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National Student Leadership Week (NSLW) is a theme-based week dedicated to recognizing and supporting the critical role of student leaders. Since 1972, the national office of the National Student Council, National Honor Society, and National Junior Honor Society have sponsored NSLW. Each year, chapters and councils are encouraged to plan a unique project to show how student leaders positively impact the school and community.

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Apr

Tea Day, Ntl. (UK): April 21

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Throughout the country, on National Tea Day in the United Kingdom, people hold tea parties to raise funds for charity. Participating tea houses have special events and tastings, lessons in afternoon tea etiquette, celebrity baking classes, and mixology courses. The celebration extended to a second day featuring the Fes-tea-val of Tea, usually held somewhere in London.

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Apr

Tiradentes Day (BR)(1789): April 21

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Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier, nicknamed Tiradentes (tooth puller), was a dentist in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. He led an uprising against the colonizers in 1789. He was executed on April 21, 1792, and is considered a hero in Brazil. Tiradentes Day is a national holiday in the country. Brazil achieved its independence from Portugal in 1824. It declared its independence on September 7, 1822.

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Apr

Undergraduate Research Week: April 21-25

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Many of the reports and white papers universities release result from the student-professor collaboration. Undergraduate Research Week honors the joint efforts of both groups and celebrates the results of their labor.

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Apr

Work Zone Awareness Week, Ntl.: April 21-25 (est)

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Each year in the spring, National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) brings national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in work zones. Since 1999, FHWA has worked with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) to coordinate and sponsor the event. Over the years, other transportation partners have joined the effort to support NWZAW. In addition to a National event conducted each year, many States host their NWZAW events.

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Apr

Youth Violence Prevention Week: April 21-25 (est)

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Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is proud to be a founding partner of the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. This campaign aims to raise awareness and educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth Violence. This week-long national education initiative involves activities that demonstrate the positive role young people can have in making their school and community safer. SAVE through Sandy Hook Promise serves as the crossroads to the campaign and provides countless resources to prepare for the event, including the official campaign Action Kit that serves as a step-by-step planning guide, suggestions for how each sector of the community can support the campaign, activity ideas, links to national organizations sponsoring the event, articles, and interviews on violence prevention, and much, much more!

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Apr

Earth Day: April 22

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Earth Day began in 1970 to give voice to an emerging consciousness and channel human energy toward environmental issues. Earth Day is an opportunity for humans to conserve resources on earth, show our gratitude by planting trees and focus on using renewable resources.

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Apr

Girl Scout Leader Day: April 22

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On Girl Scout Leader Say, all the volunteers who work or have worked as leaders and mentors to Girl Scouts are honored by the girls and their families. Currently, over 800,000 adults lead or work with troops.

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Apr

Jelly Bean Day, Ntl.: April 22

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National Jelly Bean Day celebrates the Civil War-era candy. Jelly beans, originally "Boston beans," are a product of the American Civil War, introduced in 1861 by Boston candy maker William Schrafft. As part of his marketing campaign, he encouraged patrons to send jelly beans to troops in the Union Army. The first mention of jelly beans in the press was in an advertisement on July 5, 1905. During the 1930s, jelly beans, chocolate bunnies, and eggs became a staple of Easter celebrations. By the 1980s, jelly beans had achieved high office, with President Ronald Reagan insisting upon a bowl of jelly beans in his office.

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Apr

Oklahoma Day (1889): April 22

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Oklahoma Day, celebrated every year since 1889, marks the anniversary of the state's founding on April 22, 1889. Throughout the state, events celebrate its founding, including school lessons, wildlife exhibitions, museum events, and live concerts.

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Apr

Administrative Professionals Day, Ntl.: April 23

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Administrative Professionals Day falls on the Wednesday of Administrative Professionals Week. Since 1952, The International Association of Administrative Professionals has honored office workers by sponsoring Administrative Professionals Week. Each year, administrative professionals are recognized for their skills and loyalty, attributes upon which every office depends. More than 22 million administrative and office support professionals are working in the United States.

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Apr

Beef Week, Great British (UK): April 23-30

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Great British Beef Week (GBBW) increases awareness of the quality and versatility of assured British beef. It raises vital funds for those in need in the farming industry by partnering with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI).

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Apr

Book and Copyright Day, World (1616): April 23

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On April 23, 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors, such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K. Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla, and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. With so many notable authors tied to the date, April 23 became a natural choice for UNESCO to pay tribute to books and authors and needed a date. World Book and Copyright Day urges young people to discover the pleasure of reading while becoming familiar with those who have furthered humanity's social and cultural progress.

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Apr

Cheesecake Day (Cherry), Ntl.: April 23

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National Cherry Cheesecake Day celebrates the decadent dessert made of cream cheese, eggs, flour, vanilla, and sugar with a crushed graham cracker base topped with cherry glaze. Cheesecake is one of the world’s oldest desserts. Aegimus, a Greek physician in the third century BC, made the earliest record of a cheesecake.

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Apr

Children's Day (TR)(1920): April 23

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Children's Day is also referred to as National Sovereignty Day in Türkiye and marks the creation of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the day Türkiye became a sovereign nation following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. This day was first celebrated in 1929. In 1979, the United Nations adopted this day as International Children's Day.

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