April
Ø The name for the month of April originally came for Aprilis which means to open.
Ø April also only had 29 days, but a 30th day was added when Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar.
Ø In the Southern Hemisphere, April is the seasonal equivalent to October.
Ø The birthstone for April is the diamond.
Ø The Jewish festival of Pescah, or Passover, is celebrated early in April.
Ø The first battle of the Revolutionary War, Lexington, and Concord broke out on April 19, 1775.
Ø Our first President George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.
Ø April is Humor Month, so laugh it up!
Ø April is also the month that the birds migrate north and settle down for the summer to mate.
Ø On April 15, 1912, the famous Titanic ship hit an iceberg and sunk on her first
