APRIL FACTS
- April begins on the same day of the
week as July every year, and as January
in leap years.
- April's flowers are the daisy and sweet
pea.
- April's birthstone is the diamond.
- April in the Northern Hemisphere is the
seasonal equivalent to October in the
Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.
OBSERVANCES
& IDEA NUGGETS
Alcohol Awareness Month
Contact National Council on Alcoholism
and Drug Dependence, Inc., 20 Exchange
Place, Suite 2902, New York , NY 10005-
3201 . (212) 269-7797 or http://www.ncadd.
org.
Cancer Control Month
American Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Rd.,
NE, Atlanta GA 30329. (404) 329-7650 or
http://www.cancer.org.
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Community Services Month
(California)
Freedom Shrine Month
Grass Month
Holy Humor Month
International Amateur Radio
Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Listening Awareness Month
Mathematics Education Month
Month of the Young Child
Multicultural Communication
Month
National Anxiety Month
National Florida Tomato Month
National Food Month
National Garden Month
National Home Improvement
Month
National Humor Month
“LAUGHS MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED IT
NOW MORE THAN EVER” National Humor
Month focuses on the therapeutic value of
laughter and programs for health care
professionals. Send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to The Carmel Institute
of Humor, Attn: Larry Wilde, 25470 Canada
Dr., Carmel, CA 93923-8926. (831) 624-
3058 or http://www.larrywilde.com.
National Knuckles Down Month
National Occupational Therapy
Month
To recognize the services and
accomplishments of occupational therapy
practitioners and promote awareness of
the benefits of occupational therapy.
American Occupational Therapy
Association, Communications Group, 4720
Montgomery Ln., Box 31220, Bethesda, MD
20824-1220. (301) 652-6611 or http://www.
aota.org.
National Parkinson's Awareness
Month
Contact NATIONAL PARKINSON
FOUNDATION, INC. 1501 N.W. 9th Avenue /
Bob Hope Road, Miami, Florida 33136-
1494. (305) 243-6666 or 1-800-327-4545,
Fax: (305) 243-5595 or http://www.
parkinson.org.
National Sexually Transmitted
Diseases Education and
Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Woodworking Month
Pets Are Wonderful Month
Philatelic Societies Month
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Month
Sea Cadet Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Stress Awareness Month
Thai Heritage Month
VD Awareness Month
Famous Weeks
Week 1
Consider Christianity Week
Hate Week
Medic Alert Week
National Bake Week (begins 1st
Mon)
National Birth-parents Week
National Healthcare Consumer
Advocacy Week
National Public Health Week
American Public Health Association, Attn:
Lakita Mayo, 800 I St. NW, Washington, DC
20001-3710. (202) 777-2742 or http://www.
apha.org
National Reading a Road Map
Week
Publicity Stunt Week
Straw Hat Week
Week of the Young Child
Week 2
Be Kind to Animals Week
Harmony Week
National Building Safety Week
National Garden Week
National Guitar Week
National Home Safety Week
National Library Week
National Medical Laboratory Week
National Patient Advocacy Week
Honor the healthcare professionals who
work to ensure that residents and
consumers receive high-quality healthcare.
Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy,
American Hospital Association, One North
Franklin, 31st Floor, Chicago, IL 60606.
Email: shca@aha.org or (312) 422-3851 or
http://www.shca-aha.org.
Private Property Week (10th-16th)
Week 3
Astronomy Week
Bike Safety Week
Boys and Girls Club Week
Crime Victims Week
Lefty Awareness Week
Library Forgiveness Week
March of Dimes WalkAmerica
Week
The nation’s biggest and oldest charity
walking event involves more than a million
volunteers at 1,450 sites across the
country. March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation, Attn: Tony Choppa 1275
Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605.
(914) 997-4601 or http://www.modimes.org.
National Bubblegum Week
National Coin Week
National Minority Cancer
Awareness Week
American Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Rd.,
NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. (404) 329-7650 or
http://www.cancer.org.
National Police Week
National Volunteer Week
The Points of Light Foundation sponsors
National Volunteer Week. The Points of
Light Foundation, 1400 I St., NW, Suite 800,
Washington, DC 20005. (202) 729-8168 or
http://www.pointsoflight.org.
National Week of the Ocean
Pan American Week
Talking Book Week
Week 4
Administrative Professionals Day
and Week
The event is celebrated worldwide, bringing
together millions of people for community
events, educational seminars, and
individual corporate activities recognizing
support staff with gifts of appreciation.
Administrative Professionals Day is April
26, 2006. International Association of
Administrative Professionals®, Attn: Rick
Stroud, 10502 N.W. Ambassador Drive P.O.
Box 20404, Kansas City, MO 64195-0404.
(816) 891-6600 or http://www.iaap-hq.org.
