April 4

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on April 4, include:

• 404 Day 
• Bonza Bottler Day 
• Hug a Newsperson Day 
  
• International Carrot Day 
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 
• Jeep 4x4 Day 
• National Burrito Day - April 4, 2024 (First Thursday in April)
• National Cordon Bleu Day 
• NATO Day
• Tell a Lie Day
• Victims of Violence Holy Day 
  
• Vitamin C Day 
• Walk Around Things Day 
• World Rat Day

2024 Weekly Holidays that include April 4, are:

• APAWS International Pooper Scooper Week - April 1-7
• Golden Rule Week - April 1-7
• Hate Week - April 4-10
• International Dark Sky Week - April 2-8, 2024
• International Pooper Scooper Week - April 1-7
• Laugh at Work Week - April 1-7
• Medication Safety Week - April 1-7
• NanoDays - March 30 - April 7, 2024 (Last Weekend in March - First Weekend in April)
• National Bake Week - April 1-7, 2024 (Begins First Monday of April)
• National Dental Hygienist Week - April 4-10
• National Egg Salad Week - April 1-7, 2024 (Week after Easter starting the Day after Easter for 7 days)
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Raw Feeding Week - April 1-7
  
• National Wildlife Week - April 1-7, 2024
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 18, 2024 - May 4, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Ramadan - Evening of March 10, 2024 - Evening of April 8, 2024
  
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Week - April 1-7
• World Hula Week - March 31 - April 6, 2024 (Begins on Easter Sunday)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include April 4, 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)

• National Cherry Blossom Festival - March 20 - April 14, 2024 (Washington D.C.)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for April 4 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

• 1932 – Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records
• 1932 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (Norman Bates in Psycho) (d. 1992)
• 1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor
• 1956 – David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 – Robert Downey, Jr., American actor (Iron Man), singer, screenwriter, and producer
• 1979 - Heath Ledger, Actor (d. 2008)
• 2012 – Grumpy Cat

Famous Deaths

• 1841 – William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
• 1941 - Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer
• 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
• 1983 - Gloria Swanson, American singer, actress and producer (b. 1899)
• 1993 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American game designer, invented Scrabble (b. 1899)
• 2013 – Roger Ebert, US journalist, critic, and screenwriter (Siskel & Ebert) (b. 1942)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 2001 - Brooke Shields, actress and model, marries Chris Henchy, sitcom writer.

Quote of the Day

Golden Rule Week is observed April 1-7. The Golden Rule is actually a Bible Principle that can be found in several places.  Luke 6:31 states "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you". 

Even if you do not believe in God, and the Bible, I think that everyone can agree that this is just a great personal rule to live by!

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

The month of April is NATIONAL FOOD MONTH. That leaves it pretty wide open, so our Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day for April 4th, is to learn about Healthy Foods.  Healthy foods lead to healthy families!

In a perfect world, we would all go to our nearest local grocer to buy foods that were not treated with hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, any chemicals, or genetically modified foods.  Foods would be healthy food! 

Learn more from Kerry's Heathy Diet Habits website Healthy Foods section.

This Day in History

• 1147 - First historical record of Moscow, Russia.
• 1581 – Francis Drake, who successfully completed a circumnavigation of the world, is knighted.
• 1818 - U.S. Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and a star for each state. (20 States at the time)
• 1841 - U.S. President William Henry Harrison, dies in office of pneumonia, and has the shortest time served as President.
• 1850 - Los Angeles, CA is incorporated as a City.
• 1873 - The Kennel Club is founded as the first registry of purebred dogs in the World.
• 1887 - Susanna Salter is elected in Argonia, Kansas, as the first female Mayor in the U.S. 
• 1916 - U.S. Senate votes 82-6 to participate in World War I
• 1933 - The USS Akron, a U.S. Navy airship is wrecked off of the New Jersey coast in severe weather.
• 1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is created with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by twelve Nations.
• 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
• 1968 - NASA launches Apollo 6.
• 1969 - An American Heart Surgeon, Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first artificial heart.
• 1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is dedicated.
• 1975 - Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
• 1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
• 2023 - Finland becomes a member of NATO

This Day in Music

• 1964 - The Beatles hold the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Chart.
• 1970 - Crosby Stills Nash & Young's Deja Vu hits #1
• 1971 - The Temptations, Just My Imagination, hits #1
• 1990 - Gloria Estefan is released from the hospital after her accident.
• 1992 - The Beastie Boys play instruments at a show in Los Angeles for the first time.

Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

This Day in Sports

• 1974 - Hank Aaron hits his 714th home run and ties Babe Ruth's home run record.
• 1988 - Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to drive the quarter mile in under 5 seconds.

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!