Today's Holidays in April 5
August 08, 2024
National Raisin And Spice Bar Day
August 08, 2024
National Flash Drive Day
August 08, 2024
National Go For Broke Day
August 08, 2024
National Deep Dish Pizza Day
August 08, 2024
National Read A Road Map Day
August 08, 2024
Gold Star Spouses Day
August 08, 2024
First Contact Day
August 08, 2024
National Caramel Day
August 08, 2024
National Nebraska Day
Everything else on April 5
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Easter Sunday (AT,AU,BE,BR,DE,DK,FI,HU,ID,IT,NL,NO,PE,PL,PT,SE) · Domingo de Resurrección (PE) · Eerste paasdag (NL) · Første påskedag (NO) · Húsvét (HU) · Kebangkitan Yesus Kristus (ID) · Niedziela Wielkanocna (PL) · Pääsiäispäivä (FI) · Páscoa (PT) · Pasen (BE) and 6 more
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Pesach IV (CH’’M) פסח ד׳ (חוה״מ) holiday
- Christian: Easter Sunday major
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2010 — Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. ↗
- 2009 — North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate... ↗
- 1999 — Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. ↗
- 1998 — In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world. ↗
- 1992 — Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1999 — Sharlene San Pedro, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
- 1998 — Kaito Nakamura, Japanese actor and model
- 1996 — Nicolas Beer, Danish racing driver
- 1995 — Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
- 1993 — Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player