april is the month
in april;
waco happened
the murrah building was bombed
colombine shooting
virginia tech
and some more I can't remember
waco happened
the murrah building was bombed
colombine shooting
virginia tech
and some more I can't remember
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Hitler was born. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
in april;
waco happened
the murrah building was bombed
colombine shooting
virginia tech
and some more I can't remember
Thats due to too much 'scotch'scottt[:D]...wedding bells too maybe?? [:0]
hows the g/f thing? regards [:)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by mond
quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
in april;
waco happened
the murrah building was bombed
colombine shooting
virginia tech
and some more I can't remember
Thats due to too much 'scotch'scottt[:D]...wedding bells too maybe?? [:0]
No wedding bells...shoot, I can't keep the same girl more than a couple of months...good thing theres lots of them[;)]
hows the g/f thing? regards [:)]0 -
From Wikipedia:
quote:April begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Aries and ends in the sign of Taurus. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Pisces and ends in the constellation of Aries. The signs of the zodiac do not necessarily coincide with the actual constellations for which they are named. The precession of the equinoxes, a phenomenon discovered c. 130 BC by Hipparchus and known to Ptolemy, results in a shift between the two systems of about one degree every 70 years. The vernal equinox lay near the beginning of the Aries constellation around 500 BC, consistent with a Babylonian origin of the system.
The derivation of the name (Latin Aprilis) is uncertain. The traditional etymology from the Latin aperire, "to open," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open," is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of #7937;#957;#959;#953;#958;#953;#962; (opening) for spring. Since most of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her Greek name Aphrodite (Aphros), or from the Etruscan name Apru. Jacob Grimm suggests the name of a hypothetical god or hero, Aper or Aprus.[1]
The Anglo-Saxons called April Oster-monath or Eostur-monath, the period sacred to Eostre or Ostara, the pagan Saxon goddess of spring, from whose name is derived the modern Easter. St George's day is the twenty-third of the month; and St Mark's Eve, with its superstition that the ghosts of those who are doomed to die within the year will be seen to pass into the church, falls on the twenty-fourth. In China the symbolical ploughing of the earth by the emperor and princes of the blood takes place in their third month, which frequently corresponds to our April; and in Japan the feast of Dolls is celebrated in the same month. April is known to be "National Poetry Month"
The "days of April" (journ?es d'avril) is a name appropriated in French history to a series of insurrections at Lyons, Paris and elsewhere, against the government of Louis Philippe in 1834, which led to violent repressive measures, and to a famous trial known as the proc?s d'avrill.
April was originally the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. It became the fourth month of the calendar year (the year when twelve months are displayed in order) during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC, when it also was given 29 days. The Julian calendar reform of 46 BC gave April 30 days, effective in 45 BC.
Contents [hide]
1 Tragic Month of April
2 Events in April
2.1 Weeklong events in April
2.1.1 1st week in April
2.1.2 2nd week in April
2.1.3 3rd week in April
2.1.4 Last week in April
2.1.5 Some week in April
2.2 April movable daily holidays
2.3 Other special days
3 References
4 See also
[edit] Tragic Month of April
Wars that started/ended in April include:
The American Revolution (Started with Paul Revere's Ride: April 18-19 April 1775)
The American Civil War (Started April, 1861, ended April 1865, thus "Across Five Aprils")
The Bosnian War began in the first days of April, 1992
The Rwandan Genocide began in April, 1994
The Armenian Genocide began in April 24, 1914
Other events that have occurred in the month of April include:
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination (April 14, 1865)
The Frank Slide (April 29, 1903)
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (April 18, 1906)
The sinking of the RMS Titanic (April 14-15 April 1912)
The Armenian Genocide (April 24, 1915)
Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination (April 4, 1968)
Jumbo Tornado Outbreak (April 3-4, 1974)
Woo Bum-Kon spree killing (April 26-27, 1982)
Chernobyl nuclear accident (April 26, 1986)
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots after the Rodney King verdict (April 29, 1992)
The bloody end to the Branch Davidian siege in Waco, Texas (April 19, 1993)
Kurt Cobain commits suicide (April 5, 1994)
The Oklahoma City Bombing (April 19, 1995)
In Lebanon, at least 106 Lebanese civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Qana (see Qana Massacre). (April 18, 1996)
The Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia (April 28, 1996)
The Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado (April 20, 1999)
The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre in Blacksburg, Virginia (April 16, 2007).
