Brookston Almanac

Holidays

• Abolition Day (Mayotte)
• Autism Super Mom Day
• Babe Ruth Day
• Battenberg Day
• Button Mushroom Day (French Republic)
• Celebrate Teen Literature Day
• Day of Russian Parliamentarism (Russia)
• Day of the Uprising Against the Occupying Forces (Slovenia)
• Drone Safety Day
• Ed Balls Eve (UK)
• Flag Day (Moldova)
• 427 Day
• Freedom Day (South Africa)
• Free Feral Cat Spay Day
• International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day
• International Donor Conception Awareness Day
• International Hyena Day
• Koninginnedag (King’s Day; Netherlands)
• Lapu-Lapu Day (Philippines)
• Local Yarn Store Day
• Marine Mammal Rescue Day
• Matanzas Mule Day
• Mayotte National Day
• Moehanga Day (UK)
• Morse Code Day
• National Alicia Day
• National Back Office Heroes Day
• National Bubble Butt Appreciation Day
• National D.J. Day
• National Domestic Workers’ Day (Brazil)
• National Little Pampered Dog Day
• National Patricia Day
• National Pimp Day
• National Pneumatics Day
• National Transportation Safety Day (Iran)
• National Veterans’ Day (Finland)
• New Beginning Day
• Poetry Day (Ireland)
• Resistance Day (Slovenia)
• Rogers Hornsby Day
• Sleep Day
• State Flag Day (Moldova)
• Teach Your Children to Save Day
• Tell A Story Day
• Treasurer Day (Ukraine)
• Trevithick Day (UK)
• UnFreedom Day (South Africa)
• Victory Day (Afghanistan)
• Woody Woodpecker Day
• World Bath Bomb Day
• World Design Day
• World Graphic Design Day
• World Tapir Day
• Write An Old Friend Today Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

• Battenberg Day
• Chips with Everything Day
• Learn To Make An Apricot Cream Pie Day
• Marselan Day
• National Devil Dog Day
• National Gummi Bear Day
• National Prime Rib Day
• Saison Day (Allagash)
• World Marselan Day

4th & Last Saturday in April

• Beer Clean Glass Day [4th Saturday]
• Bob Wills Day [Last Saturday]
• Canadian Independent Bookstore Day (Canada) [Last Saturday]
• Celebrate Trails Day [4th Saturday]
• Children’s Day (Colombia) [Last Saturday]
• Day of Trees (Colombia) [Last Saturday]
• Doo Dah Parade Day (Pasadena, California) [Last Saturday]
• Eeyore’s Birthday Party (Austin, Texas) [Last Saturday]
• Go Birding Day [Last Saturday]
• Independent Bookstore Day [Last Saturday]
• International Marconi Day [Saturday closest to 4.25]
• International Sculpture Day [Last Saturday]
• International Table Top Day [Last Saturday]
• National Day of Puppetry [4th Saturday]
• National First Ladies Day [Last Saturday]
• National Go Birding Day [Last Saturday]
• National Herb Day [Last Saturday; also 1st Saturday in May]
• National Kiss of Hope Day [Last Saturday]
• National Pool Opening Day [Last Saturday]
• National Prepare-A-Thon! Day [Last Saturday; also 9.30]
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day [Last Saturday]
• National Rebuilding Day [Last Saturday]
• National Sense of Smell Day [Last Saturday]
• Penguin Day [Last Saturday]
• Save the Frogs Day [Last Saturday]
• World Aboriginal and Native Sacred Ceremony and Dance Day [Last Saturday]
• World Activism Day [Last Saturday]
• World Disco Food Day [Last Saturday]
• World Healing Day [Last Saturday]
• World Healing Meditation Day [Last Saturday]
• World Reiki Day [Last Saturday]
• World Sufi Day [Last Saturday]
• World Tai Chi & Qigong Day [Last Saturday]
• World Thespian Day [Last Saturday]
• World Veterinary Day [Last Saturday]
• World Yoga Day [Last Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 27 (4th Week)

