Day Guide for Friday April 30th 2021 What are the holidays on April 30th 2021?

This is our day guide for Friday April 30th 2021 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 30th 2021

International: Prayer Day

Great Prayer Day is basically a collection of minor Christian holy days consolidated into one day

International: Orthodox Good Friday

Easter is the principal festival of Greece and the Orthodox Church

International: Labour Day (in lieu)

This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement

Regional

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (regional): Rincon Day

An annual festival to mark the end of the harvest on Bonaire

Cambodia: Royal Plowing Ceremony

Marks the start of the planting season. 4th day of the 6th lunar month's waning moon.

Regional

Malaysia (regional): Nuzul Al-Quran Day

Nuzul Quran

Sint Maarten: Carnival Day

The carnival is celebrated on Queen Juliana's Birthday

Not a Public Holiday

Sweden: Walpurgis Night

Walpurgis Night is the night of April 30th, the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga

Public sector only

USA (regional): Arbor Day

The first American Arbor Day took place in Nebraska City on 10 April 1872

Vietnam: Reunification Day

Fall of Saigon and reunification of Vietnam in 1975 when Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon

Observances on April 30th 2021

USA: National Arbor Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Arbor Day

USA: National Hairball Awareness Day

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United Nations: International Jazz Day 

More than one billion people around the world are reached annually through International Jazz Day programs and media coverage.

USA: National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day

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USA: National Bugs Bunny Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Bugs Bunny Day

USA: National Hairstylist Appreciation Day

After we all let our locks down in lockdown, we gained a new appreciation of hair stylists.

USA: National Honesty Day

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USA: National Oatmeal Cookie Day

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USA: National Raisin Day

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USA: National Scarcoidosis Day

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Mexico: Children's Day

This is the day when children are honored in Mexico.

International: Walpurgis Night

In parts of Northern and Eastern Europe, the Mass of Saint Walburga or Walpurgis Night is celebrated on the evening of April 30th.

Israel: Lag BaOmer

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Lag BaOmer.

Ireland: National Workplace Wellbeing Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Workplace Wellbeing Day.

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General Information for April 30th 2021
There are 10 public holidays today.
Day 120 of 2021
245 days left in 2021
Week 17 of the year
On this Day in History
1975 - The last ten US marines are evacuated from the Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon, one of the final events of the Vietnam War.
1973 - Nixon makes the first of three speeches on the Watergate scandal - an event mentioned in the lyrics of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire'.
1970 - Nixon announces moves to destroy North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries during the Vietnam War.
1943 - One of the greatest anti-Nazi deceptions of the Second World War, 'Operation Mincemeat', takes place.