This is our day guide for Monday April 17th 2017 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on April 17th 2017
International: Easter Monday
Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
International: Orthodox Easter Monday
The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhere
International: Orthodox Easter Day
Easter is the most significant religious holiday for the world's roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus has been placed after his crucifixion.
Egypt: Sham El Nessim
Sham El-Nessim is an ancient Egyptian spring festival celebrated on the day after Coptic Easter
Gabon: Women's Day
Marks the appointment of the first female to the Government in Gabon
Israel: Pesach VII
Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
Lao: Lao New Year Holiday
Extra day of holidays to mark the Lao New Year
Myanmar: Burmese New Year
The Burmese New Year falls on the day that the sun enters the star sign of AriesPublic sector only
USA (regional): Emancipation Day
Washington DC Only. Weekday closest to April 16th. marks the abolition of slavery in the District of ColumbiaPublic sector only
USA (regional): Patriots Day
Commemorates the opening battles of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord in 1775| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for April 17th 2017 | |
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| There are 10 public holidays today. | |
| Day 107 of 2017 | |
| 258 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 16 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1970 - After a tense few days, Apollo 13 re-enters Earth's atmosphere and splashes down with its crew intact. | |
| 1961 - John F Kennedy - 35th President of the United States - authorises the Bay of Pigs invasion, and incident noted in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. | |
| 1957 - Nick Hornby, the English author, is born. | |
| 1940 - Singer/songwriter Billy Fury is born in Liverpool, UK. |
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