• Antigua Sailing Week (St. Johns, Antigua, Barbuda) [thru 5.3]
• Just Pray No Weekend [4th Saturday] (thru 4.28)

Independence & Related Days

• IKwaZulu-Natali (Declared; 1994) [unrecognized]
• lundren (a.k.a. Viscounty of lundgren; Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
• Sierra Leone (from UK, 1961)
• Togo (from France, 1960)

Festivals Beginning April 27, 2024

• The Appomattox Oyster Festival (Concord, Virginia)
• Austin Blues Festival (Austin, Texas) [thru 4.28]
• Between the Bluffs Beer, Wine & Cheese Festival (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
• Cherry Blossom Festoval (Monterey, California) [thru 4.28]
• Clayton Art and Wine Festival (Clayton, California) [thru 4.28]
• Comic-Con Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa) [thru 5.1]
• Craft Beer Festival (Long Grove, Illinois)
• Dessert Wars (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Downtown Waterloo Sip-n-Stroll (Waterloo, Iowa)
• Endless Mountains Maple festival (Troy, Pennsylvania) [thru 4.28]
• Florida Taco Battle, A Fiesta Affair! (Boca Raton, Florida)
• Gnarly Culpepper Block Party & Brew Fest (Culpepper, Virginia)
• Hard-Pressed Cider Fest (Hood River, Oregon)
• Lodi Beer Festival & BBQ Championship (Lodi, California)
• Maifest (St. Louis, Missouri) [thru 4.28]
• Mountain Mushroom Festival (Irvine, Kentucky) [thru 4.28]
• National Cornbread Festival (South Pittsburg, Tennessee) [thru 4.28]
• New Jersey Folk Festival (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
• North Carolina Pickle Festival (Mount Olive, North Carolina)
• Oklahoma Renaissance Festival (Muskogee, Oklahoma) [thru 6.2]
• Oregon Cheese Festival (Central Point, Oregon) [thru 4.28]
• Ozarks Beerfest (Springfield, Missouri)
• Riverside Tale Festival (Riverside, California)
• Sacramento Grilled Cheese Festival (Sacramento, California) [thru 4.28]
• Schubertiade Vorarlberg )Hohenems, Austria) [thru 5.1]
• Taste of Claremont (Claremont, California)
• Thirsty Orange Brew Extravaganza (Johnson City, Tennessee)
• Tweed Run (London, UK)
• Waikiki Spam Jam (Waikiki, Hawaii)
• Wine Fest (Kemah, Texas)
• WineFest (St. Michaels, Maryland) [thru 4.28]

Feast Days

• Alan Reynolds (Artology)
• Anastasius, Pope (Christian; Confessor)
• Anthimus of Nicomedia (Christian; Saint)
• Assicus (Christian; Saint)
• Beltane Quinoa Salad Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
• 86400 Seconds Day (Pastafarian)
• Ennead Sail Through the Land, The (Ancient Egypt)
• Floribert of Liège (Christian; Saint)
• Furze-Hopping Event (Shamanism)
• George Petty (Artology)
• Hanuman Jayanti (Birthday of the Monkey God; Hindu)
• John of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)
• Liberalis of Treviso (Christian; Saint)
• Olive (Muppetism)
• Peter Canisius (Christian; Saint)
• Pollio (Christian; Saint)
• Rafael Arnáiz Barón (Christian; Saint)
• Shemp Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
• Theodor Kittelsen (Artology)
• Turbos of Mogrovejo (Christian; Saint)
• Tyi Wara Festival (Mythical half-man, half-animal that teaches Farming to the Bambara Tribe; Mali])
• Virgin of Montserrat (Christian; Saint)
• Walpurgisnacht, Day V (Pagan)
• Xenophon (Positivist; Saint)
• Yom HaShoah begins (Holocaust Remembrance Day; Judaism) [27 Nisan; 8 Days]
• Zita of Lucca (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

• Lucky Day (Philippines) [23 of 71]
• Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

