| April 3 Details | |
Mahavir Jayanti
: Jain.* (m)
| April 4 Details | |
National Day
: Senegal.*
Respect for Ancestors
Day (Ch'ing-ming) : China.*
Palm Sunday :
Christian.* (m)
Palm Sunday :
Eastern Orthodox Christian.* (m)
April 5 Details
Booker T. Washington
(1856–1915) : African American.
Day after Ch’ing-ming : Hong Kong, Taiwan.*
Passover : Jewish* (Holiday begins at sundown).
April 6 Details
Chakri Day : Thailand.*
Tartan Day : United States.
Passover : Jewish* (First day of 8-day observance). (m)
April 7 Details
François Dominique
Toussaint-Louverture (c. 1743–1803) : Haitian.
Passover : Jewish*
(Second day of 8-day observance). (m)
April 8 Details
Ramón Emeterio Betances
(1827–1898) : Puerto Rican.
Dennis Chávez
(1888–1962) : Mexican American.
Buddha's Birth
(c. 563–483 B.C.E.) : Buddhist.*
April 9 Details
Chandler Hovey, Jr.
(?–1998) : American.
Paul Robeson
(1898–1976) : African American.
Martyrs’ Day
: Tunisia.*
Valor Day :
Philippines.*
Good Friday : Christian.*
(m)
Good Friday : Eastern Orthodox Christian.* (m)
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Anniversary of the
Battle of Rivas : Costa Rica.*
Easter : Christian.* (m)
Easter : Eastern Orthodox
Christian.* (m)
April 12 Details
Easter Monday : Christian.*
(m)
April 13 Details
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
: Irish.
Founding of
the University of Mexico (1551) : Mexico.
New Year : Cambodia,
Laos.*
Passover : Jewish*
(holiday ends at sundown). (m)
Vaisakhi (New
Year) : Hindu.* (m)
April 14 Details
Pan American Day :
Latin America.
Vaisakhi (New
Year) : Sikh.*
April 15 Details
A(sa) Philip Randolph
(1889–1982) : African American.
April 16 Details
José de Diego (1866–1918)
: Puerto Rico.*
| April 18 Details | |
Independence Day : Zimbabwe.*
Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) : Jewish.* (m)
April 19 Details
Glenn Seaborg
(1912–1999) : Scandinavian American.
April 20 Details
Tito Puente (1923–2000):
Puerto Rican.
April 21 Details
Tiradentes Day : Brazil.*
Festival of
Ridvan : Baha'i.*
Administrative
Professionals Day : United States
April 22 Details
J. Robert Oppenheimer
(1904–1967) : Jewish American.
Gathering of Nations Powwow
: American Indian.
Earth Day :
International.
Take Our Children
to Work Day : United States.
April 23 Details
Respect for Ancestors
Day (Thanh Minh) : Vietnam. (m)
Sovereignty Day : Turkey.*
April 24 Details
Genocide Memorial Day
: Armenia.
| April 25 Details | |
Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996)
: African American.
Anzac Day :
Australia and New Zealand.*
Liberation Day
: Italy.*
Liberation Day
: Portugal.*
Sinai Liberation
Day : Egypt.*
Soldiers Memorial
Day (Yom Hazikaron): Israel.*
April 26 Details
Independence Day (Yom
Ha'atzma'ut) : Israel.* (m)
April 27 Details
Freedom Day :
South Africa.*
Independence
Day : Sierra Leone.*
April 28 Details
Ann Petry (1908–1997)
: African American.
Founder's Day : Vietnam.*
April 29 Details
Edward Kennedy (Duke)
Ellington (1899–1974) : African American.
Golden Week
(April 29–May 5) : Japan.*
Greenery Day
(Midori No Hi) : Japan.*
April 30 Details
Feast of Valborg :
Sweden.*
Queen's Day
: Netherlands.*
Beltaine: Pagan
and Wiccan.
(holiday begins at sundown)