[edit] Events in April
[edit] Weeklong events in April
[edit] 1st week in April
Medic Alert Week
Cherry Blossom Festival
Publicity Stunt Week
National Birthparents Week
Week of the Young Child
Straw Hat Week
National Bake Week (begins 1st Mon)
Consider Christianity Week
National Reading a Road Map Week
[edit] 2nd week in April
Be Kind to Animals Week
Masters Golf Tournament
National Medical Laboratory Week
Private Property Week (10th-16th)
National Library Week
Harmony Week
National Garden Week
National Guitar Week
National Building Safety Week
National Home Safety Week
[edit] 3rd week in April
Boys and Girls Club Week
National Coin Week
Bike Safety Week
National Bubblegum Week
Pan American Week
National Week of the Ocean
National Crime Victims' Rights Week
National Volunteer Week
National Coin Flipping Week
Argue About Gun Safety Week
[edit] Last week in April
Forest Week
National Lingerie Week
Canada-U.S. Goodwill Week
Big Brothers/Sisters Appreciation Week
Consumer Protection Week
National TV-Free Week
Jewish Heritage Week
Keep America Beautiful Week
National YMCA Week
Professional Secretaries Week
Intergenerational Week
Reading Is Fun Week
Egg Salad Week
Teacher Appreciation Week (begins Last Mon)
TV Turn-Off Week
Mattress Turnover Week
Cover the Uninsured Week
[edit] Some week in April
Astronomy Week (determined by 1st Quarter Moon)
[edit] April movable daily holidays
1st Sunday
Budoha Day (Hawaii)
Vesak (Buddha's Birthday)
1st Saturday
Saturday Market Day (Oregon)
1st Saturday before 5th
Tax Saturday (UK)
1st Thursday
Glarus Festival (Osman land)
1st Friday
Student Government Day (Massachusetts)
National Cleavage Day (Britian)[2]
Friday after 1st
Arbor Day (Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai; Arizona)
2nd Friday
Audubon Day
3rd Sunday & Monday
Sechselauten (Six Ringing Festival; Switzerland)
3rd Monday
Patriot's Day (Maine, Massachusetts)
3rd Thursday
National High Five Day (USA)
Thursday between 19th & 26th
First Day of Summer (Iceland)
Saturday nearest St. George's Day (23rd)
Peppercorn Day (Bermuda)
Monday nearest Feast Day of St. George (23rd)
St. George's Day (Newfoundland)
Sunday after 1st full moon after vernal equinox following Passover
Lambri (Bright Day; Greece)
4th Monday
Fast Day (New Hampshire)
4th Thursday
Take Our Daughters (and Sons) to Work Day
4th Weekend
Just Pray No weekend
Last Monday
Confederate Memorial Day (Alabama, Mississippi)
Last Friday
Arbor Day
Bird Day
Wednesday of Last Full Week
Administrative Professionals Day (Secretaries Day)
[edit] Other special days
April Fool's Day : (April 1)
Reconciliation Day : (Always April 2)
National Tartan Day : (United States , Scotland , Canada , Australia , New Zealand)(Always April 6)
Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as Bataan Day (April 9, Philippines)
Earth Day (April 22)
Conch Republic Independence Celebration (April 23) - Key West, Florida
ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand) (25 April)
National Sense of Smell Day (United States) (Last Saturday)
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In heindsight, I say April's a pretty bad month... Let's just cut it out of the year and spread the days throughout the rest of the months. February will finally get the right number of days then.0 -
And the one that my mother had problems with the most.
"Trinity was born on April (Friday the 13th) 1956"[:D]
Trinity +++0
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