MDBCs 24 Apr 2026
April 24th 2026 - Holidays and Observances
(click on the day for details)
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, California, France)
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Christian feast day:
- Benedict Menni
- Dermot of Armagh
- Dyfnan of Anglesey
- Ecgberht of Ripon
- Elizabeth Hesselblad
- Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Gregory of Elvira
- Ivo of Ramsey
- Johann Walter (Lutheran)
- Mary of Clopas
- Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
- Mellitus
- Salome (disciple)
- Wilfrid (Catholic Church and Church of England)
- William Firmatus
- April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Concord Day (Niger)
- Democracy Day (Nepal)
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Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances:
- Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)
- National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
- Republic Day (The Gambia)
- World Day for Laboratory Animals
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People
Coronation Day of Pope Benedict XVI
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
National Arbor Day
National Brandon Day
National Hairball Awareness Day
National Pet Care for All Day
National Pigs in a Blanket Day
National Skipping Day
New Kids on the Block Day
Scream Day
Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day
World Women’s Wellness Day
National Historic Marker Day
National Bucket List Day
Firefly Day
Help Animals Day
Barbra Streisand’s Birthday
Joe Keery’s Birthday
Kelly Clarkson’s Birthday
Thomas Sanders’s Birthday
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While I was making a huge batch of snickerdoodle cookies, I asked my ten-year-old to read the recipe and ingredients off the box to me, doubling them as he went along. He did as he was told. His first instruction: "Preheat the oven to 700 degrees."
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After browsing the restaurant menu, I had a question for the waitress. "About the salmon entrée, is that a steak or a fillet?"
"Neither," she said. "It's a fish."
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"Don't worry about it," he said. "We do it all the time."
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"For sale: Eight puppies from a German shepherd and an Alaskan hussy."
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I called a video shop to order the war movie Battle of the Bulge.
"Hold on," said the clerk. "I'll check our aerobics tapes."
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