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ANZAC Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. ANZAC Day is also a public holiday in the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.

The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless, leftist, military-led coup d’état, started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a democracy after two years of a transitional period known as PREC (Processo Revolucionário Em Curso), characterized by social turmoil and [...]

St. George’s Day is celebrated by several nations of which Saint George is the patron saint, including Catalonia (Spain), England, Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia and the Gora.
For England, St. George’s Day also marks its National Day. Most countries who observe St. George’s Day celebrate it on 23 April, the [...]

Earth Day is a name used for two different observances, both held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere, and autumn in the southern hemisphere. These are intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
The United Nations celebrates Earth Day, which was founded by John McConnell in 1969, each year on the [...]

4:20 or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is a term used in North America as a (somewhat) discreet way to refer to the consumption of cannabis and, by extension, a way to identify oneself with cannabis culture. Phrases such as “420 friendly” sometimes appear in room mate advertisements, indicating that the current occupants are tolerant of cannabis [...]

The Jewish festival of Passover is celebrated on the 14th day of the month called Nisan, first month of the Jewish year.
Passover commemorates the Exodus, the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. As described in the Book of Exodus, Passover marks the “birth” of the Children of Israel who become the Jewish nation, [...]

The Thai New Year (Songkran) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April. It is also celebrated in Laos (called pi mai lao or ‘Lao New Year’ in Lao), Cambodia, Myanmar (where it is called Thingyan), and by the Dai people in Yunnan, China. Sri Lanka also celebrates a similar festival called Sinhalese [...]

2008 is the third year of the annual CSS Naked Day which honours web design and designers around the world who help make our websites and blogs look “pretty” to the eye while still being totally functional under the hood.
Dustin Diaz wanted to give the web world an opportunity to remind everyone of the benefits [...]

Araw ng Kagitingan (”Day of Valor” in Filipino) is a national holiday in the Philippines which commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II. It is observed annually on April 9.

Tartan Day (part of Scotland Week) celebrates the existing and historical links between Scotland and Scottish descendants in North America. In the United States there are over 30 million people who claim Scots descent. Tartan Day is held on April 6, the anniversary of the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was created in [...]