This is our day guide for Thursday April 5th 2018 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 5th 2018
International: Ching Ming Festival
Ching Ming is the Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave-Sweeping Day and takes place on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.Regional
India (regional): Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. Birthday of an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar
North Korea: Chungmyung Day
Chungmyung Day marks the passing of the worst of winter and is a day for tidying up graves and doing home repairs that winter prohibitedRegional
Switzerland (regional): Näfelser Fahrt
Marks a pilgrimage to the site of a battle with the Habsburgs in 1388April 4th 2018 | Go to Today | April 6th 2018
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| General Information for April 5th 2018 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 95 of 2018 | |
| 270 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 14 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2008 - US actor Charlton Heston, star of the film Ben-Hur and president of the National Rifle Association, dies (born 1923). | |
| 1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to jail for conspiring to steal secrets about the atomic bomb - a historical moment documented in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. | |
| 1904 - The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. | |
| 1815 - People around the world learn the name 'Tambora' - the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history. |
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