APRIL 14, 2025 | NATIONAL REACH AS HIGH AS YOU CAN DAY | NATIONAL GARDENING DAY | NATIONAL DOLPHIN DAY | LOOK UP AT THE SKY DAY | NATIONAL PECAN DAY | NATIONAL PAN AMERICAN DAY | NATIONAL EX-SPOUSE DAY
APRIL 14, 2025 | NATIONAL REACH AS HIGH AS YOU CAN DAY | NATIONAL GARDENING DAY | NATIONAL DOLPHIN DAY | LOOK UP AT THE SKY DAY | NATIONAL PECAN DAY | NATIONAL PAN AMERICAN DAY | NATIONAL EX-SPOUSE DAY
NATIONAL REACH AS HIGH AS YOU CAN DAY
National Reach as High as You Can Day on April 14th encourages us to evaluate our goals and do our best to reach them. Read more...
NATIONAL GARDENING DAY
National Gardening Day on April 14th encourages gardeners and would-be gardeners to pick up a shovel, plant some seeds, and kick off a beautiful year of homegrown bounty. Learn more...
NATIONAL DOLPHIN DAY
Each year on April 14th, National Dolphin Day recognizes the social and intelligent mammals of the water. Read more...
LOOK UP AT THE SKY DAY
On April 14, Look Up at the Sky Day encourages us to admire the beauty above us. On this day we all hope for good weather and an opportunity to fill our eyes with the sky from horizon to horizon. What do you see...
NATIONAL PECAN DAY
Each year, National Pecan Day on April 14th celebrates one nut native to the United States. It's also a favorite snack and ingredient across the country. Read more...
NATIONAL PAN AMERICAN DAY
National Pan American Day on April 14th each year commemorates the First International Conference of American States, which concluded on April 14, 1890. The observance takes place during Pan American Week. Discover more...
NATIONAL EX-SPOUSE DAY
Very few marriages end amicably. Each year on April 14th, National Ex-Spouse Day encourages those who have dissolved their marriage to forgive their former spouse and move beyond any anger or bitterness that may remain. And even those that do aren't free from angst or regrets. This is a strange one...
Coming on April 15, 2025
National Days
NATIONAL TAX DAY
TAKE A WILD GUESS DAY
NATIONAL RUBBER ERASER DAY
PURPLE UP! DAY
NATIONAL GLAZED SPIRAL HAM DAY
NATIONAL LAUNDRY DAY
NATIONAL TITANIC REMEMBRANCE DAY
Notable Birthdays for April 14
Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819-1901) - Educator and author who was one of the first women to study in a co-ed environment.
Shorty Rogers (1924-1994) - Trumpet and flugelhorn player who was one of the creators of West Coast Jazz.
Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) - Iconic country singer with hits like Coal Miner's Daughter, The Pill, You Ain't Woman Enough and Fist City, to name a few.
Pete Rose (1941-2024) -Considered one of the greatest MLB players of all time.
Brad Garrett (1960-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as Robert in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Anthony Michael Hall (1968-Still Living) - Actor whose long-time career includes several films, including Sixteen Candles, the Breakfast Club, War Machine, and Halloween Kills.
1973 - Award-winning actor with lead roles in The Pianist, The Thin Red Line, and King Kong.
Memorable Events of April 14
1775 - The abolitionist society forms in Philadelphia.
1818 - The U.S. Medical Corps forms.
1828 - Noah Webster copyrights the first American dictionary.
1841 - Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first detective story (Murders in Rue Morgue).
1863 - William Bullock patents "continuous-roll printing press."
1865 - John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln in Ford's Theatre.
1890 - Pan American Day is celebrated as the first conference of American states in Washington, D.C.
1894 - The first ever commercial motion picture house (movie theatre) opens in NY.
1902 - James Cash Penney opens his first The Golden Rule Store, which later becomes becomes JCPenney.
1912 - The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink enroute to the states.
1914 - Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes Typhus Fever.
1914 - Stacy G. Carkhuff (Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) receives a patent for non-skid tire pattern.
1935 - The Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across OK and TX. The storm becomes known as the Dust Bowl.
1939 - John Steinbeck publishes his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
1956 - The Ampex Corporation demonstrates the first commercial videotape recorder.