April Holidays
What is garlic?
In 1984, this former actor was re-elected to the presidency, winning every Electoral College vote except Minnesota's and Washington DC's.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
American hopes for a victory in this race on Monday probably rest on the shoulders of Connor Mantz, who was eighth in the same event at the Paris Olympics.
What is the Boston Marathon?
In Francophone countries, it is traditional to celebrate this holiday by attempting to attach a paper fish to someone's back without being noticed.
What is April Fools' Day?
What is Apple?
After clashing with Donald Trump recently, this local institution is now at risk of having its tax-exempt status revoked by the I.R.S.
What is Harvard University?
Freedom Day is celebrated every April 27 in this country, to commemorate the day in 1994 when the first post-apartheid elections were held.
What is South Africa?
The 1984 Summer Olympics were held in Los Angeles, while the Winter Olympics were hosted by this city, currently the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What is Sarajevo?
Over half of this Caribbean island's 1.4 million inhabitants were still without power today, the morning after a blackout knocked all of the island’s functioning power plants offline and left the entire territory in the dark.
What is Puerto Rico?
Schools are closed in observance of this holiday in Massachusetts, Maine, Wisconsin, and, as of 2021, North Dakota.
What is Patriots' Day?
This space shuttle went to space three times in 1984; its third mission included two women for the first time, as well as the first Canadian in space. It went to space three more times in 1985, before exploding during lift-off in January, 1986.
What is the Challenger?
Though we've known about their existence for about 100 years, last month was the first time this animal has been captured on camera in its natural habitat, 2000 feet below the surface of the South Atlantic Ocean.
What is a colossal squid?
This holiday was first held on April 22, 1970, chiefly inspired by a 1969, 3-million-gallon oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA.
What is Earth Day?
In 1984, this children's show aired in Britain for the first time, based on The Railway Series books, written by Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. (It arrived on US stations five years later.)
What is Thomas the Tank Engine?
Senator Chris van Hollen of this state traveled yesterday to El Salvador to try to meet with and potentially free one of his constituents, who was abducted and deported—without charge or trial—by masked federal agents a month ago, in what has since been referred to as "an administrative error."
What is Maryland?