• Anna Karenina (Film; 1948)
• Apollo, by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1928)
• Avengers: Infinity War (Film; 2018)
• Can You Take It (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1934)
• The Chinese Nightingale (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1935)
• Chips with Everything, by Arnold Wesker (Play; 1962)
• Cold War (Disney Cartoon; 1951)
• The Dish (Film; 2000)
• The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene (Book; 2004)
• The Five-Year Engagement (Film; 2012)
• Für Elise, a.k.a. Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, written by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Music; 1810)
• Goofy News Views (Phantasies Cartoon; 1945)
• Heavy Cream, by Cream (Compilation Album; 1973)
• Hooked Bear (Disney Cartoon; 1956)
• Hoots Mon! (Film; 1940)
• The Hungry Astronaut (Deputy Dawg Cartoon; 1963)
• In His Own Write, by John Lennon (Poetry Book; 1964)
• Justice Society: World War II (WB Animated Film; 2021)
• Kill the Umpire (Film; 1950)
• Koyaanisqatsi (Documentary Film; 1983)
• The Krays (Film; 1990)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)
• Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans (Children’s Book; 1939)
• The Manchurian Candidate, by Richard Condon (Novel; 1959)
• Mary’s Little Lamb (ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Film; 1975)
• Mrs. Robinson, by Simon and Garfunkel (Song; 1968)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks, by George Frederic Handel (Orchestral Suite; 1749)
• Now Hear This (WB LT Cartoon; 1963)
• Personality, by Lloyd Price (Song; 1959)
• Pink in the Woods (Pink Panther Cartoon; Theatrical; 1979)
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits! (Animated Film; 2012)
• Roméo et Juliette, by Charles Gounod (Opera; 1867)
• Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (Grammar Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1976)
• Seventeenth Summer, by Maureen Daly (Novel; 1942)
• Shape Ahoy (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1945)
• Shōgun (TV Mini-Series; 2024)
• Spaced Invaders (Film; 1990)
• The Streak, by Ray Stevens (Song; 1974)
• We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Novel; 1924)
• This Week with John Oliver (TV Series; 2014)
• We’re Not Gonna Take It, by Twisted Sister (Song; 1984)

Today’s Name Days

• Petrus, Zita (Austria)
• Euzebije, Ozana, Polion (Croatia)
• Jaroslav (Czech Republic)
• Ananias (Denmark)
• Haldi, Haldja, Halja (Estonia)
• Meea, Merja (Finland)
• Zita (France)
• Montserrat, Petrus, Zita (Germany)
• Zita (Hungary)
• Zita (Italy)
• Inars, Klementīne, Raimonda, Tāle (Latvia)
• Anastazas, Aušra, Gotautas, Zita (Lithuania)
• Charles, Charlotte, Lotte (Norway)
• Anastazy, Andrzej, Bożebor, Kanizjusz, Martyn, Piotr, Teofil, Zyta (Poland)
• Simeon (Romania)
• Jaroslav (Slovakia)
• Montserrat, Pedro, Zita (Spain)
• Engelbrekt (Sweden)
• Laverne, Sam, Samantha, Sami, Sammy, Samuel, Samuela, Ulises, Ulysses, Vern, Verna, Verne, Vernon, Zita (USA)

Today is Also…

• Day of Year: Day 118 of 2024; 248 days remaining in the year
• ISO: Day 6 of week 17 of 2024
• Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 14 of 28]
• Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 19 (Xin-You)
• Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
• Hebrew: 19 Nisan 5784
• Islamic: 18 Shawwal 1445
• J Cal: 28 Cyan; Sevenday [28 of 30]
• Julian: 14 April 2024
• Moon: 86%: Waning Gibbous
• Positivist: 6 Caesar (5th Month) [Phocion]
• Runic Half Month: Lagu (Flowing Water) [Day 3 of 15]
• Season: Spring (Day 40 of 92)
• Week: 4th Week of April
• Zodiac: Taurus (Day 8 of 31)