April 27

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on April 27, include:

• Babe Ruth Day 
  
• Bob Wills Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• Drone Safety Day - April 27, 2024
• Eeyore's Birthday Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday of April)
• Free Feral Cat Spay Day 
  
• Independent Bookstore Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• International Marconi Day - April 27, 2024 (Closest Saturday to April 25th)
• International Sculpture Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• International Table Top Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• Mantanzas Mule Day 
• Marine Mammal Rescue Day 
• Morse Code Day 
• National Dance Day - April 27, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in April)
• National Day of Puppetry - April 27, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in April)
• National Devil Dog Cakes Day 
• National Go Birding Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday of April)
• National Herb Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April) and also May 4, 2024 (First Saturday in May)
• National Kiss of Hope Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• National Little Pampered Dog Day 
• National Pool Opening Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• National Prescription Drug Take Back Day - April 27, 2024 (DEA) (Last Saturday in April)
• National Prime Rib Day 
• National Rebuilding Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday of April)
• National Sense of Smell Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday of April)
• Pet Tech CPR Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• Save the Frogs Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• Tell a Story Day 
• Woody Woodpecker Day 
• World Design Day 
• World Healing Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• World Tai Chi & Qigong Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)
• World Tapir Day 
• World Veterinary Day - April 27, 2024 (Last Saturday in April)

2024 Weekly Holidays that include April 27, are:

• Administrative Professional's Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
• American Quilters Society Week - April 24-27, 2024
• Animal Cruelty / Human Violence Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Full Week in April)
• Bedbug Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week in April)
• Canadian Immunization Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week in April) 
• Chemists Celebrate Earth Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Always includes Earth Day 4/22)
• Fibroid Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week in April)
  
• Gathering of Nations PowWow - April 25-27, 2024
• Global Youth Service Days - April 26-28, 2024 
• National African Violet Week - April 21-28, 2024
  
• National And Global Youth Service Days - April 26-28, 2024 (Last Weekend in April)
• National Coin Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Full Week of April)
• National Crime Victims' Rights Week - April 21-27, 2024
• National Dance Week - April 19-28, 2024 
  
• National Dream Hotline - April 26-28, 2024 (Last Weekend in April)
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Infants Immunization Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Infertility Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Karaoke Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Week of April)
• National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
• National Organ / Tissue Donor Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Week of April)
  
• National Paperboard Packaging Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Includes Earth Day April 22nd)
  
• National Park Week - April 20-28 2024 (Entrance fees are waived at all National Parks on April 20, 2024)
• National Princess Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week of April)
  
• National Scoop the Poop Week - April 24-30
• National Student Leadership Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Week of April)
• National Volunteer Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Third Full Week in April)
• Orthodox Lent - Begins on Ash Wednesday - March 18, 2024 - May 4, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Passover (also known as Pesach) - Evening of April 22 - Evening of April 30, 2024
• Pesach (also known as Passover) - Evening of April 22 - Evening of April 30, 2024
• Sky Awareness Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Last Full Week in April)
  
• UN Global Road Safety Week - April 23-29
• World Immunization Week - April 24-30
• World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week - April 21-27, 2024 (Week that surrounds April 24th each year)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include April 27, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our April Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of April.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Festival of Ridvan - April 20 - May 2, 2024
• Fiddler's Frolic - April 26-28, 2024
• Interstate Mullet Toss - April 26-28, 2024 (Last Full Weekend in April)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for April 27 is Taurus.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for April are:

• Daisy - signifies innocence, loyal love, and purity
• Sweet Pea - signify blissful pleasure, but are also used to say good-bye.

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for April is the diamond, a symbol of enduring love.

Famous Birthdays

• 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, American General and politician who became the 18th President of the United States from 1869-1877 (d. 1885)
• 1922 - Jack Klugman, American actor (The Odd Couple) (d. 2012)
• 1926 - Tim LaHaye, American minister, speaker, and author (Left Behind series)
• 1927 - Coretta Scott King, American activist, author, and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• 1959 - Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer, songwriter, actress

Famous Deaths

• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan - Portuguese explorer (b. 1480)
• 1882 - Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 2002 - Ruth Handler - American inventor who created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1981 - Beatle Ringo Starr, marries Barbara Bach, actress
• 1996 - Lorenzo Lamas, actor (Falcon Crest, Renegade) married Shauna Sand
• 1996 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast and three time Olympic gold medalist marries Bart Conner, gymnast champion
• 2013 - Michael Jordan, basketball player marries Yvette Prieto, model

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

There are many healthy diet habits for kids that will help them to develop a healthy relationship with food.  We live in a world full of overweight and obese children, many of whom will go on to become obese adults. None of us wants this for our kids! We are all highly concerned for our children's health, and should be just as concerned about our children's nutrition.

Find out more about healthy diet habits for kids from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits!

This Day in History

• 1865 - The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution
• 1865 - The steamboat Sultana explodes and sinks in the Mississipp River, killing 1,800 of its 2,400 passengers
• 1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1974 - A march in Washington, D.C. with ten thousand marchers calls for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon over the watergate scandal
• 1992 - The Federal Republic of Yogoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro is proclaimed
• 1992 - In it's 700 year history, the first woman elected Speaker of the British House of Commons is Betty Boothroyd
• 2006 - Construction begins on One World Trade Center in New York City. It was originally name the Freedom Tower
• 2011 - Two hundred five tornadoes touch down on April 27 in the Southeastern U.S. in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. More than 300 people are killed and hundreds more injured

This Day in Music

• 1749 - George Frideric Handel's Firstworks Music is first performed in Green Park, London.
• 1810 - Beethoven composes his piano piece, Fur Elist
• 1964 - In His Own Write by John Lennon is published in the U.S.
• 1979 - Love Comes to Everyone by George Harrison is released

Beethovan's Fur Elise arranged and orchestrated by Georgii Cherkin

This Day in Sports

• 1993 - On their way to Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match the entire Zambia national football team are killed during a plane crash
• 1947 - Babe Ruth Day is celebrated for the first time at Yankee Stadium and throughout the United States
• 1956 - Heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano retires undefeated
• 1983 - Nolan Ryan passes Walter Johnson with the most strikeouts of 3,509

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!