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Fun Facts Traditional birthstone: diamond Mystical birthstone: opal Ayurvedic birthstone: diamond Flower: pink sweet pea Chinese Floral Emblem: double cherry Sun Signs: Aries / Taurus Dates Vary Year to Year 1st Sunday: Budoha Day, Hawaii 1st Sunday: Wesak, Buddha's Birthday 2nd Friday: Audubon Day 3rd Monday: Patriot's Day, Massachusetts, Maine 4th Thursday: Take Our Daughters to Work Day Last Friday: Arbor Day Lask Week of April: The Tulip Festival 3rd Sunday before Lent: Septuagesima Sunday 2nd Sunday before Lent: Sexagesima Sunday Sunday before Lent: Fasching Sunday Sunday before Ash Wednesday: Shrovetide begins Day before Shrove Tuesday: Rose Monday Day before Ash Wednesday: Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day Day before Ash Wednesday: Carnival, Mardi Gras, Feb. 21, 2012 40 Days before Easter: Ash Wednesday, Lent begins 1st Sunday in Lent: Quadragesima Sunday 1st Monday after Lent: Blue Monday Sunday before Easter: Palm Sunday Sunday before Easter: Fig Pudding Day Thursday before Easter: Maundy Thursday Friday before Easter:  Good Friday Saturday before Easter: Easter Even 14th day after the 1st spring full moon, nearest Sunday: Easter, Apr. 8, 2012 14th Day of Nisan, 7th Jewish month: Passover begins Weekly Observances ~1st Week~ Cherry Blossom Festival National Bake Week begins 1st Monday National Reading a Road Map Week ~2nd Week~ Be Kind to Animals Week TV Turn-Off Week National Building Safety Week National Guitar Week National Home Safety Week National Library Week ~3rd Week~ Astronomy Week  Bike Safety Week Lefty Awareness Week Pan American Week National Coin Week National Volunteer Week ~4th Week~ Consumer Protection Week Forest Week Jewish Heritage Week Keep Amerca Beautiful Week Reading Is Fun Week National TV-Free Week Teacher Appreciation Week begins Last Monday Monthly Observances Alcohol Awareness Month Autism Awareness Month Child Abuse Prevention Month International Amateur Radio Month International Guitar Month Keep America Beautiful Month Listening Awareness Month Mathematics Education Month National Garden Month National Home Improvement Month National Humor Month National STD Education and Awareness Month National Woodworking Month Stress Awareness Month Thai Heritage Month

Daily Observances 1 April Fool's Day Loki's Day, Norse St. Melito's Day 2 Green Day International Children's Book Day National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day 3 National Chocolate Mousse Day National Find-A-Rainbow Day St. Irene's Day 4 Art Deco Day National Cordon Bleu Day National Reading a Roadmap Day St. Ambrose's Day 5 Ching Ming Festival Fortuna, Festival of Good Luck German-Americans Day National Raisin and Spice Bar Day 6 Chakri Day, Thailand Dogwood Festival Fete of the Little Boats, France National Caramel Popcorn Day 7 Museum Day National Coffee Cake Day National Teacher Appreciation Day No Housework Day World Health Day 8 Buddha's Birthday, Japan, Thailand Cosmonaut's Day Hana Matsuri, Flower Festival, Japan National Empanada Day 9 Bataan Day Churchill Day National Chinese Almond Cookie Day St. Casilda's Day 10 Humane Day National Cinnamon Crescent Day St. Fulbert's Day St. Hedda's Day 11 Dandelion Day Schmeckfest, German Food Festival St. Stanislaus' Day National Cheese Fondue Day 12 Cerealia Festival to Preserve Corn Look Up At the Sky Day National Licorice Day St. Zeno's Day 13 Fisherman's Festival Huguenot Day, France National Peach Cobbler Day Songkran Festival, Singapore 14 National Pecan Day St. Peter Gonzalez's Day St. Tiburtius' Day 15 National Glazed Ham Day Remembrance Day St. Aristarchus' Day 16 National Eggs Benedict Day National Stress Awareness Day St. Bernadette's Day St. Padarn's Day 17 Eidul Adha National Cheeseball Day St. Stephen Harding's Day Verrazano Day 18 Constitution Day, Canada National Animal Crackers Day St. Aya's Day 19 Garlic Day National Amaretto Day Primrose Day Sierra Leone Republic Day St. Alphege's Day St. Leo IX's Day 20 Secretary Day Rice Planting Day, Thailand Maple Sugar Festival Radium Day National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day 21 Birthday of Ch'un T'i, China Birthday of Rome Brasilia Day, Brazil Kindergarten Day National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day San Jacinto Day 22 Earth Day National Jelly Bean Day St. Alexander's Day 23 Blue Day Children's Day, Turkey National Cherry Cheesecake Day Emaishen, Luxembourg Sigurd the Dragonslayer's Day St. George's Day 24 Birthday of the Sun, China National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day St. Egbert's Day 25 Adonia, Greece ANZAC Day, Australia, New Zealand Canadanaigua Robigalia National Zucchini Bread Day 26 International Azalea Festival National Pretzel Day Remember Your First Kiss Day Secretary's Tea Day St. Marcellinus' Day 27 Babe Ruth Day National D.J. Day National Prime Rib Day St. Zita's Day Take Our Daughters To Work Day Write An Old Friend Today Day 28 Floralia National Blueberry Pie Day National Day of Mourning, Canada St. Peter Chanel's Day St. Vitalis and Valeria's Day 29 Holocaust Day, Israel National Shrimp Scampi Day St. Catherine of Siena's Day 30 Beltane National Oatmeal Cookie Day Walpurgisnacht

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.