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1960 NASA launches TIROS-1 the first weather satellite

April Fool's Day

2)
1975 After 40 months of construction, the CN tower is completed
1897 Alfred L. Cralle patents the ice cream scoop

Good Friday
(Western and Eastern)


3)
1974 Killer tornado hits Windsor, ON - Tornado in a Bottle Activity - Environment Canada
4)
World Rat Day

1983 The Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space

Easter Sunday
(Western and Eastern) 


5)
1971 Canadian Fran Phipps becomes the first woman to reach the North Pole

Easter Monday
(Western and Eastern)


6)
Moon Phases - Third Quarter
1980 Post-it notes are introduced
7)
World Health Day

1977 Toronto Blue Jays first game - Science of Baseball
8)
1917 World- famous Down Syndrome researcher and cytogeneticist Irene Uchidais is born in Vancouver, BC
9)
1959 NASA announces the selection of their first astronauts - Mercury 7
10)
1865 Birth of Jack Miner who established one of the first migratory bird sanctuaries in North America in 1908
2000 The world's oldest mouse "Yoda" is born (lived 4 years and 12 days equivalent to 136 human years)
11)
1970 Apollo 13 is launched from Cape Canaveral
12)
National Wildlife Week - 20 Things You Can Do For Wildlife

1961 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person human in space

1980 Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope in St. John's NL
13)
1899 Alfred Butts inventor of the board game Scrabble is born

Baisakha

14)
Moon Phases - New Moon
1828 Webster's Dictionary is first published
15)
1912 Titanic sinks off the coast of Newfoundland
16)
1999 Wayne Gretzky announces his retirement
17)
1851 The world's fastest clipper, Marco Polo , is launched from Saint John, NB

Good Friday (Eastern)

18)
1793 The Upper Canada Gazette (first newspaper in what is now Ontario) is published
19)
1975 India launches its first satellite - India in Space
20)
1968 Bombardier becomes the first Canadian to reach the North Pole
21)
Moon Phases - First Quarter
1994 The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan
22)
Earth Day - Cross-Curricular Activities and Resources

1970 The first Earth Day is observed
23)
World Book Day
Canada Book Day

1984 Scientist finds the AIDS virus
24)
1990 The space shuttle Discovery blasts off with the Hubble Space Telescope
25)
1953 James D. Watson and Francis F.C. Crick debut the double helix model of DNA
26)
1932 Nobel Prize (1993) Biochemist Michael Smith's birthday
27)
Astronomy Week

1970 The discovery of hahnium (element 105) is announced
28)
Moon Phases - Full Moon
2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist
29)
1903 A rockslide from Turtle Mountain kills 70 people in the town of Frank, AB
30)
1971 Plans to build an enormous hydro-electric power project in James Bay region are unveiled
 


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