Big Brothers/Sisters Appreciation
Week
Consumer Protection Week
Egg Salad Week
Forest Week
Grange Week
Intergenerational Week
Jewish Heritage Week
Keep America Beautiful Week
National Give-A-Sample Week
National Lingerie Week
National Pain Management Week
National Volunteer Week
National YMCA Week
Professional Secretaries Week
Reading Is Fun Week
Sky Awareness Week
T.V. Turn-Off Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
(begins Last Mon)
Week of the Young Child
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
April 1st:
- Lon Chaney (Actor, Silent Film Star) "The
Man of a Thousand Faces" was born April
1, 1883 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He
died August 26, 1930. See Web site: www.
lonchaney.com.
- Gordon Jump, 1932 (actor) best known for
his role in TV's sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati
and the as the Maytag repairman in the
1990's commercials. He died September
22, 2003.
- Ali MacGraw
- Jane Powell
- Debbie Reynolds
April 2nd:
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Dana Carvey
- Buddy Ebsen, 1908 (actor/dancer) Best
known for his TV role as Jed Clampett on
The Beverly Hillbillies.He died July 6, 2003.
- Marvin Gaye
- Sir Alec Guinness
- Emmylou Harris
- Reggie Smith
- Jack Webb
April 3rd:
- Alec Baldwin, 1958 (Actor)
- Marlon Brando
- Doris Day
- Don Gibson was born Donald Eugene
Gibson on April 3, 1928 in Shelby, NC. He
was inducted to the County Music Hall of
Fame in 2001. He died November 17, 2003
in Nashville TN at the age of 75.
- Washington Irving
- George Jessel
- Marsha Mason, 1942
- Eddie Murphy, 1961 (Actor)
- Wayne Newton, 1942
- Tony Orlando
- David Hyde Pierce, 1959
- Sally Rand
- Debralee Scott, Actress (Mary Hartman-
Mary Hartman, Welcome Back Kotter) Born
April 2, 1953 in Elizabeth NJ, died April 5,
2005 in Amelia Island, FL of natural
causes. Her fiance, John Dennis Levi, died
September 11, 2001 in the World Trade
Center attack. See photo & bio at www.
nndb.com/people/566/000030476
April 4th:
- John Cameron Swayze, 1906 - News
Broadcaster
- Robert Downey Jr., 1965 - Actor
- Steve Gatlin, 1951 - Musician, The Gatlin
Brothers.
- Cloris Leachman, 1926 - Actress
- Nancy McKeon, 1966 - Actress
- Craig T. Nelson, 1946 - Actor
April 5th:
- Bette Davis
- Arthur Hailey, 1920 (Author - Hotel, Airport,
TV writer.) Died November 24, 2004 from a
stroke.
- Gregory Peck, 1916 (Actor) died June 12,
2003. Won an Oscar for "To Kill A
Mockingbird."
- Colin Powell, 1937
- Spencer Tracy
- Ronnie White, The Miracles - was born
April 5, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan (Died
August 26, 1995)
April 6th:
- Candace Cameron, 1976 (Actress - Full
House)
- Butch Cassidy
- Ivan Dixon, Actor - Hogan's Heroes) 1930
- Merle Haggard (Country Singer) was born
on April 6, 1937 in Oildale, CA. See www.
merlehaggard.com.
- Jason Hervey, 1972 (Actor - The Wonder
Years - played Wayne Arnold)
- Marilu Henner (Actress - TV Series Taxi)
- Harry Houdini
- Michelle Phillips
- Andre Previn
- TomCatgbni (Happy Birthday to our visitor
and thanks for submitting Candace
Cameron & Jason Hervey!)
- Billy Dee Williams
April 7th:
- Francis Ford Coppolla
- Jackie Chan, 1954
- Russell Crowe, 1964
- Tony Dorsett
- Percy Faith
- David Frost
- James Garner, Born April 7, 1928 in
Norman, OK. Actor, director, producer.
- Billie Holiday, 1915 (Jazz singer) - Born
Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915 in
Philadelphia PA and spent most of her
young life in Baltimore MD. Died on July 17,
1959 at the age of 44. The unofficial Billie
Holiday Web site: www.ladyday.net
- John Oates
- Wayne Rogers
- William Wordsworth
April 8th:
- Patricia Arquette, 1968
- Betty Ford, Former US First Lady - married
to Former US President Gerald Ford.
- Catfish Hunter
- Julian Lennon
- Mary Pickford
April 9th:
- Hugh Hefner, 1926
- Dennis Quaid, 1954
April 10th:
- Chuck Conners
- Ken Griffey
- John Madden, Sportscaster - Born April 10,
1936 in Austin, Minnesota
- Harry Morgan
- Omar Sharif
April 11th:
- Joel Grey
- Ethel Kennedy
- Louise Lasser
April 12th: