Day Guide for Saturday April 6th 2019 What are the holidays on April 6th 2019?

This is our day guide for Saturday April 6th 2019 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 6th 2019

International: Ougadi

Ugadi marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.

Burundi: President Ntaryamira Day

Marks the anniversary of President Cyprien Ntaryamira's death in 1994

Regional

India (regional): Sajibu Nongma Panba

The Sajibu Nongmapanba Festival is the Lunar new year festival of the sanamahism religion

Regional

India (regional): 1st Navratra

First day of a nine-day festival that ends on Ram Navami

Regional

India (regional): Gudi Padwa

Gudi Padwa marks the beginning of a new Hindu lunar calendar with a change in the moon's orbit.

Regional

India (regional): Cheti Chand

Sindhi New Year is celebrated on the second day in the month of Chaitra

Observances on April 6th 2019

USA: National Love Our Children Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Love Our Children Day

United Nations: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 

Sport has the power to change the world; it is a fundamental right, a powerful tool to strengthen social ties and promote sustainable development and peace and well as solidarity, and respect.

USA: National Caramel Popcorn Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Caramel Popcorn Day

USA: National Student-Athlete Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Student-Athlete Day

USA: National Teflon Day

This is one holiday tradition we encourage you not to stick to.

United Kingdom: New Beers Eve

New Beers Eve commemorates the day before the end of prohibition in 1933.

Canada: Tartan Day

An annual celebration of Scottish culture and heritage that began in Canada in the 1980s.

April 5th 2019 | Go to Today | April 7th 2019

Choose a Day
General Information for April 6th 2019
There are 6 public holidays today.
Day 96 of 2019
269 days left in 2019
Week 14 of the year
On this Day in History
1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, Hutu President of neighbouring Burundi die in an air crash when their plane is hit by two missiles.
1960 - Sputnik 3 ceases sending back data, as noted in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
1937 - The Luigi Accame ploughs into Rocken End, off the Isle of Wight.
1652 - The Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a re-supply camp at the Cape of Good Hope. It eventually becomes Cape Town, South Africa.