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Date Posted: 03:28:52 03/08/13 Fri
Author: Monday2013 (Leap 2012 Sunday)
Subject: April starts on the same day of the week as July in all years, and January in leap years.

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April is the fourth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and one of four months with a length of 30 days.

April (i/ˈeɪprəl/ AY-prəl) is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern hemisphere and autumn in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

April starts on the same day of the week as July in all years, and January in leap years. April ends on the same day of the week as December every year.

April was 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 derivation of the name (Latin Aprilis) is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the Latin aperire, "to open," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open," which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ἁνοιξις (anoixis) (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess 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 equivalent Greek goddess 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 Venerable Bede says in The Reckoning of Time that this month Eostur is the root of the word Easter. He further states that the month was named after a goddess Eostre whose feast was in that month. 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 symbolic ploughing of the earth by the emperor and princes of the blood took place in their third month, which frequently corresponds to April[citation needed]. The Finns called (and still call) this month huhtikuu, or 'Burnwood Month', when the wood for beat and burn clearing of farmland was felled.[2] In Slovene, the most established traditional name is mali traven, meaning the month when plants start growing. It was first written in 1466 in the Škofja Loka manuscript.[3] The Turkish word Mart is given after the name of Mars the god.

The "Days of April" (journιes 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 procθs d'avril.[2]

The birthstone of April is the diamond, and the birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy or the Sweet Pea.[4]

Contents [hide]
1 April holidays and events
2 April symbols
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] April holidays and events
April from the Trθs Riches Heures du duc de Berry
Buddha's Birthday is celebrated in April (here is pictured the Tian Tan Buddha in Hong Kong)Autism Awareness Month (United States)
Jazz Appreciation Month (United States)
National Poetry Month (United States)
National Poetry Writing Month
Confederate History Month (southern United States)-April 26
National Arab American Heritage Month (United States)
National Child Abuse Prevention Month (United States)
April Fools' Day – April 1
World Autism Awareness Day - April 2
April 1 is the first day of Japanese fiscal year. Major Japanese companies usually have Nyushashiki (entry ceremony for companies) for new employees those who newly hired after their graduation from schools, on this day.
Japanese school calendar also starts from April 1, although Nyugakushiki (entry ceremony for schools) are usually held later, around second week of April.
Good Friday (Christians) – a Friday between March 20 and April 23, being the last Friday before Easter
Easter, or Resurrection Day (Christians) - celebrated the First Sunday after the first full moon on or after the Spring Equinox, near March 21st (between March 22 and April 25)
International Trombone Week - varies. In 2012, it is April 1–15 [5]
Arbor Day (Korea) – April 5
End of Tax Year (UK) – April 5
Passover (Hebrew:פסח) a Jewish holiday
World Health Day – April 7
Buddha's Birthday – Traditional Date – April 8
Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as "Bataan Day" (Philippines) – April 9
Thai New Year in Thailand – April 13
Lao New Year in Laos – April 13
Burmese New Year in Burma - April 13
Khmer New Year in Cambodia – April 13
Tax Day (US) – April 15
National Healthcare Decisions Day (US) - April 16[6]
Boston Marathon – Third Monday
Zimbabwean Independence Day – April 18[7]
4:20 – April 20
Patriots' Day – April 21
Earth Day – April 22
Conch Republic Independence Celebration (Key West, Florida) – April 23
St George's Day Patron Saint Celebration (England, Europe) – April 23
Armenian Genocide Day Armenian Genocide remembrance day – April 24
Liberation Day in Italy - April 25 is a National Holiday that celebrates the end of the Nazi Germany occupation in the Northern Italy.
ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand) – April 25
Carnation Revolution (Portugal) – April 25
Confederate Memorial Day (US: Georgia, Tennessee,Florida, Texas)- April 26
Resistance day in Slovenia - formerly Liberation Front of the Slovene People day April 27
Pavle Kerkez was born on April 28
Freedom Day (South Africa) – April 27
April 29 is a Japanese national holiday, as Shōwa Day since 2007. It has been celebrated as The Emperor's Birthday from 1927 to 1988, then renamed as Greenery Day after Hirohito's death in 1989. It is usually marked as the first day of "Golden Week", a week-long holiday period.
Koninginnedag in the Netherlands / Kingdom of the Netherlands – April 30
Arbor Day – last Friday of April in some states in the United States http://www.arborday.org/
Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day, usually fourth Thursday (United States)
London Marathon – usually fourth Sunday
Opening Day – first Sunday in April
Independence day (Syria) – April 17
Record Store Day – usually celebrated on the third Saturday
Financial Literacy Month (United States)
[edit] April symbolsApril's birthstone is the diamond, which symbolizes innocence.
Its birth flower is the daisy and sweet pea.[8]
Zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (astrology) (until April 19) and Taurus (astrology) (April 21 onwards).
[edit] See alsoAnglo-Saxon calendar
List of historical anniversaries

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