National days, ongoing national weeks and months, and global observances for April 16, 2027. Plus historical events and birthdays.
April 16, 2027 celebrates National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day, plus 6 more. Each year on April 16th, National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day allows us a reprieve after meeting a late-night deadline shuffling receipts, and adding columns to file our taxes.
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On April 16th, National Eggs Benedict Day celebrates a long-favored breakfast or brunch dish. Eggs Benedict consists of poached eggs with Hollandaise sauce and Canadian bacon or ham on English muffin halves.
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Founded in 2015 by National Day Calendar® Mike and Faith Young.
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April 16 is National Pathway Day on the National Day Calendar in celebration of Pathways, also known as Academies. Today we are celebrating the industry-themed Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses for high school and Community College students that use the industry to prepare them for both their career and college.
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National Bean Counter Day on April 16th is every accountant's favorite day of the year. After the flutter and the flurry of preparing taxes right up until the stroke of midnight, these diligent number crunchers are well past due for a day off.
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National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day occurs annually on the third Friday in April. The day aims to raise awareness and effectively rid homes of unused or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications sitting in medicine cabinets, nightstands, or kitchen cabinets that have the potential for misuse or abuse by family members, friends, or visitors.
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Clatonia Joaquin Dorticus received patent no. 537,442 for his invention of a "machine for embossing photographs."
Less than a year after becoming the first woman in the United States to obtain a pilot's license, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly a plane across the English Channel.
The Fibber McGee and Mollyradio comedy show aired for the first time on the NBC Blue Network. Jim and Marion Jordan played the roles of Fibber and Molly along with a full complement of actors playing Doctor Gamble, Mayor LaTrivia, and Thockemorton Gildersleeve among many others who lived in Wistful Vista.
NASA launches Apollo 16. The three-person crew included Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke, and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Their mission was the space program's fifth crewed lunar landing and tenth crewed mission overall.
Longer-running observances that include this date.
National Tar Syndrome Awareness Month
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Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
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National Fair Housing Month
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National Volunteer Month
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National Month Of Hope
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National Financial Literacy Month
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Stress Awareness Month
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International Guitar Month
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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National Humor Month
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National Autism Awareness Month
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Canine Fitness Month
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