Wednesday, April 7, 2010

What happened this month....

APRIL

Financial Literacy Month
Zoo and Aquarium Month


April Fools' Day Apr 1
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's Birthday Apr 2
Ponce de León Discovers Florida Apr 2
Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday Apr 2
Death of Pope John Paul II Apr 2
Easter Apr 4,
World Health Day Apr 7
Civil War Ended Apr 9
Safety Pin Patented Apr 10
Library Week Apr 11-17
Holocaust Day Apr 11
Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine Declared Safe and Effective Apr 12
First Space Shuttle Launch Apr 12, 1981
Civil War Begins with Confederate
Alfred Butts' (Inventor of Scrabble) Birthday Apr 13
Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday Apr 15
Titanic Disaster Apr 15, 1912