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Holi (Hindu) begins at sunset
Holi ( /ˈhoʊliː/) is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the “festival of spring”, the “festival of colours”, and the “festival of love”. The festival signifies the triumph of good over evil. It originated and is predominantly celebrated in India, but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent. – Wikipedia
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Cesar Chavez Day, born 1927, Yuma, AZ.
Cesar Chavez (born César Estrada Chávez, locally ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, later renamed the United Farm Workers (UFW) union. - Wikipedia
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April Fools Day.
April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual celebration on April 1, commemorated by practical jokes and hoaxes. The player(s) of the joke(s) or hoax(es) often exposes their action by shouting "April fool(s)" at the recipient(s). The recipient of these actions are called April fools. Mass media can be involved in these pranks that the following […]
Holy Thursday.
Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. It also commemorates His institution of the priesthood. The holy day falls on the Thursday before Easter and is part of Holy Week. Jesus celebrated the dinner as a […]
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Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy and Great Friday), and Black Friday. - Wikipedia
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Community Building with Zooniverse, an Online Platform for Citizen Science
Community Building with Zooniverse, an Online Platform for Citizen Science
Join a special event co-hosted by Faith in Place and Chicago Muslims Green Team, in collaboration with the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, & Religion and Zooniverse. Citizen Science is a way that everyone can make valuable contributions to research along with professional scientists. Zooniverse is the largest and most popular online platform for citizen […]
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Yuri’s Night
Yuri’s Night is a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961, and the inaugural launch of the first Space Shuttle on April 12, […]
International Day of Human Space Flight.
The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning of the space era for mankind, reaffirming the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of […]
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Moon at Apogee
Every month, the moon's eccentric orbit carries it to apogee – its most distant point from Earth.
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Occlusion of Mars by the Moon
The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Asia on April 17th.
Conjunction of the Moon and Mars
The waxing crescent Moon will appear near Mars in the western sky after sunset on April 17th.
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Sup. Conjunction of Mercury
Mercury will pass very close to the Sun in the sky as its orbit carries it around the far side of the solar system from the Earth.
J. A. Fleming died, 1945 (b. 1849).
Illustration from the Bibliographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1945. The Royal Society, London. Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS died in 1945, aged 95 (born 29 November 1849). "He was an English electrical engineer and physicist who invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first […]
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First Quarter Moon
The First Quarter Moon occurs on April 19th - it is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
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World Creativity and Innovation Day.
During World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 (WCID) and Week April 15 – 21 (WCIW) individuals, families, teams, leaders, nations, organizations, students, and communities are acknowledged informed inspired encouraged to use their creativity – to be open to and generate new ideas, to be open to and make new decisions and to be open […]
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Lyrids Meteor Shower
Peak: ~Apr 21-22, 2020 The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from […]
International Earth Day
First held in 1970, Earth Day is held annually on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.
International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day
On Girls in ICT Day– marked annually on the fourth Thursday in April – the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is highlighting the need to promote technology career opportunities for girls and women in the world's fastest growing sector.
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Space Shuttle Discovery launched with Hubble Space Telescope, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.
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Full Moon
The Full Moon rises at sunset, is visible high in the sky around midnight, and is visible all night.
International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 spread a radioactive cloud over large parts of the Soviet Union; millions of people in the three countries were exposed to the radiation.
Mercury at Perihelion
Mercury's 88-day orbit around the Sun will carry it to its closest point to the Sun – its perihelion – at a distance of 0.31 AU from the Sun.
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Moon at Perigee
Supermoon: Full Moon at the Moon's perigee - the Moon's closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, in particular, on the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conjunction of Uranus & the Sun
Uranus will pass close to the Sun in the sky as its orbit carries it around the far side of the solar system from the Earth.