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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon April 4th, 2011, 3:43 am

April 4: Children's Day (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon April 4th, 2011, 4:42 pm

April 4: Independence Day (Senegal)

April 4: The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Václav Čtvrtek (Czech Republic)

Czech children's literature writer

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Sat April 9th, 2011, 5:28 pm

April 9: Culture Week (Italy)

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon April 11th, 2011, 4:22 pm

April 10: First round of Peru's presidential elections

April 12: 50th Anniversary of the First Human Spaceflight (Global)

The image as it appears on Google has a little rocket taking off, you can see it at http://www.google.com.au/

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Wed April 13th, 2011, 2:21 am

April 13: The 240th Anniversary of the Birthday of Richard Trevithick (UK)

He was a British (Cornish) inventor and mining engineer. His most significant success was the high pressure steam engine and he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Trevithick

April 13: The Songkran Festival (Thai New Year) (Thailand)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkran

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Fri April 15th, 2011, 5:20 pm

April 15: The 122nd Anniversary of the Birth of Charlie Chaplin (Global)

There's a somewhat humourous clip that plays when you click on it (at a google site only), though of course it's not the real Charlie.

His actual birthday is the 16th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Mon April 18th, 2011, 5:36 pm

April 18: The 129th Anniversary of the Birth of Monteiro Lobato (Brazil)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteiro_Lobato

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SonjaMarie · Post by **SonjaMarie** » Thu April 21st, 2011, 4:38 pm

April 22: Earth Day (Global)

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Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Fri April 22nd, 2011, 1:05 pm

this one's fab, go on to the website and hold your mouse over the various animals, they all do stuff!

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Fri April 22nd, 2011, 2:18 pm

Oh I didn't realize that! Cool!

I loved that 'Chaplin' film - rather a perfect imagining of his work. I still can be brought to tears by his films like the scene in Gold Rush on New Years Eve when he realizes he'd been dreaming, but then I'll be rolling on the floor laughing in the same movie when he's trying to enjoy eating his boot, the only thing in the cabin to eat. Or the 'roll dance'. Or when he's trying to dance with a girl, not realizing he is holding on to a lease and is shooing the dog away....oh my. Time to pull out my collection and start rewatching them.