April 28th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Aphrodisius and companions
  • Gianna Beretta Molla
  • Kirill of Turov (Orthodox, added to Roman Martyrology in 1969)
  • Louis de Montfort
  • Pamphilus of Sulmona
  • Peter Chanel
  • Vitalis and Valeria of Milan
  • April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan)
• National Heroes Day (Barbados)
• Restoration of Sovereignty Day (Japan)
• Sardinia Day (Sardinia)
• Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work (international)
  • National Day of Mourning (Canada)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

Biological Clock Day

Clean Comedy Day

Global Pay It Forward Day

Great Poetry Reading Day

Kiss Your Mate Day

Mother Father Deaf Day

National Blueberry Pie Day

National BraveHearts Day

National Cubicle Day

National Franklin Day

National Pet Parents Day

National Superhero Day

Occupational Safety & Health Day

Palm Sunday Orthodox

Turkmen Racing Horse Festival

Save The Frogs Day

 

Big Ed’s Birthday

Melanie Martinez’s Birthday

Jessica Alba

Bridget Moynahan

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Fun Observances

 World Pinhole Photography Day

The last Sunday in April is celebrated worldwide as World Pinhole Photography Day.

The day aims to encourage people to pick up pinhole photography as a hobby and profession, and to share their techniques and pictures with the pinhole photography community.

Small Hole

Unlike its more technologically advanced counterparts, a pinhole camera has no lens and usually captures images using light that passes through a small hole or aperture. The light passes through the hole and projects an inverted image on a piece of film or paper.

Make Your Own

Popularly used to take photographs of the Sun and to safely observe solar eclipses, pinhole cameras are easy to make at home and require minimal equipment.

How to Celebrate?

• Learn more about pinhole cameras and photography.
• Make a simple pinhole camera at home and try to take pictures with it.
• Share the pictures with the pinhole photography community.

Did You Know…

…that the world's largest camera obscura is in Aberystwyth, Wales? A camera obscura is an optical device that was the precursor of a pinhole camera.

 

 

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I just got a GPS for my car, and my first trip with it was to a drugstore. Since the manual said not to leave it in the car unattended, I brought it with me into the store. While there, the GPS came alive, and a voice stated, "Lost satellite contact."

I wasn't embarrassed until a woman turned to me and said,

"Your ankle bracelet monitor is talking to you."

 

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Driving along a country road, I ignored a Bridge Out sign and continued on. But in a few miles I came to a stop: The road was completely barricaded. So I turned around and retraced my route.

That's when I saw this sign on the back of the first: "It was, wasn't it?"

 

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At a workshop on dog temperament, the instructor noted that a test for a canine’s disposition was for an owner to fall down and act hurt. A dog with poor temperament would try to bite the person, whereas a good dog would lick his owner’s face or show concern.

Once, while eating pizza in the living room, I decided to try out this theory on my two dogs. I stood up, clutched my heart, let out a scream and collapsed on the floor.

The dogs looked at me, glanced at each other and raced to the coffee table for my pizza.

 

 

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" IT’S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS "

 

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