Page 10 ^orilanh OObseruer SUNDAY MONDAY 21 22 Kindergarten Day Kurt Wiese bom, 1887 Barbara Park bom, 1947 WEDNESDAY 23 o Earth Day established 1970 Administrative Professionals/ Secretaries Day Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day William Shakespeare bom, 1564 Library of Congress established (1800) 29 30 Zipper Day (patented by Gideon Sindback in 1913) National Honesty Day THURSDAY 24 Home Run Day, Hank Aaron hits his first home run in 1954. 28 Jam Night Comedy Show (Free) 7pm Celebration Tabernacle 8131 N. Denver Ave Portland, O r97217 TUESDAY MONDAY Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand) Hubble Telescope launched, 1990 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Mother Goose Day May Day ■ Worthy Wage Day For child care provid- ers. 6 THURSDAY 27 Arbor Day Tell a Story Day Hug a Friend Day W alter Lantz bom, 1899 (The creator of Woody Woodpecker) National Pretzel Day Seismologist Charles Richter bom, 1900 ' Started FRIDAY 2 Dr. Benjamin Spock Bom in 1903 8 • Eiffel Tower opens to the public in 1889 Children's Day In Japan 26 2013 1 3 1 1 1 Cinco de Mayo SATURDAY Anniversary Louisiana Purchase completed (1803) I Leo Lionni bom, 1910 FRIDAY 25 /orA/IcLy, SUNDAY A pril 24, 2013 3 Space Day National Sun Day Kentucky Derby takes place today Constitution Memoria Day in Japan National Weather Observers' Day 9 10 National School Nurse Day Eleanor Estes bom, 1906 Clean Up Your Room Day No Socks Day First Newspaper Cartoon In the USA in 1754. Christopher Paul Curtis bom, 1953 Pulitzer Prize Estab­ lished (1917) SATURDAY 11 Twilight Zone Day Peter Sis bom, 1949 M ark Lupica (BDay) .. 12 Mother’s Day 13 Tulip Day 15 Beginning of Lewis International Nurses Day In 1804. Frank L. Baum Author o f The Wizard of O z -b o m in 1856. Kite Day Chicken Day Limerick Day Norma Fox Mazer bom, 1931 16 First US Nickel Minted In 1866, called the'Shield Nickel'. 17 € 18 First Kentucky Derby In 1875 Gary Paulson bom, 1939 ; 5 1 19 Circus Day The Ringling Brother's Circus opened in 1884 20 Victoria Day Celebrated in Canada Lindbergh Flight Day in 1927 Mary Pope Osborne bom, 1949 21 22 23 Arnold Lobel bom, 1933 Margaret Wise Brown bom, 1910 Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day Scott O' Dell bom, 1898 Penny Day 24 < O Mary Had A Little Lamb Published in 1830. f t p First Morse Code Message Sent ( 25