Brookston Almanac

Holidays

• Anti-Nuclear Day
• ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)
• Carnation Day (Portugal)
• Dandelion Day
• Day of the Circassian Flag
• DNA Day
• Duck Appreciation Society Day
• East Meets West Day (a.k.a. Elbe Day)
• Flag Day (Faroe Islands, Eswatini, f.k.a. Swaziland)
• Freedom Day (Portugal)
• Free Love Day
• Get On Board Day
• Hairstylist Appreciation Day
• Hayek Day
• Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness Day
• Hubble Telescope Day
• Hug A Plumber Day
• International Amigurumi Day
• International Delegate’s Day
• International Financial Independence Awareness Day
• Liberation Day (Italy, Portugal, South Georgia)
• License Plate Day
• Mahavir Jayanti (Parts of India)
• Malaria Awareness Day
• Military Foundation Day (North Korea)
• National Airhorn Day
• National Amigurumi Day
• National Christian College Day
• National Crayola Day
• National Darts Day
• National Financial Awareness Day
• National Lingerie Day
• National Mani-Pedi Day
• National Plumber’s Day
• National Quote Day
• National Telephone Day
• Parental Alienation Awareness Day
• Perfect Date Day (Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold; in film “Miss Congeniality”)
• People’s Army Foundation Day (North Korea)
• Plastic Grocery Bag Day
• Poetry Day (Ireland)
• Portugal Day (Portugal)
• Radunitsa (Ancestors Veneration Day; Belarus)
• Red Hat Society Day
• Revolution Day (Timor-Leste)
• Secotorial Government Holiday (Jordan)
• Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)
• Tag des Baumes (Arbor Day; Germany)
• 20-Something Service Day
• Whip-Poor-Will Day (Pennsylvania)
• World DNA Day
• World Malaria Day (UN)
• World Penguin Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

• National Crotilla Day
• National Zucchini Bread Day

4th & Last Thursday in April

• Dining Out For Life [Last Thursday]
• Gathering of Nations (Native American Pow Wow) [begins 4th Thursday thru Saturday]
• International Girls in ICT Day (4th Thursday]
• Love Your Thighs Day [4th Thursday]
• Pay It Forward Day [Last Thursday]
• Poem in Your Pocket Day [Last Thursday]
• Sumardagurinn Fyrsti (1st Day of Summer; Iceland) [Thursday after 4.18]
• Support Teen Literature Day [Thursday of Library Week]
• Take Action for Libraries Day [Thursday of Library Week]
• Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day [4th Thursday]
• Teach Your Children to Save Day [4th Thursday]
• Thank You Thursday [6 Days Before 1st Wednesday in May]
• Throwback Thursday [Every Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 25 (4th Week)

• Gathering of Nations Pow Wow [thru 4.27]
• National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends [thru 4.28] (also in Feb, Sep & Nov)

Independence & Related Days

• Copan (Declared; 2011) [unrecognized]
• Novaland (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]
• Principality of Martin Presidia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]
• Yom HaAtzma’ut [יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת] (Israeli Independence Day observed) [5 Iyar]

Festivals Beginning April 25, 2024

• Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia) [thru 5.5]
• Bern Geranium Market [Bärner Graniummärit] (Bern, Switzerland)
• Beaufort Wine & Food (Beaufort, North Carolina) [thru 4.28]
• Buenos Aires International Book Fair (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [thru 5.13]
• Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival (Williamsburg, Virginia) [thru 6.13]
• Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo (Calgary, Canada) [thru 4.28]
• Gathering of Nations (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 4.27]
• Gauge County Maple Festival (Chardon, Ohio) [thru 4.28]
• Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival (Marshfield, Missouri) [thru 4.27]
• New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 5.5]
• San Francisco International Film Festival (San Francisco, California) [thru 4.28]
• Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival (Shepherd, Michigan) [thru 4.28]
• Vidalia Onion Festival (Vidalie, Oregon) [thru 4.28]
• Washington State Apple Blossom Festival (Wenatchee, Washington) [thru 5.5]
• World Dog Show (Zagreb, Croatia) [thru 4.28]

