Friday, April 22, 2011

Friday's celebrations

April 22nd has a bunch of celebrations to consider:
National Jelly Bean Day
Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day
Earth Day (1970)
International Mother Earth Day (UN)
Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
2010 – Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig owned by BP and Transocean, sinks to the bottom of the Gulf Of Mexico after having a blowout two days earlier. The well then created the largest oil spill in U.S. history by constantly gushing oil through the damaged wellhead. People along the Gulf Coast are working to clean oil from the Gulf and stop the rig from leaking with support from BP
Orthodox Good Friday/Good Friday (11 states) (Friday before Easter Sunday)
Christian Feast Day: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Catholic Church), Epipodius and Alexander
St. Alexander's Day
Discovery Day (Brazil)
Oklahoma Day (Oklahoma)

(Photo credits: Jelly Belly jelly beans, newsalertstodays.com; Official Earth Week logo that was used as the backdrop for the prime time CBS News Special Report with Walter Cronkite about Earth Day 1970, Wikipedia; As of June 21, 2010, the area closed to fishing encompassed 86,985 square miles (225,290 km²), or about 36% of Gulf of Mexico federal waters, Wikipedia; Good Friday, Antonio Ciseri's depiction of Ecce Homo with Jesus and Pontius Pilate, 19th century, Wikipedia)

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