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Explore Your Career Options Week: April 6-...
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If you have been thinking about a career change, this is the week to explore your options. Consider courses you can take or research industries that interest you and perhaps discover your next adventure.
January
America Saves Week: April 7-11
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America Saves Week (also called Military Saves Week when targeted at active service members) is coordinated by America Saves and the America Savings Education Council. The week is an annual opportunity fo...
January
Genocide Remembrance Day (RW)(1994): April...
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April 7, 1994, witnessed the beginning of one the largest massacres of the 20th century, the Rwanda Genocide. It resulted from a civil war between two ethnic groups: the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu-led...
January
Draw a Picture of a Bird Day (1946): April...
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Dab Day, or Draw a Picture of a Bird Day, is celebrated by soldiers, medical personnel, and their families. Its origin is a story from 1943. It is the story of Dorie Cooper, a seven-year-old girl livin...
January
Anniversary of Nazi Invasion (DK)(1940): A...
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On April 9 each year, Denmark marks the anniversary of the beginning of the five-year occupation (1940 - 1945) by Nazi forces of the Third Reich. Throughout the country, you'll witness the flag of Denmark...
January
Appomattox Day (1865): April 9
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On this day, April 9, 1865, (which was also Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is the day Christians celebrate Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem and the Sunday before the resurrection), General Lee's of the Confederate A...
January
Araw Ng Kagitingan (PH)(1942): April 9
Daily
Araw Ng Kagitingan, or the Day of Valor in the Philippines, marks the anniversary of the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. Locally it is commemorated through the re-enactment of the Death March. The Japane...
January
Deir Yassin Massacre (PS/IL)(1948): April...
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Early on the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of Menachem Begin's Irgun and the Stern Gang, classified as Zionist terrorist groups internationally, attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750 Palest...
January
Jenkins' Ear Day (UK)(1731): April 9
Daily
Wars start for all kinds of reasons, silly and not. In this case, British mariner Robert Jenkins' ear was the reason. Jenkins' ship, the Rebecca, was off the coast of Jamaica when the Spanish Coast Guar...
January
Martyrs' Day (TN)(1938): April 9
Daily
On April 9, 1938, thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Tunis, protesting French colonial rule and demanding a Tunisian parliament on their behalf. The French put down the protest, shooting into t...
January
Prisoners of War Remembrance Day, Ntl.: Ap...
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President Obama proclaimed National Prisoners of War Remembrance Day in the U.S. in 2012. On this day, Americans are asked to honor American prisoners of war, both former and present.
January
Yellow Ribbon Day, Ntl. (2004): April 9
Daily
Created by a congressional resolution, National Yellow Ribbon Day highlights the historical significance of the yellow ribbon symbol, first used in the United States to promote national unity and remembra...
January
Commodore Perry Day (1794): April 10
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Matthew Calbraith Perry became a Commodore in the US Navy. In 1854, he successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Japan and the United States. He died four years later, and April 10, 1794, is the day...
January
Juan Santamaria Day (CR)(1856): April 11
Daily
Juan Santamaria is a hero in Costa Rica and throughout Central America. Mercenary and American pro-slavery advocate William Walker saw that slavery would end soon in the United States. His answer was to...
January
Liberation Day (UG)(1979): April 11
Daily
If you’ve ever heard the name Idi Amin, one of the most brutal dictators of the modern era, then you know what this day is all about. On April 11, 1979, the people of Uganda, with the help of Tanzania, su...
January
Submarine Day, Ntl. (1900): March 11
Daily
National Submarine Day in the United States marks the anniversary of the US Navy’s acquisition of its first modern submarine, the Holland VI, on April 11, 1900. The Holland VI is not the first submarine...
January
Fire Service Day, Ntl.(IN)(1944): April 14
Daily
India's National Fire Service Day and Week are observed on April 14 every year to commemorate the lives lost in the Mumbai Dock Fire of 1944, one of the most devastating fires in Indian history. The day a...
January
Fire Service Week, Ntl. (IN)(1944: April 1...
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India's National Fire Service Day and Week are observed on April 14 every year to commemorate the lives lost in the Mumbai Dock Fire of 1944, one of the most devastating fires in Indian history. The day a...
January
Palestinian Prisoners' Day (IL)(PS): April...
Daily
First held in 1974, Palestinian Prisoners' Day raises awareness of the over one million people, many of whom are children, that have been arrested and detained by the nation-state of Israel, often without...
January
Newspaper Columnists Day (1945): April 18*
Daily
Newspaper Columnist Day celebrates the work and life of Ernest T. Pyle, an American newsman famous for his ability to make the ordinary and everyday extraordinary. Pyle won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for co...
January
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