29 Mar April Trivia

Did you know that April is the best month of the year to look up to the skies and watch meteor showers?

April is known for beautiful spring weather, the start of warmer weather, and right about the time when the Easter bunny will make an appearance!

No one is sure how the month ended up with its name, but we do know the Romans named it “Aprillis.”

The etymology behind the word “April” comes from the verb “aperire,” which means “to open.” It’s commonly believed that the word refers to the season of trees and flowers begin to “open” or bloom.

Those who were born in April have a diamond as their birthstone, which represents innocence. Their birth flower is either a Daisy or a Sweet Pea.

There are two zodiac signs in April. Aries, which is until April 19^th, and Taurus, which is April 20^th and onwards.

April is a great month for meteor showers. One of which is the Lyrids meteor shower, which appears from April 16^th to April 26^th each year. There’s another one called the Eta Aquariids meteor shower that can be seen onwards from April 21^st.

There are quite a few notable historical people born in April, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Queen Elizabeth II.

On April 15, 1912, the famous Titanic ship hit an iceberg and sunk on her first and only voyage.

George Washington was inaugurated as the First President of the United States on April 30, 1789.

Back in the time of the Ancient Romans, April was sacred to the goddess Venus.

Of course, one of the most well-known dates of April, is April Fools’ Day on the 1^st of the month. No one is sure where this originated from, but some believe it to be inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer’s story in “Canterbury Tales” called “Nun’s Priest’s Tale.”

On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched and ran into difficulties about two days later. It was then that the famous line “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” was said, and is today usually misquoted.

After a 1,500 year break, the first Olympics of the modern era took place on April 6, 1896, in Athens.

The explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine occurred on April 26, 1986, which forced everyone within a 300-mile radius to be evacuated.

The smaller animals that hibernate for the winter in the Northern Hemisphere usually start coming out of their burrows in April.

April is also the month that the birds migrate north and settle down for the summer to mate.

For all the car enthusiasts out there, Ford unveiled their first Mustang on April 17, 1964, costing $2,368.

The first battle of the Revolutionary War, Lexington, and Concord broke out on April 19, 1775.