini Bread Day 
• Parental Alienation Awareness Day (PAAD) 
• Red Hat Society Day 
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day - April 25, 2024 (Fourth Thursday in April)
• Technologies Day - April 25, 2024 (Fourth Thursday in April)
• Thank You Thursday - April 25, 2024 (6 Days Before the First Wednesday in May)
• World Malaria Day 
• World Penguin Day 

Today is World Penguin Day - here are a couple of adorable baby penguins!

2024 Weekly Holidays that include April 25, are:

• Administrative Professional's Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
• American Quilters Society Week - April 24-27, 2024
• Animal Cruelty / Human Violence Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Full Week in April)
• Bedbug Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week in April)
• Canadian Immunization Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week in April) 
• Chemists Celebrate Earth Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Always includes Earth Day 4/22)
• Every Kid Healthy Week - April 22-26, 2024 (Monday-Friday of Last Full Week in April)
  
• Fibroid Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week in April)
• Gathering of Nations PowWow - April 25-27, 2024
• International Wildlife Film Week - April 20-25, 2024 
  
• National African Violet Week - April 21-28, 2024
• National Coin Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Full Week of April)
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week - April 21-27, 2024
• National Dance Week - April 19-28, 2024 
  
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Infants Immunization Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Infertility Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Karaoke Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
• National Organ / Tissue Donor Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week of April)
  
• National Paperboard Packaging Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Includes Earth Day April 22nd)
  
• National Park Week - April 20-28 2024 (Entrance fees are waived at all National Parks on April 20, 2024)
• National Playground Safety Week - April 22-26, 2024 (Last Monday - Friday week in April)
  
• National Princess Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
• National Scoop the Poop Week - April 24-30
• National Student Leadership Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Week of April)
• National Volunteer Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Full Week in April)
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 18, 2024 - May 4, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Passover (also known as Pesach) - Evening of April 22 - Evening of April 30, 2024
• Pesach (also known as Passover) - Evening of April 22 - Evening of April 30, 2024
• Sky Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week in April)
  
• UN Global Road Safety Week - April 23-29
• World Immunization Week - April 24-30
• World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Week that surrounds April 24th each year) 

2024 Monthly Holidays that include April 25, 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)

• Festival of Ridvan - April 20 - May 2, 2024

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for April 25 is Taurus.

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

• 1599 - Oliver Cromwell - English General and politician (d. 1658)
• 1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (d. 1996)
• 1940 - Al Pacino, American actor and director (Godfather, Scorpio)
• 1944 - Len Goodman, English dancer (Judge on Dancing with the Stars)
• 1961 - Dinesh D'Souza, American author, speaker, and filmmaker (2016: Obama's America and America)
• 1969 - Renee Zellweger, American actress and producer (Bridget Jones's Diary)

The film, America, by Dinesh D'souza came out Summer of 2014. Above is the Official Trailer.

Famous Deaths

• 1878 - Anna Sewell, English author of Black Beauty (b. 1820)
• 2009 - Beatrice Arthur (Bea), American actress, comedian, singer (All in the Family, Maude, Golden Girls) (b. 1922)
• 2023 - Harry Belafonte, American singer, actor, and civil rights activist. He received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony (EGOT) during his career (b. 1927)

Above, is the final clip from the movie, Black Beauty, written by Anna Sewell who was born on March 30, 1820, and died on April 25, 1878.  This was one of my favorite books when I was growing up - can't tell you how many times I read it!

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1981 - Maureen Reagan, marries her 3rd husband, Dennis Revell

Quote of the Day

This is a fascinating video of the Morris Frank, who had the 1st guide dog in America, Buddy.  He co-founded The Seeing Eye, Inc.  At the start of the clip, he states...."As I put my hands down on Buddy, I knew that she was going to be my declaration of independence, and give me back the freedom that I so long desired to go and come as I pleased"....

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

April 25th, is National Zucchini Bread Day! So, for our Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for April 25, we are using Kerry's Lightened Zucchini Bread Recipe that has some healthier substitutions.

Sweet treats, can be made healthier and kept in your diet.  Rather than practice deprivation and denial, lighten recipes!

This Day in History

• 1846 - Conflict over the disputed border of Texas, starts the Mexican-American War
• 1859 - Ground broken for the building of the Suez Canal
• 1898 - The U.S. declares war on Spain which starts the Spanish-American War
• 1901 - New York becomes the 1st U.S. state to require auto license plates with a fee of $1
• 1915 - 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I
• 1916 - ANZAC Day is commemorated for the fist time on the anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove in Turkey
• 1928 - The first guide dog for US Citizen, Morris Frank, is Buddy, a German Shepherd
• 1945 - The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy
• 1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to shipping and links the Greats Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
• 1960 - The 1st submerged circumnavigation of the Earth is completed by the U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton
• 1993 - Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as their leader

This Day in Music

• 1792 - La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
• 1956 - Elvis Presley's, 'Heartbreak Hotel' hits #1
• 1970 - Freda Payne releases 'Band of Gold'
• 1970 - The Jackson Five's 'ABC', hits #1 for two weeks
• 1979 - The Police made their debut performing 'Roxanne', on BBC TV's, 'Top of the Pops'
• 1982 - Paul McCarney and Stevie Wonder's song, 'Ebony and Ivory', hits #1 in the UK
• 1987 - Cutting Crew's, 'I Just Died in Your Arms', hits #1
• 1987 - U2's album 'The Joshua Tree' hits #1 on the US album chart and remains for 5 weeks at the top
• 2009 - Rascal Flatts album, 'Unstoppable' hits #1

Above, is Cutting Crew's, 'I Just Died in Your Arms', which hit #1 on this day in 1987.

Please check out our Music Holidays page!

This Day in Sports

• 1876 - 1st NL game for the Chicago Cubs - they beat Louisville 4-0
• 1901 - One of the greatest comebacks in baseball - Detroit Tigers in the last of the 9th inning, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs for the win
• 1951 - American Bowling Congress approves the use of an automatic pinsetter
• 1985 - Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals (for the 2nd time) in a Cup game
• 1997 - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th Home Run

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!