Feast Days

• Adonia (Greek women’s festival)
• Anianus of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)
• Aristides (Positivist; Saint)
• Blessing of the Wheat (Ancient Hungary)
• Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American)
• Cy Twombly (Artology)
• Festival of Robigalia (Ancient Rome)
• Giovanni Battista Piamarta (Christian; Saint)
• Heribald (Christian; Saint)
• Ivo (Christian; Saint)
• Karel Appel (Artology)
• Kebius of Cornwall (Christian; Saint)
• Major Rogation (Western Christianity)
• Mark the Evangelist (Christian; Saint)
• Maughold of Isle of Man (Christian; Saint)
• Mr. Hooper (Muppetism)
• Mr. T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
• Phaebadius, Bishop of Agen (Christian; Saint)
• Philo and Agathopodes (Christian; Saint)
• Quarks (Muppetism)
• The Robigalia (Ancient Roman Grain & Corn Festival)
• Walpurgisnacht, Day III (Pagan)
• World Penguin Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

• Lucky Day (Philippines) [21 of 71]
• Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
• Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 57]

Premieres

• Abusement Park (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1947)
• Baby Mama (Film; 2009)
• Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)
• Big River (Broadway Musical; 1985)
• The Big Short, by Michael Lewis (Book; 2010)
• Drooler’s Delight (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1949)
• Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Film; 2008)
• Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell (Memoir; 1938)
• Infest, by Papa Roach (Album; 2000)
• Let’s Eat (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)
• Let’s Stick Together (Disney Cartoon; 1952)
• Manhattan (Film; 1979)
• Nuts and Volts (WB LT Cartoon; 1964)
• The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1840)
• The Other Woman (Film; 2014)
• Piére li Houyeû (Peter the Miner), by Eugène Ysaÿe (Opera; 1931)
• Polar Playmates (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1946)
• Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (Novel; 1719)
• Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion (Film; 1997)
• The Sky is Falling (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1947)
• The Stupidstitious Cat (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1947)
• That’s My Pup (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1953)
• Turandot, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1926)
• Valse Trust, by Jean Sibelius (Orchestral Work; 1904)
• We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 2006)
• Westward Whoa (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (Film; 1980)

Today’s Name Days

• Erwin, Markus (Austria)
• Marko (Bulgaria)
• Franka, Marko, Maroje (Croatia)
• Marek (Czech Republic)
• Markus (Denmark)
• Marek, Margo, Margus, Mark, Marko, Markus (Estonia)
• Markku, Marko, Markus (Finland)
• Marc (France)
• Erwin, Markus (Germany)
• Markela, Markos, Nike, Niki (Greece)
• Márk (Hungary)
• Franco, Marco (Italy)
• Barbala, Līksma, Liksme, Marks, Markus (Latvia)
• Gražvyda, Gražvydė, Morkus, Tolmantas, Žadmantė (Lithuania)
• Mark, Markus (Norway)
• Jarosław, Marek, Wasyl (Poland)
• Marcu, Vasile (Romania)
• Marek (Slovakia)
• Marcos (Spain)
• Markus (Sweden)
• Mark, Marko (Ukraine)
• Marc, Marcel, Marcella, Marcia, Marcila, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marcy, Maricela, Mario, Marisol, Mark, Markus, Marsha (USA)

Today is Also…

• Day of Year: Day 116 of 2024; 250 days remaining in the year
• ISO: Day 4 of week 17 of 2024
• Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 12 of 28]
• Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 17 (Ji-Wei)
• Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
• Hebrew: 17 Nisan 5784
• Islamic: 16 Shawwal 1445
• J Cal: 26 Cyan; Fryday [25 of 30]
• Julian: 12 April 2024
• Moon: 97%: Waning Gibbous
• Positivist: 4 Caesar (5th Month) [Cimon]
• Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 1 of 15]
• Season: Spring (Day 38 of 92)
• Week: 4th Week of April
• Zodiac: Taurus (Day 6 of 31)

Calendar Changes

• Lagu (Flowing Water) [Half-Month 9 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 5.12)