Friday, April 15, 2011

Today's celebrations

April 16th has a bunch of celebrations to consider:
National Eggs Benedict Day ^
National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day
Day of the Mushroom
National Librarian Day
National Auctioneers Day
Foursquare Day - Foursquare is a location-based mobile platform that makes cities easier to use and more interesting to explore ^
Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day
Day of Silence
Stress Awareness Day
Husband Appreciation Day (Always the 3rd Saturday of April)
Pet Owners Independence Day (Always the 3rd Saturday of April)
Record Store Day (Always the 3rd Saturday of April)
Birthday - Charley Chaplin (comedian) 1889-1977 ^
World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
Christian Feast Day: Benedict Joseph Labre, Bernadette Soubirous, Drogo, Fructuosus of Braga, Martyrs of Zaragoza, Turibius of Astorga
Lazarus Saturday (Orthodox)
St. Bernadette's Day
St. Padarn's Day
Emancipation Day (Washington, D.C.)
National Park Week is here: From April 16th to 24th, the U.S. National Park Service will offer free admission to its 394 park sites. ^

(^ Photo credit: Eggs Benedict consisting of “English muffins topped with Canadian bacon, poached eggs & hollandaise sauce” with their house potatoes in the background, as served at Orange in Chicago, Illinois, Wikipedia; Four square Day,  4sqatl.com; Chaplin in character, 1910, Wikipedia; Yosemite Valley in winter, Yosemite National Park, Photo by: QT Luong, terragalleria.com, The National Parks, American's Best Idea)

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